SERENA WILLIAMS HAS been fined just $2,000 for her outburst at the chair umpire during the US Open defeat to Samantha Stosur.
The American had been under a Grand Slam probation for another tirade at the tournament in 2009 and she could have faced a ban if officials had deemed the abuse she doled out to be serious enough.
“Williams’ conduct, while verbally abusive, does not rise to the level of a major offense under the grand slam code of conduct,” tournament referee Brian Earley said in a statement.