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Article: Sexpots and bitches& tennis official's volley at women stars
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 27, 2008
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A SENIOR tennis official was today at the centre of a sexism row
after insulting the world's top female tennis players.
The comments which included describing some stars as "sexpots"
while threatening violence to another were in an interview given by
Justin Gimelstob, a US tennis player who sits on the board of
directors of the ATP, which controls the men's game.
The ATP is "appalled" by his remarks and Mr Gimelstob, 31, has
been forced to apologise in an attempt to cling to his influential
post.
Most of his vitriol, during an hour-long interview for US radio,
was directed at Anna Kournikova, 27. Describing his relationship
with the Russian star, with whom he trained as a junior, he said: ...