Take Two: No Need to Pick Nits Over Noise in Women's Tennis

Columbia Daily Tribune › September 14, 2011

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One day after her angry outburst at the chair umpire during the U.S. Open women's final, Serena Williams was fined $2,000 by the United States Tennis Association. The measly fine is roughly equal to Williams' monthly pedicure budget -- she made $1.4 million for finishing second in the tournament -- and therefore is a fitting penalty for the crime of making noise and complaining in a women's tennis match.

This is the equivalent of fining a golfer for wearing funny pants.

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Take Two: No Need to Pick Nits Over Noise in Women's Tennis

Having already lost the first set to Samantha Stosur, Williams trailed 30-40 ...

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