--- title: Serena Williams Makes Reporter Apologize at Australian Open description: Following her defeat of Lucie Safarova at the Australian Open, Serena Williams didn't appreciate one reporter's criticism of her play. canonical: https://time.com/4639659/serena-williams-makes-reporter-apologize/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-19T22:57:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:53.907Z og:title: Serena Williams Make This Reporter Apologize is the Ultimate Queen Move og:description: "That wasn't very kind" og:url: https://time.com/4639659/serena-williams-makes-reporter-apologize/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Serena Williams Make This Reporter Apologize is the Ultimate Queen Move twitter:description: "That wasn't very kind" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Serena Williams Make This Reporter Apologize in The Ultimate Queen Move > Sponsored content. 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Serena Williams talks about the importance of family._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 19, 2017 10:57 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 19, 2017 10:57 PM UTC Following her defeat of [Lucie Safarova](http://time.com/4032051/serena-williams-us-open-grand-slam/) in straight sets in the second round of the [Australian Open](http://time.com/4198404/2016-australian-open-tennis-tournament-faces/) Thursday, [Serena Williams](http://motto.time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/) didn’t appreciate one reporter’s criticism of her play. After the moderator opened the floor for questions during her post-match press conference, Williams shut down comments from the first reporter called on, who dubbed her performance “scrappy” and full of unforced errors. “I think that’s a very negative thing to say,” she responded. “Are you serious?” The tennis superstar then went on to ask if he wanted to apologize, which he quickly did. “Thank you very much,” she said. “That was a great performance. I played well. She’s a former top-10 player. The last time we played together was the finals of a Grand Slam.” > [](https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/822047651319267328) This isn’t the first time Williams has been completely honest with reporters. During a press conference at the 2015 U.S. Open, [she gave a flawlessly candid response](https://www.facebook.com/Squintz83/videos/927719745500/) when asked why she wasn’t smiling after her victory over sister Venus Williams. Watch the full Australian Open clip below. ## Transcript The most influential person for me has always been hard just to name one single person, but I would say mostly my family. My mom, my dad, and my sisters. They just, we grew up in such an environment where it was all about family and all about, you know, supporting each other and just always making sure that we protected each other. So even to this day I still live with my sister. We still play tennis together. We do so, so, so many things and so, it's like a family unit for me that's just so important. Being on the Time 100 list is really exciting to be considered as one of the most, 100 most influential people, for me, it's great. I just try to do the best I can everyday. 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