Player alleges racial abuse from crowd at second-tier tennis event in Madrid

Spanish police were called to a second-tier men’s tennis tournament Tuesday in Madrid, after Jordanian player Abdullah Shelbayh reported that he had been racially abused by a small group of spectators.Shelbayh, the world No. 300, was trailing 3-0 in the final set of his match at the Gran Prix Open Comunidad de Madrid Challenger event against Zsombor Piros when he asked the chair umpire to remove at least one person in the crowd.Advertisement