“Justin Gimelstob’s recent comments on a Washington, D.C., radio program were derogatory and demeaning to female tennis players and to women in general. The USTA has long championed integrity, inclusiveness, diversity, 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 women,” the USTA said in a statement released to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
“As a result of his remarks, the USTA is discontinuing its planned use of Justin Gimelstob in the 2008 Olympus U.S. Open Series television ad campaign. The USTA has met with Justin, who has expressed deep remorse and has issued his sincere apology. We anticipate that he will learn from this experience and that he will be able to contribute to the game of tennis in the future,” the statement said. Source
Justin has also been suspended from a World Team Tennis game.
I think he shouldn’t be allowed to “contribute” in any way anymore after those remarks. The women’s game already isn’t as respected as it deserves to be and these “professional” players on the men’s side making such sexist comments does not help. If he and Janko Tipsarevic left the game right now, nobody would even be bothered. This is probably the reason why they resort to verbally harassing women who have careers they can only dream of because everyone knows their games will never do the talking.
August 3, 2008 at 8:52 am
Tahnks for posting