Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleParaguayan tennis player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been fined €65,000 (£56,000) by French Open organisers after suggesting his second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman. Vallejo's comments, made after his five-set defeat last week, stated that such a match "needs to be umpired by a man" due to the perceived difficulty for a woman to manage a demanding crowd. The fine, confirmed by Roland Garros director Amelie Mauresmo, represents roughly half of Vallejo's €130,000 (£112,000) prize money for reaching the second round of the tournament. French Open organisers swiftly condemned the as "unacceptable" and sexist, asserting that an umpire's competence is determined by professionalism, not gender, and offered support to the match official, Ana Carvalho. Vallejo later clarified on X that his words were "taken out of context", stating he was referring specifically to the umpire's handling of the crowd during his nearly five-hour match against French teenager Moise Kouame, rather than women in general. In fullFrench Open star discovers severe punishment for ‘sexist remarks’ about umpireThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Tennis player who made ‘sexist remarks’ about French Open umpire hit with heavy fine
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleParaguayan tennis player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been fined €65,000 (£56,000) by French Open organisers after suggesting his second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman. Vallejo's comments, made after his five-set defeat last week, stated that such a match "needs to be umpired by a man" due to the perceived difficulty for a woman to manage a demanding crowd. The fine, confirmed by Roland Garros director Amelie Mauresmo, represents roughly half of Vallejo's €130,000 (£112,000) prize money for reaching the second round of the tournament. French Open organisers swiftly condemned the as "unacceptable" and sexist, asserting that an umpire's competence is determined by professionalism, not gender, and offered support to the match official, Ana Carvalho. Vallejo later clarified on X that his words were "taken out of context", stating he was referring specifically to the umpire's handling of the crowd during his nearly five-hour match against French teenager Moise Kouame, rather than women in general. In fullFrench Open star discovers severe punishment for ‘sexist remarks’ about umpireThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
