Tag: Tarpischev vs Williams

Shamil Tarpischev, the President of the Russian Tennis Federation, is in the middle of a huge controversy after some comments he made during a broadcast about the Williams’ sisters. Tarpischev calling Serena and Venus “the Williams brothers” was not a great diplomatic move. The WTA suspended...

Shamil Tarpischev, the head of Russian Tennis Federation, has been fined $25.000 and banned for  1 year after a rather silly joke on TV. Tarpischev was participating in a TV show alongside Elena Dementieva to call Serena and Venus the “Williams brothers”. During the broadcast the...