Did Shamil Tarpischev think just because he made inflammatory remarks about Venus and Serena Williams on a local Russian TV network the world wouldn’t be outraged? The Russian tennis chief, who heads the Russian Tennis Federation, made the remarks during an appearance on a local TV talk show this month alongside former Olympic singles champion Elena Dementieva.
The zaftig sports leader had the gall to say, “It is scary when you really look at them.” This insult was the second, the first was calling them the “Williams brothers.”
