Outrage After Female Tennis Star Asked to 'Twirl' on Court

GMA ^ | 123 Jan 2015

[shove_it]

It's a twirl that now has some heads spinning.

Just moments after seventh-ranked Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard crushed her opponent in 54 minutes to advance to the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday, Australian commentator, Ian Cohen, asked her to “twirl” to show off her hot-pink outfit.

The interviewer’s request has now sparked a flood of criticism and cries of sexism.

In a video of the incident, Bouchard can be seen on the tennis court following her easy defeat of Kiki Bertens in the second round of the competition.

Cohen then tells the 20-year-old: “Now yesterday, or last night, you tweeted that you loved Serena [Williams]’ outfit. ... She was kind enough to give us a twirl. Can you give us a twirl and tell us about your outfit?”

(video at link)

[FoxInSocks]

It’s the second tennis ball.

[thackney]

A tennis ball.

I think that is a short under the skirt, not the underwear.

[KarlInOhio]

It’s the second tennis ball.

So many crude jokes about things you don't want to find down there, so little time.

[Scrambler Bob]

She has bigger balls than bo.

[needmorePaine]

If SHE was not offended, then it's nobody else's business.

The "outrage" is silly, but it's also silly for one adult to ask another to twirl.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I don't understand why women tennis players haven't switched to shorts instead of skirts.

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Because half the male audience would tune in soccer.

[Kazan]

Are there any other sports where women wear dresses?

Women's figure skaters wear dresses.

[golux]

Thank You!

Her inner thigh looks a little over-tensed, however.

I think it would be advisable to numb the area.

num, num, num...

[OldNewYork]

So clearly sexist when you consider that women’s magazines do not fill their pages with pictures of what other women are wearing.