Journalist fired for sexist comments about Serena Williams

Serena Williams was in charge of waving the checkered flag at the Monaco Grand Prix. The presence of the tennis player in Monte Carlo did not go unnoticed by Marc Duez, a Belgian television journalist and pilot, who has been suspended for the sexist comments he made about her.Serena Williams saw the Monaco Grand Prix in Aston Martin’s garage, who had invited the American. In addition, the one that was number one was present in the post-race interviews with David Coulthard. The checkered flag had waved before, something that led Marc Duez to say: “Serena Williams is going to shake something different than she usually shakes.” “You can see that she is clearly not a cheerleader,” was another of the pearls that the journalist released. Given the commotion caused by his words, Marc Duez has been forced to explain himself through a statement. Regarding his first comment, he clarified that he had “said it with a humorous tone, pointing out that the American has exceptionally changed her tennis racket for a checkered flag.” She did not want to hurt anyone. the intention of hurting or making fun of anyone. If some people have been upset by my humorous comments, I would like to apologize to them. I am not a professional journalist, so I reacted spontaneously to certain images proposed by the Grand Prix, ”he added in the statement published by L’Avenir. Serena Williams could have been in charge of waving the checkered flag of Carlos Sainz’s first victory in Formula 1, however the Spaniard was second in Monaco. Verstappen led the race from start to finish and Sainz, who qualified fourth, finished second.The Spanish thus equaled his best result in the Gran Circo and managed to get on the podium for the first time. Lando Norris accompanied Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, the second youngest podium in Formula 1 history Serena Williams will be at Ronald Garros As for Serena Williams, 39, has fallen to eighth place in the ranking due to fault of an Achilles heel injury. The last participation of the 23 Grand Slam winner in a tournament was at the Parma Challenger, where she lost in the round of 16 to Katerina Siniakova. Now Serena Williams is preparing for her participation at Roland Garros, which made her presence at the Monaco Grand Prix possible.