Serena Williams has accused the umpire of sexism in docking her a game in the US Open final and denied cheating.

She received a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racquet abuse and a game penalty for calling the umpire a "liar" and a "thief".

Afterwards the American said it was "sexist" to have been penalised a game.

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