What a shock! Serena Williams has pulled out from upcoming US Open. She still is recovering from surgery to repair cuts on her right foot.
She reached semifinals last year and lost to Kim Clijsters with a faul line call. Williams has participated in the last 16 major tournaments; the last one she missed was Wimbledon in 2006.
But in 2009, Williams lashed out at a lineswoman during her semifinal against eventual U.S. Open champion Clijsters. It was a profanity-laced, finger-pointing, racket-brandishing display during which Williams approached the official with what tournament director Jim Curley called at the time "a threatening manner."
About 2½ months later, Williams was fined $82,500 by the Grand Slam administrator and told she would be suspended from the U.S. Open if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam tournament in 2010 or 2011.
Both of Williams' titles this season came at major championships: the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
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