French Open Fines Paraguay’s Vallejo for Saying a Woman Shouldn’t Have Umpired His Match

The French Open is not very appreciative of Adolfo Daniel Vallejo’s opinions about female umpires.

After Vallejo’s tense, five-hour battle last week at Roland-Garros against French teenager Moise Kouame, a match Vallejo lost, the Paraguayan opined that female umpires are unsuited to officiate over such a heated contest.

“This sort of match needs to be umpired by a man,” Vallejo said. “It’s very difficult for a woman to do it.”

On Monday, Roland Garros Director Amelie Mauresmo told reporters that Vallejo was fined 65,000 euros, “representing roughly half of his prize money.” Later, officials issued an update stating that the fine was in dollars…

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