Kimiko Date-Krumm accuses Venus Williams of cheating at Wimbledon by fake-tossing ball on serves

WIMBLEDON - It was raining Wednesday, the calendar has been saved, the games were tight and people started wacky, or downright dishonest accuser at Wimbledon.

Sometimes at this time every year, and when Serena Williams, Ryan Harrison and Robin Soderling are ornery is no big deal. You just do not expect a quiet, diminutive 40-year veteran of Japan. Yet there was Kimiko Date Krumm, after dropping a tough three setter to Venus Williams, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 8-6, very quietly accusing Williams of cheating in their game.

2 hours, 39 minutes competition was played under a closed roof on Centre Court, but breezes past the air artificially distributed. The crowd groaned loudly every time Venus threw the ball high for a service and then captured, then re-run - which she did quite often, which is perfectly legal. Tennis fans at the All-England Club always root against the Williams sisters, anyway. Now they have given a real excuse.

The harrumphing grown exponentially. Then after, Date-Krumm Williams suggested that the launch had faked bad for a tactical advantage that would be extremely disrespectful behavior.

"When she throws the serve, she is always looking where I move, forehand or backhand," Date-Krumm said. "It's just starting up and looking where I was standing positions back, I think. So she is very intelligent. "

Date-Krumm said that in such wise, the voice of the Pacific that most international press assemblies do not seem to carry the weight of his complaint. Even the Brit tabloid journalists bulldog let go.