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SERENA WILLIAMS - Serena Williams Foot Fault in Us Open 2009

2009-09-15 6 Dailymotion

Serena Williams' U.S. Open title defense ended in bizarre, ugly fashion Saturday night, when she was penalized a point on match point after yelling and shaking her racket in the direction of an official who called a foot fault.<br /><br />Complete Results<br />Need the scores from any match played at the U.S. Open today? Results<br /><br />Williams lost to unseeded, unranked Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-5 in a taut semifinal.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Williams already had been given a code violation warning when she broke her racket after losing the first set.

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