Former tennis player and current coach Ilie Natase allegedly made a racist comment towards Williams' unborn child, which prompted the living tennis legend to hit back with an eloquent Instagram post defending her seed as only a mother would. He was present at last week's Fed Cup match between Romania and Great Britain, as he was the Romanian team's captain.
The International Tennis Federation provisionally suspended Nastase from the Fed Cup on Sunday, a day after he hurled expletives at British player Johanna Konta, Britain captain Anne Keothavong and the umpire.
Earlier in the month, Nastase also made claims that Williams had been doping, basing the remark exclusively on her physique.
" This or anything else will not stop me from pouring light, love and positivity into everything I do".
"I had to really take all that energy and put it in a paper bag, so to say, and throw it away". Instead, Nastase asked the AP, "I want to know, what word I used is racist?". "You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace.
Chocolate with milk?" Nastase said.
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It also ensures procedural and extensive testing both internally and externally. "Can you imagine what they would do to a child?" Mitchell said she had no reason to believe there was anything wrong with the device before the alleged malfunction last week.
The baby - which is due in the autumn - will be Williams' first child with fiance Alexis Ohanian, 33, the co-founder of the website Reddit.
Williams had confirmed last week that she was 20 weeks pregnant with her first child.
"I humbly thank the ITF for any consideration given to the facts in this case". "On @alexisohanian bday. from the world's oldest number one to the world's youngest number one. I have nothing to do with them".
Then, quoting the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou, the tennis icon proved that she's not backing down: "I am not afraid unlike you". There's nothing overtly racist about what Nastase said, though it is pretty overtly weak and unfunny.
"Ilie has been my friend for many years, but I can not condone or defend his recent ugly and very offensive remarks", the 55-year-old five-time Olympic gold medallist wrote on Twitter. "I can't wait for you to join the players box next year".
"I figured he would probably be unhappy with what we'd written, even though he didn't dispute that we reported accurately what he had said". "I don't give a shit if they fine me".
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