Russian Tennis Federation President Suspended For Venus & Serena Williams Comment

Serena Williams of the U.S. answers a question at a news conference at the China Open tennis tournament in BeijingShamil Tarpishchev, the Russian Tennis Federation president has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 for a comment he made about Venus and Serena Williams. Appearing on a Russian TV talk show, he referred to them as the “Williams brothers”. He could have gotten out of this easily if he had just said he was talking about Montel and Anson.

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