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epa01949893 (FILE) A file picture dated 12 September 2009 of Serena Williams of the US smashing her racquet it on the court when she lost the first set to Kim Clijsters of Belgium in their semifinal match at the 2009 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA. As media reports on 30 November 2009, Serena Williams has been fined a record $82,500 for her tirade at this year's U.S. Open and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" in the next two years, as Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock is quoted. Williams faces a "probationary period" at Grand Slam tournaments in 2010 and 2011. If she has another incident at a major championship in that time, the fine would increase to $175,000 and she would be barred from the following U.S. Open. Babcock added that the previous highest fine for a Grand Slam offense was about $48,000 to Jeff Tarango in the 1990s. Williams lashed out at a lineswoman after a foot-fault call at the end of her U.S. Open semifinal loss. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT