In an ugly turn of event, Serena Williams, the number 2 seeded woman player at the 2009 US Opens, cussed out the lineman after a controversial foot fault call, was disqualified from the woman’s semi-final match.  It was obvious that Serena, a 5 feet 9 inches tennis player with a lot of muscle masses, intimidated the short Asian lady. I would be scared of her too if she came at me with a tennis racket. Good for woman tennis that she got disqualified. It was unprofessional and champions don’t do that. There are a lot of young people who admire and look up to Serena, and this is a moment that she should not be proud of. She lost her cool and obviously lost the game.

The unseeded, unranked Clijsters reached the final by beating No. 2 Williams 6-4, 7-5 Saturday night.

With Williams serving at 5-6, 15-30 in the second set, she faulted on her first serve. On the second, the line judge called a foot fault, making it a double-fault. That made the score 15-40, giving Clijsters a match point. Williams went over and said something to the line judge, who reported it to the chair umpire. That led to the chair umpire awarding a point to Clijsters, ending the match.

Williams already had been given a code violation warning when she broke her racket after losing the first set.

According to CBS, this is what she said:

I swear to God, I will take this fucking ball and shove it down your fucking throat.

The only thing that is going down is the endorsement that companies put into Serena. Especially that giant “Spongebath” advertisement in the background. There goes your stocks!

Having to wait through the rain delay to watch the match, this left the average tennis fan an empty feeling after the game.

Video of Serena cussing out the line judge: