Serena Williams receives a record fine for US Open outburst
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Serena pays big money for getting out of pocket
Serena Williams has been fined a record $82,500 for her tirade at this year’s US Open and could be suspended from the tournament if she commits another “major offense” in the next two years, according to Associated Press.
Though she avoided a possible ban grand slam administrator Bill Babcock told AP today that the World No1 faces a “probationary period” at grand slam tournaments in 2010 and 2011.
If Williams has another incident at a major championship in that time, the fine would increase to $175,000 and she would be barred from the following US Open.
During the third set of Williams’ semi-final defeat to Kim Clijsters at Flushing Meadows this year the American launched a foul-mouthed tirade at a lineswoman who foot-faulted the defending champion. The one-point penalty Williams received from the umpire for the outburst handed Clijsters the match.
Babcock said the previous highest fine for a grand slam offense was about $48,000 to Jeff Tarango, who was suspended from Wimbledon for a year after walking off court and describing French umpire, Bruno Reuh, as “one of the most corrupt officials in the game” in 1995.
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The out burst from Serena Williams was long over due it was building up for years from either her or her sister. The treatment that she received for the a large part of the American crowd was disrespectful to a champion and the biggest sorry hypocrites of them all was the American media. Serena is not stupid she was the defending champion who had to take a backseat to a player that is ranked number 70th or so in the world and we all know who she is. The media made this player seem like the second coming of Steffie Graf it was like she was what America was waiting for all these years but they forgot Serena is also an American. Serena and her sister are the only two champions that get less support in American then they do in other countries could this be a race thing ummmmmmmmmmm. Winning the match just to have another championship was less important to Serena then winning just to shut the months of the crowd and the media. The Williams have faced this type of disrespect from the time the two girls started to win championships. Tennis is a Lilly white sport and many people wanted it to stay that way. She will pay the fine it not going to hurt her bank account.The hurt they feel money cannot cure ask Tiger Woods.
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