Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Justin Gimelstob. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story
After a series of radio interviews, where Gimelstob berated Women’s tennis, Women tennis players, and Anna Kournikova in particular, the dust has settled. Unfortunately little or nothing was done to punish the loud-mouthed Gimelstob, and few of tennis’s authoritative organizations took any action at all. The USTA did withdraw any of their ads which featured Gimelstob citing his disrespectful and demeaning remarks regarding Women’s tennis as unprofessional. The ATP, the Association of Tennis... Read Full Story
Former touring tennis pro Justin Gimelstob's sexist comments on a radio show have gotten him in trouble again. Television commercials featuring Gimelstob promoting the U.S. Open Series are being scrapped by the U.S. Tennis Association because of what he said about Anna Kournikova and other women last month. Read Full Story
Justin Gimelstob's disparaging comments about Anna Kournikova have created a stir at Wimbledon, where World Team Tennis teammate Serena Williams denounced the remarks as unprofessional. Gimelstob retired from the men's tour last year and is on the board of the ATP, which runs men's tennis. He made sexual remarks about Kournikova and other female players on a Washington radio program "The Junkies"... Read Full Story
The governing body of men's tennis, the ATP, said comments made by newly-elected board member Justin Gimelstob about several women players were unacceptable.
The 31-year-old American, who retired from the tour last year, made his remarks while being interviewed on a radio chat show broadcast in the Washington DC area.
Apart from saying he wanted to make former Russian top-10 player Anna Kournikova "cry" he also called French players Tatiana Golovin and Alize Cornet "sexpots" and said... Read Full Story
