Nastase unrepentant after abuse

BUCHAREST, Romania — Ilie Nastase was unrepentant after being suspended from the Fed Cup for abusing the British team and the referee in a playoff.

Nastase, the Romania captain, also didn’t believe that his racist remarks about the unborn child of Serena Williams were racist.

“I want to know what word I used is racist?” he asked The Associated Press by phone on Monday from Budapest, Hungary. He added he was a friend of Williams.

The International Tennis Federation provisionally suspended Nastase from the Fed Cup on Sunday, a day after he hurled expletives at British player Johanna Konta, Britain captain Anne Keothavong and the umpire. The referee ejected Nastase from the tie.