Her doubles championship brought some closure yesterday to what has been an awkward, tumultuous U.S. Open for Serena Williams.
Time to celebrate. Time to move on. Maybe even time to make amends with the line judge she unloaded on during that ugly finish to her semifinal loss two nights ago.
"I would like to give her a big ol' hug," Williams said.
Williams and sister Venus teamed up for a 6-2, 6-2 victory over defending champions Cara Black and Liezel Huber to win their 10th Grand Slam doubles title, and first at Flushing Meadows since 1999. Not surprisingly, the sisters answered very few questions about doubles when it was over.
During a post-match interview on the court, ESPN2's Patrick McEnroe prodded Serena about her profane outburst at the end of her loss to Kim Clijsters and its aftermath. Williams had issued an apology shortly before the doubles match, saying she is "a woman of great pride, faith and integrity, and I admit when I'm wrong."
But when McEnroe tried to ask her "what clicked in your head" that led to the new statement, the crowd started booing.
"I think what the crowd is saying is, "Patrick, let's move on,'" Venus Williams said.
Serena said she didn't agree with the call from Saturday night but bore no ill will toward the line judge, who did not work the tournament either Sunday or yesterday.
"I don't think my foot touched the line in that call," Williams said. "Looking back on it, I think the lady did the best that she could.
"She was just doing her job."
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