Russian Tennis Official Suspended After Referring To Serena & Venus As The “Williams Brothers”

During a late-night TV show appearance, Russian Tennis Federation President and member of the International Olympic Committee Shamil Tarpischev referred to the World number one Serena Williams and her sisters as the “Williams brothers” and “frightening to look at.”

Serena responded saying, ‘I thought they were very insensitive and extremely sexist as well as racist at the same time. I thought they were, in a way, bullying. I just wasn’t very happy with his comments. I think a lot of people weren’t happy as well.’
 While the Women’s Tennis Association took immediate action and as a result, Tarpischev was suspended for one year and levied a $25,000 fine, the maximum allowed.