Serena fined record $82,500 for tirade (AP)

Courtesy Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Mon, 11/30/2009 - 08:36

FILE - This is a Sept. 12, 2009, file photo showing Serena Williams, of the United States, at a news conference after her match against Kim Clijsters, of Belgium, at the U.S.<br /><br />Open tennis tournament in New York. Williams was fined at least a record $82,500 for her U.S. Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam in the next two years, Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock told The Associated Press on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.

Serena Williams was fined a record $82,500 for her U.S.

Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam in the next two years, Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock told The Associated Press on Monday.

Babcock said Williams faces a "probationary period" at tennis' four major championships in 2010 and 2011.


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