Monday, March 24, 2008

*Women's Tennis Association head Larry Scott is denying recent claims made by Richard Williams, father of Serena and Venus, regarding racism on the women's tour.

While his daughters were playing earlier this month in Bangladore, India, where Venus reached the quarterfinals and Serena won the title, Williams told the Deccan Herald: "Well, I'm black and I'm prejudiced, very prejudiced. People are prejudiced in tennis. I don't think Venus or Serena was ever accepted by tennis. They never will be."

Scott, who strongly disagrees with Williams' comments, said in a statement: "The Tour has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to racism, and I have previously let Mr. Williams know that he should let me know if he ever had evidence of racist comments or acts in women's professional tennis."




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