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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams says she doesn’t think about her
tirade at a line judge over a foot-fault call at the end of her
loss to Kim Clijsters in the 2009 U.S. Open semifinals.
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Williams is back at the Grand Slam tournament for the first time
since that infamous outburst. She missed the 2010 U.S. Open after
having surgery on her right foot.
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Asked at a pre-tournament news conference Monday whether she
learned anything from that episode, Williams said: “I don’t know. I
don’t think about it.”
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Rolling her eyes, she said: “Oh, my God. That was, like, two years
ago.”
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In 2009, the three-time U.S. Open champion unleashed a
profanity-laced, racket-brandishing display that drew a record
$82,500 fine from the Grand Slam administrator.
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