It's not the Frenchness that makes tennis refined...it's the royalty. Tennis was a sport played only by royal folks--you know, kings and dauphins and such.

TdF is not royal.

I don't think you can compare sports cultures like this. You gotta compare apples to apples. And tennis and hockey (or cycling or rugby or stock car racing) are not apples to apples.

Golf has strong traditions, but not royal roots.

Aw, who cares anyways? Serena screwed up. Plain and simple. She should know better.