That was one costly
tirade on the tennis court in Flushing Meadows.
Serena Williams may lose more than the U.S. Open
women's semi-final match to Kim Clijsters because
she lost it following a line judge's double-fault call.
Convinced she didn't step on the line, Serena had some choice,
bleep-able words for the line judge, and, it seems, some more words
that could be taken as a threat. The immediate result: a penalty,
which cost her the point, which happened to be match point,
delivering the win to the returning, unseeded Clijsters. Read More »
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