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On Tennis: Sparks and Words Fly as Serena Williams Upends a Rival

PARIS — Her latest match with Serena Williams had been over for more than an hour, and Victoria Azarenka was still shaking her head in disbelief as she sat at a table in the French Open players lounge on Saturday night.

Azarenka said she had broken a chair in anger in the locker room. That seemed both understandable and fitting in light of the circumstances, which included a dubious ruling from the chair umpire Kader Nouni at the end of the second set.

Twice in the last month, Azarenka, the former world No.