12 Sep 2009

Serena Williams Is Disqualified by a Foot Fault at the 2009 US Open

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Williams lost to unseeded, unranked Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-5 in a taut semifinal.

With Williams serving at 5-6, 15-30 in the second set, she faulted on her first serve. On the second serve, a line judge called a foot fault, making it a double-fault. That made the score 15-40, putting Clijsters one point from victory.

Williams went over and shouted at the line judge, who walked over and reported it to the chair umpire. That led to the chair umpire awarding a penalty point to Clijsters, ending the match.

Williams already had been given a code violation warning when she broke her racket after losing the first set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZcDn8JWCLo

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Added Mon, Sep 14 2009 at 9:07PM UTC by

Ted Bedell

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