CNN —The Tennis Channel has taken an analyst off air indefinitely after he made a disparaging remark about Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejčíková.
It showed her at an angle that exaggerated her forehead,” Wertheim wrote on X on Sunday.
I am sorry.”Later on Sunday, the Tennis Channel released a statement saying it has “apologized to the player, Barbora Krejcikova, as did Jon.”“When Tennis Channel became aware of an inappropriate comment about a professional tennis player made by our analyst Jon Wertheim on Friday, we immediately removed him from our air indefinitely,” the statement read.
That said, Tennis Channel holds its employees to a standard of respectfulness for others at all times, a standard that was not met in this moment.”Krejčíková, the current world No.
CNN has reached out to Krejčíková, Wertheim and the Tennis Channel for further comment.
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