Let's hear it for the head of the tennis federation of Russia.
Another round of Russian stupidity: The head of the Russian Tennis Federation has been banned by the Women's Tennis Association for one year from any involvement in women's tennis.
Shamil Tarpiscev's crime: Calling the Williams sisters MEN...
He said, in a scathing retort on women's tennis and the Williams':
He was sitting alongside retired Russian tennis player Elena Dementieva
who was asked by the host, Ivan Urgant, what it was like to "play
against one of the ..."
Before he finished his sentence, Tarpischev interrupted to say the "Williams brothers."
Urgant went on to say: "I have tremendous respect for them (the
Williams) but once one of the sisters passed next to me and I found
myself in her shadow for about 40 seconds."
He also said the Williams' were "scary to look at".
Well, I'll freely admit they can be intimidating, but, and especially from a Russian (*cough*Olympic steroids*cough* -- and the IOC wants a word with him too!!!), that goes beyond tasteless toward hypocritical!
I have little use for some of the Williams' antics, but that's completely out of line.
BAN HIS ASS PERMANENTLY.
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