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US tennis analyst taken off-air for derogatory comment about Barbora Krejcikova

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Tennis Channel removes Jon Wertheim from WTA Finals line-up
Wertheim sorry for being ‘neither professional nor charitable’

American journalist Jon Wertheim has been removed as an on-air analyst for the Tennis Channel for a derogatory comment he made about Barbora Krejcikova’s forehead.

Covering the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wertheim said in a statement on Sunday that his comment “inadvertently” made it on air after he joined the Tennis Channel broadcast via Zoom.