NEW YORK — Serena Williams was eliminated from the U.S. Open in dramatic fashion Saturday when she was penalized a point on match point when she unleashed on an official who called a foot fault.
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 — a call rarely, if ever, seen at that stage of any match, let alone the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.
Williams raged at the line judge immediately after the foot fault call.
Said Williams: “I swear to God I’m [expletive] going to take this [expletive] ball and shove it down your [expletive] throat, you hear that? I swear to God.”
William lost the semifinal match 6-4, 7-5 to the unranked Kim Clijseters.
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