Overview
- Amélie Mauresmo announced on Monday that Adolfo Daniel Vallejo must pay a 65,000 fine after he made a sexist comment about chair umpire Ana Carvalho.
- Vallejo made the remark to the tennis site Clay after a five-hour, five-set loss to 17-year-old Moïse Kouamé and later apologized on social media saying he was emotional.
- French Open organizers publicly condemned the comment as unacceptable and reiterated that a referee’s competence depends on professionalism not gender.
- Coverage disagrees on the currency of the penalty with some outlets reporting 65,000 euros and others 65,000 US dollars, a sum reported as roughly half of his second-round prize money.
- Organizers say the sanction reflects tougher enforcement of player conduct at major events and could shape how tournaments respond to future on-court sexist remarks.