Serena Williams Fined Record $82,500 For U.S. Open Outburst

For her public and profanity-laced outburst directed at a lineswoman at this summer’s U.S. Open -- “I swear to God, I’ll f---ing take this ball and shove it down your f---ing throat!” -- Serena Williams has been fined a record $82,500 and faces a possible suspension if there’s a similar act at a Grand Slam in the future.

The fine is almost double the previous high of $48,000 assessed to Jeff Tarango in the 1990s.