Son of Madrid Open Owner Ion Tiriac Fires Back at Serena Williams’ Husband, Alexis Ohanian

Serena Williams’ husband is clearly her ride or die.  The son of Madrid Open owner Ion Tiriac has hit back at Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian after he called Tiriac a “racist sexist clown”. Following Williams’ dominant display against Simona Halep to advance to her 40th Grand Slam semi-final, Ohanian fired back at Tiriac after the former tennis player criticized his wife last year.

“At this age and the weight she is now, she does not move as easily as she did 15 years ago,” the former player said.

“Serena was a sensational player. If she had a little decency, she would retire.”

Serena’s husband responded to his comments:

Good thing no one listens to that racist sexist 🤡 Ion Țiriac https://t.co/Dz0LVephE0

— Alexis Ohanian 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) February 16, 2021

Now the racist sex clown has responded:

. @alexisohanian pic.twitter.com/D2MkuTVqmO

— ion alexandru tiriac (@AlexandruTiriac) February 16, 2021

Here’s a closer look at the letter:

“To Mrs. Williams’s husband.
I have read your tweet with a mix of disbelief and disgust.

The Tiriac name has a 70-year-old tradition in the world of sport and the Gentleman you are referring to has written a few important chapters that have contributed to the book of Tennis along these decades.

From player, to coach, to manager, to tournament promoter, the well-respected person you are bad wording in these degrading terms has been and still is, at the age of 82, one of the strongest advocates of this sport.

The respect that he has for Mrs. Williams is tremendous as it should be, she is and will be remembered through time among one of the top 20-25 players that have highly contributed to this sport. She has a personality that opened doors to many younger generations of athletes in all fields of sports and social walks of life. For all these reasons we are all very grateful to her.

Mr. Williams, the only reason I will reply to your unnecessary tweet is that words are easily used and misinterpreted in today’s world through the various platforms in existence.

Free speech should not be wrongly replaced with inappropriate slander.

In my humble opinion, and to use a well-known quote, “with great power comes great responsibility”. As Mrs. William’s husband you no longer only represent your own opinions when you talk about sports, but also the voice of an Icon. It would be a real shame to cast an erroneous image on her legacy through emotional baseless tweets.

I hope that through these few sentences I can bring some wisdom to your future misguided public declarations, and maybe some due respect to a self-made man who is a true lover and a lifelong contributor to this sport.

Congrats to Serena, very well deserved, keep going forward and writing history in such a wonderful career!

Alexandru Tiriac”

I’m pretty sure Alexis and Serena laughed a good 30 minutes after reading this BS.

Don’t even think it is necessary to respond to this.

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