Vallejo criticised for saying woman should not have umpired match
Summary
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, a tennis player from Paraguay, said a woman umpire should not have officiated his French Open match because, he claimed, women lack the courage to control noisy crowds. He lost a close match to a young French player and criticized the umpire's handling of the crowd and timing between points.Key Facts
- Vallejo played his first main draw Grand Slam match at the French Open.
- He lost in five sets to 17-year-old Moise Kouame, a French player.
- Vallejo criticized the female umpire, Ana Carvalho from Brazil, for not controlling the crowd.
- He said women umpires do not have the courage to manage difficult crowds in matches like his.
- Players have 25 seconds between points, but umpires can allow more time during crowd disruptions.
- Vallejo said a male umpire would have handled the situation better.
- He later said his comments were about Carvalho specifically, not all female umpires.
- The French Tennis Federation was contacted for comment but did not respond in the article.
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