By Matthew Cronin, TennisReporters.net
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 - The USTA will discontinue its use of Justin Gimelstob in its Olympus US Open Series TV ad campaign, Inside Tennis and TennisReporters.net has learned. “Gimelstob’s recent comments on a Washington DC radio program were derogatory and meaning to female players and to women in general,” the USTA said in a statement. “The USTA has long championed integrity, inclusiveness and equality, and cannot ignore such harmful remarks More than any other sport, tennis has benefited from the pioneering role and achievements of so many woman.”
The USTA went onto say that it has met with Gimelstob, who expressed deep remorse. Sports Illustrated has also stopped using Gimelstob as a blogger.
Gimelstob was also suspended for one match by World Team Tennis, but did play in a Tuesday contest for the Washington Kastles , where he teamed with Serena Williams in mixed doubles, the same woman had heavily criticized him for his comments. Gimelstob, who was recently elected to the ATP Board of Directors, was chastised for, among other comments, calling Anna Kournikova “a bitch", said that he found her unattractive but "wouldn't mind having my younger brother, who's a kind of a stud, nail her and then reap the benefits," and then claimed female players "lack the social skills, they don't go to high school, they don't go to parties."
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 - The USTA will discontinue its use of Justin Gimelstob in its Olympus US Open Series TV ad campaign, Inside Tennis and TennisReporters.net has learned. “Gimelstob’s recent comments on a Washington DC radio program were derogatory and meaning to female players and to women in general,” the USTA said in a statement. “The USTA has long championed integrity, inclusiveness and equality, and cannot ignore such harmful remarks More than any other sport, tennis has benefited from the pioneering role and achievements of so many woman.”
The USTA went onto say that it has met with Gimelstob, who expressed deep remorse. Sports Illustrated has also stopped using Gimelstob as a blogger.
Gimelstob was also suspended for one match by World Team Tennis, but did play in a Tuesday contest for the Washington Kastles , where he teamed with Serena Williams in mixed doubles, the same woman had heavily criticized him for his comments. Gimelstob, who was recently elected to the ATP Board of Directors, was chastised for, among other comments, calling Anna Kournikova “a bitch", said that he found her unattractive but "wouldn't mind having my younger brother, who's a kind of a stud, nail her and then reap the benefits," and then claimed female players "lack the social skills, they don't go to high school, they don't go to parties."
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