Serena Williams
That will be $82K Serena
Monday, November 30th, 2009 | Serena Williams, Sports, Tennis | No Comments
The administrator of the Grand Slam for tennis slapped Serena Williams with a record $82,500 fine after her U.S Open tirade and she could be suspended from the tournament if she has any more major offenses at any other Grand Slam in the next two years. The ruling was released on Monday and Williams will also face a probationary period at the four major championships in 2010 and 2011. If Williams has another major offense her fine would increase to $175,000 and will be barred from the following U.S. Open. The $82k fine is almost double the previous highest fine for a Grand Slam since Jeff Tarango was in 1990.
Williams who lashed out at a lines woman after a foot-fault call at her semifinal loss to the eventual champion Kim Clijsters at the Open in September. Williams only earned $350,000 by getting to the semifinal, a small part of her $6.5 million in prize money from 2009. Her career prize money is more then $28 million.
Williams is an 11 time Grand Slam champion and ended her 2009 season ranked at No. 1 in the WTA ranking.
Williams’ finger-pointing and profanity laced outburst got her a $10,000 fine from the U.S. Tennis Association in September, which is the maximum penalty a tennis player can face on site at a match. And now for the video of the freak out.
A weekend of crazy people
Monday, September 14th, 2009 | Serena Williams, Sports, Tennis | 1 Comment
Kanye jumps on stage and Serena Williams gets kicked out of the US Open for threatening a judge. What a great weekend for TV. If you missed it check out the video below.
10th Grand Slam for Williams
Saturday, January 31st, 2009 | Serena Williams, Tennis | No Comments
Australia has had record breaking heat the last week, but this has not stopped Serena Williams from rolling over Dinara Safina for her 10th Grand Slam title and bring her back to No. 1. Williams dominated the court and made it look almost easy wining back to back majors she won the US open back in September. “I absolutely, clearly, love playing here,” said the 27-year-old super star. Williams is now only the seventh woman to get double-digit Grand Slam singles titles. The last player to win back to back majors single titles was Justine Henin back in 2003. In the first game, Safian double-faulted three times, including on break point. Williams ran off 18 of the last 20 points to finish in 22 minutes. Williams earned $1.3 million for winning the Australian title and has career earnings of more than $23 million. Serena and her sister Venus won there eighth women’s doubles crown on Friday and have two mixed-doubles championships.
