The tournament referee’s office Sunday docked Williams $10,000 for “verbal abuse” of chair umpire Carlos Ramos. A USTA source told The Post each violation could have been as high as $20,000 each, meaning her total tally had the potential to reach $60,000.
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The other two infractions were $4,000 for the initial code violation for being warned about coaching and $3,000 for smashing her racket after having her serve broken in the second set. Those two fines were standard for those infractions, the source added.
The money comes out of the $1.85 million prize money as the runner-up. She would have snared $3.8 million had she rallied to beat Naomi Osaka in Saturday’s final, but she lost her cool and any chance in the second set.
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