Aug 28, 2008, 16:20 GMT
New York - Serena Williams is seeking payback at the US Open, where she last lifted a title in 2002. Only this time she is hoping it will come in the form of officiating.
The eight-time Grand Sam champion believes she's been slighted over the years by bad line calls.
'One year I really ran into a lot of bad luck where I got the worst calls possible,' she complained.
'Honestly, I couldn't even hit a shot because I was so nervous they would call every ball out. That really wasn't my fault. I probably would have won that year, and I was gonna win that year. Unfortunately it didn't work out,' she said.
Williams won the New York title in 1999 for her first major before repeating three years later.
Williams seems particularly stung by a 2004 error that cost her a win in the quarter-finals against Jennifer Capriati. A chair noverrule against Williams settled the match and eventually resulted in the sacking of the official.
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