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World number one Serena Williams slammed Shamil Tarpishchev for using "extremely sexist, racist and bullying" comments after the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) president described her and sister Venus as the "Williams brothers".
The WTA took swift action and fined Tarpishchev $25,000 (15,540 pounds) and disqualified him from working in an organisational capacity for a year on Saturday after he made the comments on Russian State Television on Friday.
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