A broadcaster said that the Women's Champion at Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli, "wasn't a looker".

[Are_grits_groceries]

Then somebody from DU chimed in about her fat. I was incredulous.
Post #69 here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3192294
A long time tennis writer at Sports Illustrated posted this comment. From Jon Wertheim's column:
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• A lot of talk this week about fitness and overtraining. Reader Brian S. raises an interesting point: "Did I hear correctly? Did the ESPN guys actually question Bartoli's fitness?
The same Bartoli who, at the Mercury Insurance Open last summer, played three-set matches on three consecutive days in which she averaged about 50 percent more running per match than Nadal did in his five-set Australian Open semifinal against Fernando Verdasco in 2009? She did 50 percent more running in half the time, hence working three times as hard, and does it three days in a row, and her fitness is being questioned?
How many times do I have to remind people: The correlation between appearance and fitness level is far less direct for female athletes."
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Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20130707/wimbledon-50-thoughts-andy-murray-marion-bartoli/#ixzz2YTDNhtCS

It never ends anywhere.

[WovenGems]

1. Doofus

It ain't a beauty contest it's an athletic event.
Did the twits sister beat him to a pulp? He had it coming.

[Sanity Claws]

2. I could not believe it when I heard it

Incredible. Women do not exist just to be pleasing to men's eyes. Here was a great athlete and all they could do was complain about her appearance.

[EdwardSmith74]

3. You don't need to be a "looker" to play tennis - you just have to be good at tennis.

What an asshole.

[truebrit71]

4. Discussed elsewhere..and what he said was actually an insult to the lookers, not the other way round

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3192294

It was in-artful at best, a back-handed compliment at worst, but what he said essentially was that she earned it because she worked for it, rather than having had it handed to her simple because she looked good...