lineswoman
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Open lineswoman in a 2009 semifinal, the row with that U.S.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022
Djokovic memorably was defaulted from that tournament in the fourth round after angrily hitting a ball that struck a lineswoman in the throat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2021
Open were done this way, but the two biggest courts retained the human element - and Djokovic was disqualified after smacking a ball that inadvertently struck a lineswoman in the throat.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2021
The lineswoman accused Williams of saying she would kill her; Williams denied it.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2018
Roy Hegarty Waiheke Island New Zealand Serena Williams’s verbal assault on a lineswoman in the 2009 United States Open certainly didn’t seem like an aberration, although many hoped that it was.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2011
The female officials who ran the line in the 1991 Women's World Cup were dubbed "lineswomen" but unlike their male counterparts, they had no Fifa tournament badges to describe their status.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
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