Tennis superstar Serena Williams, photographed above at the NYC launch of the 2012 Range Rover Evoque in New York City, just had to have known her sexy Twitter picture would cause some controversy.

Shoot… it just last week that a 40-year old man was arrested outside her Florida home for stalking. A man, who repeatedly tried to contact Williams over the course of several months… and even used Twitter to track her whereabouts.

[READ: Mugshot Mania: Meet Serena Williams’ Stalker…]

So what does Serena do after being stalked online?

Posts a seductive photo of herself in sexy lingere for the world to see!

Serena’s Twitter followers were stunned and fans of the Wimbledon winner roasted her decision to display such a revealing photo, stating it was poor judgment and invited sexual perversion by implying that she was being watched.

Serena thought twice about it because the photo was gone almost as soon as it was posted, but in this day & age, once you hit “send” it’s a wrap!

Now it’s all over the net for the world (and her stalker(s)) to see…

So the question remains….

Was it irresponsible for Williams to post such a provocative picture given the recent news of her stalker?

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