Making Sense of Serena's Foot Fault

If you challenged several of the best Hollywood script writers to come up with the most excruciatingly frustrating finish to a tennis match imaginable—one that would leave viewers maddeningly confused and feeling utterly defeated—I think their ideas would have paled in comparison to the emotional maelstrom that actually occurred last night at the conclusion of the Serena Williams-Kim Clijsters match at Arthur Ashe Stadium.After two days of sitting through seemingly interminable rain delays, die-hard tennis fans were forced to suffer through an ending that was even more piddly than the steady rainfall that has soaked Championship Weekend for the second consecutive year at the U.S. Open.As much as I'd like to spend the rest of the day berating Serena Williams for her thuggish tirade against an overly zealous lineperson, I'll probably only spend half of my day doing that. With the other half, I'd like to berate the piddly lineperson who ...