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- 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.
Written by Reuters
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/12/us-tennis-analyst-jon-wertheim-taken-off-air-barbora-krejcikova-comments under the title “US tennis analyst taken off-air for derogatory comment about Barbora Krejcikova”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
