Serena Williams ripped Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase Monday for what she described as "racist comments toward myself and my unborn child." Nastase, 70, was provisionally suspended Sunday by the ...

LONDON (AP) — Ilie Nastase, the captain of Romania's Fed Cup team, has been provisionally suspended from the competition for abusing players and the umpire during the playoff match against Britain.

BUCHAREST, Romania — Using the words of the great author Maya Angelou, Serena Williams has responded to comments made by Ilie Nastase regarding Williams' pregnancy. "It disappoints me to know we live ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Serena Williams has spoken out in response to suspended Fed Cup captain Ilie Nastase's comments speculating about the skin color of the baby the pregnant Williams is expecting.

Former tennis player Ilie Nastase speaks on the phone after being released from the traffic police headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, May 25, 2018, following his second arrest within hours, ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Ilie Nastase is taking on a new role as a diplomat for the Czech Republic. The Romanian tennis great has been banned by the International Tennis Federation for two years because of his ...

— -- The past week in tennis was dominated by an onslaught of news. Some good, some bad -- and some downright ugly, no thanks to the controversy orchestrated by former world No. 1 Ilie Nastase.

Serena Williams called Ilie Nastase’s comments about her pregnancy “racist” and offered her “full support” to the International Tennis Federation’s investigation of Romania’s Fed Cup captain. Nastase ...

Serena Williams has responded to comments made by retired tennis player and former World No. 1 Ilie Nastase of Romania about her unborn child. Williams, who announced she was pregnant last Wednesday, ...

"If I said she would have an ugly, black (baby), that would have been racist," he said, according to the AP's Alison Mutler. Nastase also said he believes he will be painted as "the bad boy" so long ...

Former tennis player Ilie Nastase was arrested twice in the space of six hours in his native Romania on Friday, first on suspicion of driving a car while drunk and refusing to take a breathalyzer test ...