Holy crap

That is certainly not an ending I would have ever envisioned from Serena.

Wow...just...wow... code of conduct violation...wow...

And somebody has to have audio of what exactly was said to the line judge.

Edit: CBS just showed the incident again (about ten minutes after the loss - correctly explained by the tournament official as a point penalty on match point and not a default), this time allowing the censored audio to play.

Serena clearly threatens the line judge ("I will shove this f****** ball down your f****** throat") and utters the f-word four times. If she was not cited for a second code violation, I feel like that might even have been a bigger controversy. Those are words beyond anything that John McEnroe ever uttered on the tennis court.

There should be no doubt whatsoever that Serena earned her two code violations - the first for racket abuse at the end of the first set. Both were perfect examples of the behavior that the code of conduct is designed to prevent, that have no place on the court, and need to be firmly punished.

The two replays that were shown of the second foot fault were sadly inconclusive but did suggest that Serena did not foot fault. I didn't see the replay of the foot fault called in the first set.

While it is sad that an apparently missed call or over zealous line judge sparked the outburst from Serena, Kim Clijsters won this match in convincing fashion, outplaying Serena for the vast majority of the match and Serena reacted about as poorly to the bad call as I have seen any player - professional or amateur - react.