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Found November 08, 2009 on FanHouse:
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by Greg CouchFiled under: WTAThe International Tennis Federation has completed its two-month "investigation'' into Serena Williams' f-bomb-laced, threatening tirade toward a line judge on worldwide TV at the U.S. Open. Her "punishment'' should come Monday or Tuesday.I would give just about anything to see the notes from this "investigation.'' The quote-marks show that this was just a theoretical thing, anyway. As in, it took two months to find "justice.''This whole thing has been a sham. Will Williams be suspended from the next major, the Australian Open in January?"I don't think [an Australian Open ban] would make much sense, because it would penalize the people handing out the punishment,'' ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti said. "For the grand slam committee to exclude her from a grand slam doesn't seem likely.ITF Let Golden Star Serena Off Hook originally appeared on Fanhouse Tennis on Sun, 08 No...
Original Story: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2009/11/08...
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