Williams handed fine for outburst!!!
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Williams handed fine for outburst!!!
I am just curious… what if this was the French Open and this happened
What would be the reaction in the USA
BBC SPORT | Tennis | Williams handed fine for outburst
YouTube - Serena Williams outburst (HQ Close up video ) at US Open semi-finals
What would be the reaction in the USA
BBC SPORT | Tennis | Williams handed fine for outburst
Serena Williams has been fined $10,000 (£6,000) by US Open organisers for her tirade towards a line judge during her semi-final defeat by Kim Clijsters.
The American lost her cool after being foot-faulted at the end of the contest.
Officials, who also fined Williams $500 for racquet abuse in the same match, said further penalties could be imposed once an investigation had taken place.
WTA Tour chief Stacey Allaster called the 28-year-old's conduct both "inappropriate and unprofessional".
Allaster's statement continued: "No matter what the circumstances, no player should be allowed to engage in such behaviour without suffering consequences…
The American lost her cool after being foot-faulted at the end of the contest.
Officials, who also fined Williams $500 for racquet abuse in the same match, said further penalties could be imposed once an investigation had taken place.
WTA Tour chief Stacey Allaster called the 28-year-old's conduct both "inappropriate and unprofessional".
Allaster's statement continued: "No matter what the circumstances, no player should be allowed to engage in such behaviour without suffering consequences…
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We would be back on the beaches of Normandy .... first Lance and then Serena, that would be a 'bit much - foch d'a French but here she got what she deserved, even more so then the fine was to lose the match on the penality.
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