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| Serena Williams was disqualified after her outburst against the line judge [AFP] |
Serena Williams has been told to expect a ruling over her US Open outburst in the next two weeks.
Williams was fined $10,000 after her profanity-laced, finger-pointing outburst at a lineswoman during her semi-final loss to Kim Clijsters in September, and she could face a much more severe penalty in the coming days.
"It's in the hands of the Grand Slam administrator, who I believe has now completed his investigation and will be making a ruling within the next two weeks,'' United States Tennis Association President Lucy Garvin told news agency AP.
"That's what we have been told - that Serena would hear, we would hear.''
"We really have not gone down that path of making a judgment as to what would be right or wrong at this point,'' Garvin said.
"She was defaulted out of the singles and she has apologised sincerely. So we'll just have to see what the Grand Slam administrator comes to the Grand Slam committee chairs with. I think Serena is very anxious to hear.''
Long season
Both Serena and sister Venus Williams opted not to play the Fed Cup final after meeting in the championship match of the season-ending WTA Tour championships last weekend.
Garvin suggested the schedule is too tough on the top players.
"It is (upsetting), and this is something that has happened in Davis Cup also,'' she said.
"After Wimbledon we played a Davis Cup match and Andy (Roddick) was not able to play. But we have to understand that. The schedules are very taxing.
“At all times we should be looking at the schedule and seeing if we can improve it, and talking with the ITF as to what could be done to make it easier for the players.''
Without the Williams sisters, 18-year-old Melanie Oudin - the surprise US Open quarterfinalist - is the top singles player for the Americans this weekend.
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