Just like Paula Radcliffe illustrated that motherhood and winning marathons are not mutually exclusive, and just like Dara Torres proved you can come back after childbirth and win Olympic medals, tennis pro Kim Clijsters shows that you can come back and be a champion as well. Clijsters retired from tennis in 2007 and gave birth to daughter Jada Ellie at the end of February 2008 after a tennis career winning Wimbledon, the US Open, the Australian Open, and the French Open. By no means a shabby career. Unranked going into the finals of the US Open, she beat Caroline Wozniacki , ranked ninth, in straight sets 7-5, 6-3. I would say her comeback career is on! Unfortunately, her semifinal match against Serena Williams is probably more memorable than her winning match. To see how much Serena has been fined for her display of unsportsmanlike behavior read more. Serena, whose temper has flared at the Open before, will be fined

$10,000 for “unsportsmanlike conduct.” She will be fined an additional $500 for “racquet abuse” – she threw her racquet at the end of the first set. Her outburst began when a line judge called a foot fault on match point, after she missed her first serve. According to CBS Sports , Serena told the line judge: “I’m going to shove this [expletive] ball down your [expletive] throat.” This was accompanied by some finger jabbing toward the line judge and a swat with her racquet at the woman’s general direction. What is truly unfortunate is that upon viewing tape, the foot fault call was a bad one . But due to her antics and language, Serena lost the semifinal match not so much because of a bad call but because of her behavior. The controversy didn’t keep her from looking gorgeous at the VMAs though.

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Unranked Mommy Kim Clijsters Wins US Open