Nastase will be the ‘bad boy’ if he says more about Williams

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, Serena Williams holds up a finger and her trophy after defeating her sister, Venus, in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Serena Williams is briefly back at No. 1 in the WTA rankings, despite not having played a match since January, and with plans to take the rest of 2017 off because she is expecting a baby. Thanks to a calendar quirk, Williams moved up one spot from No. 2, swapping places with Angelique Kerber. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, Serena Williams holds up a finger and her trophy after defeating her sister, Venus, in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Serena Williams is briefly back at No. 1 in the WTA rankings, despite not having played a match since January, and with plans to take the rest of 2017 off because she is expecting a baby. Thanks to a calendar quirk, Williams moved up one spot from No. 2, swapping places with Angelique Kerber. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

By Associated Press April 25, 2017 2 min read

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Ilie Nastase said he would be considered the “bad boy” if he says anything more about Serena Williams.

Nastase, the captain of Romania’s Fed Cup team, last week speculated about the skin color of the baby the pregnant Williams is expecting.

When asked Tuesday about Williams’ response, Nastase told The Associated Press: “Anything I say, I am the bad boy.”

Nastase also questioned the legitimacy of writing about his initial comments ahead of the Fed Cup series against Britain.

“Why write a news story like this? Just to have a scandal? There are many more important things going on,” Nastase said in a telephone interview from Budapest, Hungary.