Serena Williams fined record $175,500 for US Open tirade
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Serena Williams fined record $175,500 for US Open tirade
Serena Williams was fined a record $175,500 for her US Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another major offense at any Grand Slam in the next two years. Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock's ruling was released Monday, and he said Williams faces a probationary period at tennis' four major championships in 2010 and 2011. If she has another major offense at a Grand Slam tournament in that time, the fine could be increased and she would be barred from the following US Open.But if she does not have another offense in the next two years, the suspension is lifted, Babcock said in a telephone interview from London. Williams lashed out at a lineswoman after a foot-fault call at the end of her semifinal loss to eventual champion Kim Clijsters at the US Open in September. Williams was penalized a point for that display; because it happened to come on match point, it ended the semifinal with Clijsters ahead 6-4, 7-5.
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