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Replays indicated that the line judge may have got the foot fault call wrong.
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Williams reacted angrily after being called for a foot fault, and unleashed a torrent of abuse at the official, who reported the exchange to umpire Louise Engzell.
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Due to this poor planning, in addition to over the top penalties for what most in most cases a paperwork foot fault, they are now often subjected to cost and stress that was entirely avoidable.
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The incident occurred during her semifinal defeat to Kim Clijsters when Williams was called for a foot fault to give the Belgian mum match point and her profanity-laced tirade resulted in a penalty point that ended the match.
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Williams was trailing Clijsters 4-6, 5-6 and serving at 15-30 when the baseline judge called a foot-fault on a second serve.
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That 6-4 7-5 semifinal win was not without controversy, as Williams lost the match after receiving a point penalty on match point for verbally abusing a line judge over a foot-fault call.
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His mood was not helped when, after saving a first break point in game three he was called for a foot-fault on the second and, clearly unsettled, mishit a forehand seconds later to hand Davydenko the break at 3-1.
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Such a fund should also be available to help those in the tourist industry who could be put out of business, through no fault of their own, as a result of foot-and-mouth.
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