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Williams was charged with unsportsmanlike conduct for berating a lineswoman after the lineswoman called a foot-fault on Williams during the final game of the match.
Serena penalized for conduct as Clijsters advances to final 2009
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In the 2009 semifinals against Kim Clijsters, Williams was called for a foot-fault that set her off on a profanity-laced outburst at a line judge.
Serena Williams Upset By Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-3 In US Open Final 2011
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Here's the queen of American tennis, unhinged about a terrible (bleep) foot-fault call, moving ominously toward the poor (bleep) lady who made it, while holding up her racket as if it were a samurai sword, barking about wanting to take the (bleep) tennis ball and force feed it to the lineswoman.
Apology and fine are a start, but Serena should be suspended 2009
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Andy Roddick parodied Serena Williams 'infamous foot-fault meltdown at the US Open, shouting at a line judge, You call a foot fault on me in a charity match?
intertribal: Do you come from the land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? intertribal 2010
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In 2009, Williams was docked a point in her U.S. Open semifinal match against Kim Clijsters when she protested a foot-fault call and verbally abused a lineswoman.
Serena Goes Down in a Fit of Anger Tom Perrotta 2011
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"It has to be a sort of average or look-back because you can't just foot-fault one day and be counted, or conversely reduce your balance sheet risk around earnings periods and not be counted," Mr. West said.
Minimum Thresholds for Swaps Urged Katy Burne 2010
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Open lineswoman over a foot-fault call Wednesday night – although it wasn't nearly the sort of tirade Serena Williams delivered a year ago, nor did it come at as crucial a moment.
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Already trailing 5-2 in the third, Roddick wound up in an argument over a foot-fault call on a first serve.
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Open lineswoman over a foot-fault call Wednesday night – although it wasn't nearly the sort of tirade Serena Williams delivered a year ago, nor did it come at as crucial a moment.
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After losing to Kim Clijsters at the US Open Semi-finals in September on a foot-fault call, the tennis powerhouse walked over to the diminutive judge and began berating her.
Top Ten PR Blunders of 2009 Rich Robinson 2010
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