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After nearly two days of uproar over what she said, and then what she didn't say about what she said, Serena Williams apologized Monday. She also played for a Grand Slam doubles title with her sister, but hey, why let tennis get in the way?

Williams' apology, posted on her Web site, was for the outburst she directed at a U.S. Open line judge following a dubious foot fault call late in Saturday's semifinal.

But did Williams need to apologize?

Arguing for the defense, SportsNation blogger bballa71137:

• "Ultimately, as we are seeing too much in sports nowadays, we see officials trying to take the match into their own hands. At big parts of the match, they try to get too cute with their calls and end up making a bad call and ruining the match for everyone. Did the line judge cost Serena the match? No. Serena was getting outplayed and very likely would have lost anyway. But what the line judge did do was cause Serena a chance to force a second set tiebreak and a chance to turn the match around. And that is why I think the judge, not Serena, is at fault here." -- Read the full post.

Arguing for the prosecution, SportsNation blogger SlideLikeRose:

• "The fact that Serena refused to even acknowledge that her behavior was crude and offensive to everybody else in the arena and apologize for it made the whole thing even more juvenile. The judge obviously knew the unsportsmanlike penalty would end the match. She had simply heard one f-word too many. Good for the judges. They got the call right and didn't put up with the garbage that ensued." -- Read the full post.

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Only apologized because the last statement didn't have one and she was called out on it.

” -- tennisboygr

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If Serena holds serve, the match was far from over. But, oh well.

” -- ZEEKERINI