Last week was a time of celebration for much of the tennis — and, indeed, sports — world. Serena Williams, an athlete many consider the greatest of all time, revealed on Snapchat that she and fiance Alexis Ohanian are pregnant with the pair’s first child.

But amid that context, reports emerged on Saturday that the International Tennis Federation was launching an investigation into Romanian Captain Ilie Nastase after he allegedly made a deeply racist remark during aFed Cup press conference.

Via ESPN:

At a news conference on Saturday to preview the matches in Constanta, Romania’s captain was heard to say of Williams’ baby, due in the fall: “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?”

It continued:

Nastase was not asked about Williams, but he made the comment, in Romanian and clearly audible, to the other players while Romanian No. 1 Simona Halep was answering a question about the 23-time grand slam singles champion.

The ITF condemned the alleged remark in a statement.

“The ITF does not tolerate discriminatory and offensive language and behaviour of any kind. We are aware of alleged comments made by Romanian captain Ilie Nastase and have begun an immediate investigation so that we have the full facts of the situation before taking further and appropriate action.”

Following those report, Press Association journalist Eleanor Crooks — who first broke the news — claimed she was confronted by Nastase after her story published.

The Telegraph has that report: