USTA fined her a walloping $2,000. I'm sure that will deter future outbursts by her and other players.

Classless. I have never liked the Williams sisters (but particularly Serena). They seem immensely stuck up but are so talented they can walk out there and beat everybody no matter what shape they are in.

That fine is also a joke...

The fine is comical. She earned $1.4M for 2nd place.

The official statement said that $2,000 was in line with what other fines were for similar offenses, and that she didn't cross the line into a major infraction.

Part of the problem is that it's a repeat offense. Every other sports league in the world steps up the penalties for repeat offenders.

I was listening to someone (podcast, radio show, forget what exactly) and they made an excellent point. Tennis players have more power during their matches than just about any sport, and they know it. There's no bench. You can't just kick someone out of a match and substitute them with someone else, like you can in basketball, football, etc. It's not like track or swimming (not that this would ever happen in those sports, it just doesn't make sense) where there's dozens of competitors. So Serena can say just about whatever she wants, because they're never going to kick her out of a match.

Women's tennis has so few stars right now, they're terrified to suspend her or force an apology. They're screwed, and she knows it.

The comfort in all of this is the fact that she lost in straight sets to a much better representative of the game..... Kudos to Sam for laying the wood to her.