Serena Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian reacts to controversial cartoon

'It's blatantly racist and misogynistic', he said.

In the cartoon, the tennis legend was illustrated as a baby angrily jumping on her smashed racket.

'I am truly perplexed to learn this editor of the Australian newspaper behind the blatantly racist and misogynistic cartoon of my wife is a "Male Champion of Change",' he said .

However, Herald Sun editor Damon Johnston has since defended the cartoon saying:

'A champion tennis player had a mega tantrum on the world stage, and Mark's cartoon depicted that. It had nothing to do with gender or race' .