Daniel Vallejo was slapped with a with a $65,000 fine for his sexist remark about wanting a male chair umpire instead of a female in his match vs Moise Kouame. ‘These types of matches should have male umpires, it’s very difficult for women to handle rowdy crowds.” Vallejo’s career prize money coming into the tournament was about $500,000.
“It has been decided to impose a fine of $65,000, approximately half of his prize money,” said Amelie Mauresmo, the tournament director Amelie Mauresmo, on Monday.
Rafael Jodar has not been fined for shoving a ballgirl. Jodar is a different animal… Rafa Jodar: “He (his dad) taught me everything since I was born, I didn’t go to school or high school, he gave me all the subjects in the middle of the forest, with a rudimentary blackboard. I rejected life in society, the Jodars are like that, it’s our tradition, we don’t want anyone else.”
17-year-old Ksenia Efremova, who played her first Grand Slam match against Sorana Cirstea Sunday, lost today as the no. 1 seed in the junior draw. Efremova was defeated 36 36 by Russian qualifier Ekaterina Dotsenko, age 14. Dotsenko has yet to play a single match on the professional tour, while Efremova has already won four W15 titles and reached a career-high WTA ranking of 575.
Michael Chang’s daughter Lani lost in the first round of the girls draw and American 17 year old Agassi Rusher, won his first rounder.
The Lawn Tennis Association is being criticized after refusing to grant a wild card into Queen’s to last year’s champion, Germany’s Tatjana Maria.
Anna Kalinskaya has made her first slam quarter final surviving a thriller against Anastasia Potapova. Kalinskaya came from 1-4 down in the deciding tiebreak. Potapova twice served for the match.
Courier: “If Novak can play the level he played against Fonseca at Wimbledon, he can win Wimbledon.”
Zverev vs Jodar QF will be a fascinating duel. Zverev finally has his best shot to win a Grand Slam without having to face Djokovic, Carlos or Sinner. How he handles the ambitious Spanish teenager will make or break his career quest to win a Grand Slam major title.
Guga in the house, the stars seem to be aligned for Fonseca to shock the world.
Sorana Cirstea – RG QF in 2009 and 2026. 17 year gap. The 36 year old beat Solana Sierra 60 60 in 3R.
PavvyG: “Jim Courier is a mercurial man, started his media career with an anti establishment slant, then went full on pushing establishment narratives but now seems to be back on the anti establishment slant, hope he stays like that now and keeps calling things for what they actually are.”
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Steve · June 1, 2026 at 7:47 pm
Do you have an Arnaldi biofile???
Scoop Malinowski · June 1, 2026 at 9:01 pm
No Arnaldi Biofile unfortunately he slipped in under my radar. Boy did he get good.
Sam · June 3, 2026 at 5:26 am
Daniel Vallejo was slapped with a with a $65,000 fine for his sexist remark about wanting a male chair umpire instead of a female in his match vs Moise Kouame.
Let’s see now—if Coco Gauff had made a comment about preferring to have a female umpire rather than a male umpire because a female would be better at doing X, do you really think she’d have been hit with such a fine? 🤔
What Vallejo said was only mildly sexist, I’d say. It was mostly just dumb. So, just give him a warning. But a $65,000 fine is absolutely nuts! 😝
Scoop Malinowski · June 3, 2026 at 7:13 am
Sam, Vallejo got robbed in broad daylight. His opinion should be respected. Not condemned without any debate. Maybe at the very least, he should be allowed to present a case to prove his assertion. )
Steve · June 3, 2026 at 1:34 pm
Arnaldi has been my favorite player since Reeshar retired. He’s always trying to find solutions and is quite good at improvising around the net. I also love his whippy forehand.
Scoop Malinowski · June 3, 2026 at 1:56 pm
I remember his first big win beating Ruud about three years ago. Still hasn’t won a title. Doesn’t seem to be awed on the big stage at all. No fear. Kind of reminds me of Sergi not Sergio Bruguera. Arnaldi and Cobolli look like basic players but they are extraordinary. Cobolli just rope a doped Felix. Berrettini vs Arnaldi will be a good battle. Italy is the super power of tennis now.
Steve · June 3, 2026 at 2:34 pm
When Fognini and Seppi were leading Italian tennis commentator Mark Petchey opined that(exact quote) “the Italians have incredible backhands but terrible serves”. He was right but they figured it out and the current players serve much better these days.