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French Open fines Adolfo Daniel Vallejo €65,000 for sexist remarks about umpire Ana Carvalho
Paraguayan tennis player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been fined €65,000 — roughly half his Roland Garros prize money — after saying his second-round match should have been umpired by a man.
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Roland-Garros: Adolfo Vallejo sparks furor with sexist claim that his match should have had a male umpire
After a dramatic five-set loss to 17-year-old Moïse Kouame at Roland-Garros, Paraguay's Adolfo Daniel Vallejo ignited a firestorm by insisting that 'this sort of match needs to be umpired by a man.'

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French Open fines Adolfo Daniel Vallejo €65,000 for sexist remarks about umpire Ana Carvalho

Roland-Garros: Adolfo Vallejo sparks furor with sexist claim that his match should have had a male umpire