The Czech Tennis player played in the semi-final of the Women's Tennis Masters in Riyadh. During her participation in this tournament, an American journalist criticized her appearance. The world number 10 pointed out these comments on social networks.
Barbora Krejcikova suffered a defeat against the Chinese Qinwen Zheng in the semi-finals of the WTA Finals.
Inappropriate behavior
The Czech continued the battle on social networks. This time, she wanted to denounce the behavior of a journalist from the Tennis Channel. The latter took the liberty of making disrespectful comments about the physique of the 10th player in the WTA rankings. Very upset, she settled her accounts on the X network. “You may have heard of the comments that focused on my appearance rather than my performance.”she stressed. “As an athlete dedicated to her sport, it is disappointing to see this type of behavior.”deplores the tenniswoman.
Lack of professionalism in the world of sports media
Barbora Krejcikova then confided that this is not a new situation and that she had already been the victim of this type of behavior. This time, she broke the silence for a good reason: “This is not the first time something like this has happened. I have often chosen not to speak out, but I believe it is time to respond to restore respect and professionalism in the sports media community.“.
The culprit was quick to apologize
Jon Wertheim, the sports journalist implicated by the Czech player's tweet, apologized. He attempted to justify his inappropriate remark about the “front” of the player, explaining that she had come in a particularly awkward videoconference context. Indeed, an unflattering camera angle had surprised him and led him, by association of ideas, to mention the player, one of whom photo had just been used in a story.It was neither professional nor representative of the person I strive to be. I am responsible. I'm sorry”indicated the American.
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