Referees boss threatens $10,000 fine Stosur ‘has tools’ to win French Open : SANZAR referees boss Lyndon which the ACT side felt it was denied a Bray fired back at Matt Giteau last night as legitimate try and was unfairly penalised SYDNEY: Forget Wimbledon for now, Fed Cup tournament organisers decided whether to often — particularly in the scrums. captain David Taylor is convinced Sam Stosur slap the ace with a $10,000 fine for But Giteau wasn’t the only one under the has the tools to win the French Open — and criticising whistleblower Steve Walsh. microscope last night as Walsh’s performance lead Australian women’s tennis to global Giteau landed in hot water yesterday after — and appointment this weekend — also went supremacy. saying if Walsh was retained as referee for the under review by SANZAR referees’ bosses. Stosur (pictured) extended Brumbies-Reds Super 14 game this weekend, Bray admitted that while he does not react her claycourt winning streak ‘‘I don’t know if we’ll turn up — what’s to player power, SANZAR would act in the to seven matches on the week- the point?’’. ‘‘best interests’’ of the Super 14. end to propel back Walsh now appears highly unlikely to keep ‘‘I don’t take into account their personal into the Fed Cup World Group the job but Giteau could be heavily censured preferences, I just can’t do that, but the bottom for the first time in six years for his words, with the Wallabies No. 10 line is we will look into what’s in the best with a starring role in the 5-0 referred to SANZAR for a possible breach of interests in of the game,’’ Bray said. playoff rout of Ukraine. the tournament’s code on conduct. That translates to Walsh being re-assigned to Taylor says while Stosur may have been a SANZAR tournament director Simon prevent both sides worrying about a reaction to surprise French Open semi-finalist last year, Jelowitz was last night deciding whether the controversy in his performance. his power-packed charge has since proven

Giteau (pictured) and the Brumbies should Bray said Walsh would come under review she’s ready to cause yet more havoc on the PUB: face an official judicial review, which could last night ‘‘in the same way as all the Roland Garros red dirt when the season’s NTNE-WS-28-A51KGE:MDA-TE: Y-C-CO-LO-R: see him hit with anything from a reprimand others’’ but said the comments from second Grand Slam starts next month. to a $10,000 fine if found guilty. were unacceptable. ‘‘Clay is probably her best surface, if not a Former Reds and Wallabies coach Eddie ‘‘Obviously the Brumbies have come out high-bouncing hard court, so she’s definitely Jones was given the maximum fine in 2007 for fairly aggressively and that’s very unfortunate. one of the threats for the French Open,’’ saying Matt Goddard’s performance was I have had a pretty long chat with (Brumbies Taylor said from Kharkiv. ‘‘ludicrous and disgraceful’’. coach) Andy Friend and I don’t have too many ‘‘Clay is a much better surface for her than The Brumbies’ anger stemmed from a problems with his words, but with Matt Giteau, grass. The way that the ball reacts to her spin contentious performance by Walsh in their obviously SANZAR is making a decision about on clay is much better and she gives girls 19-12 loss to the Waratahs on Saturday, in him,’’ Bray said. Picture: GETTY IMAGES loads and loads of problems.’’ www.ntnews.com.au Northern Territory News, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 — 51