French Open Slaps Vallejo with a 65,000-Euro Fine over Sexist Umpire Remarks
Tournament organizers said Vallejo’s comments were unacceptable and fined him about half his second-round prize money.
- On Monday, French Open organizers fined Paraguayan tennis player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo €65,000 for sexist remarks about his female umpire following his second-round loss.
- Vallejo lost to French teenager Moise Kouame in a tense five-set battle last week on Court Suzanne Lenglen, after which he claimed the match should not have been umpired by a woman.
- Roland Garros director Amelie Mauresmo confirmed the penalty represents roughly half of the 130,000 euros Vallejo earned for reaching the second round.
- The French Tennis Federation asserted that umpire competence is determined by "professionalism and ability," not gender, deeming Vallejo's remarks "unacceptable" in a Friday statement.
- While Vallejo argued the match required a man to handle the "demanding crowd," he also acknowledged that spectators were "very out of line" during the five-hour contest.
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Vallejo fined $65,000 for sexist remark about French Open umpire
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo was eliminated in the second round of the French Championship, so his prize money was more than double his penalty.
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Fined Over Sexist Remark About Umpire at Roland-Garros
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo was fined $65,000 by the French Tennis Federation and Roland-Garros organizers following sexist comments made about official Ana Carvalho, according to Samuel Petrequin of the Associated Press.
The derogatory statement about arbitrator Ana Carvalho at the French Open costs tennis pro Adolfo Daniel Vallejo half of his prize money. Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said in a press round that the Paraguayan must pay 65,000 dollars (55,822,74 euros). Previously, the Grand Slam tournament in Paris had in this context "condemned every sexist statement in the strongest possible terms and "pronounced a delicate fine". The 22-year-old had aft…
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