BBC tennis pair Boris Becker and John Inverdale faced a volley of criticism after calling a player’s fiancée “very pretty”.
They were commentating on Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon quarter-final yesterday when they spotted opponent Márton Fucsovics’ partner.
As the camera focused on her, Inverdale, 63, said: “Her name is Anett Böszörményi.
“If you’re a tennis player, always good to have a partner called Anett.”
Becker, 53, chipped in: “They do say they have the most beautiful women in Hungary. I wouldn’t know that, but she’s certainly very pretty.”
Inverdale added: “I’d like to thank my Christmas cracker from 1978 for that joke.”
Women in Sport’s Stephanie Hilborne said her charity has spent decades trying to end objectification.
She added: “When two men are comfortable talking about women in this way, never mind on live TV, it shows there is still more to do.
“Shouldn’t we be inspiring girls to play sport rather than talking about what women look like?”
The BBC said: “Boris Becker made a light-hearted comment not intended to cause offence.”
In 2013 Inverdale was slated when he said French tennis star Marion Bartoli was “never going to be a looker”.
