The BBC has been forced to apologise after presenter John Inverdale suggested the women's Wimbledon champion was "never going to be a looker".
The BBC presenter made the disparaging remark on Radio 5 live shortly after French player Marion Bartoli defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki on Centre Court.
Bartoli, 28, fell to her knees after she won the title and then made a beeline for the player's box where she hugged her father and former coach, Walter.
Inverdale reportedly told listeners: "Do you think Bartoli's dad told her when she was little, 'you're never going to be a looker, you'll never be a Sharapova, so you have to be scrappy and fight?"
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The BBC has been forced to apologise after presenter John Inverdale suggested the women's Wimbledon champion was "never going to be a looker".
The BBC presenter made the disparaging remark on Radio 5 live shortly after French player Marion Bartoli defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki on Centre Court.
Bartoli, 28, fell to her knees after she won the title and then made a beeline for the player's box where she hugged her father and former coach, Walter.
Inverdale reportedly told listeners: "Do you think Bartoli's dad told her when she was little, 'you're never going to be a looker, you'll never be a Sharapova, so you have to be scrappy and fight?"
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Anna Kournikova
She hasn't aged well.
2013 CL was a better place.