After Meeting With Referee, Tarango Says He’ll Stay ‘Until Justice Is Done’

Terrible-tempered Jeff Tarango, after having stormed out of a match and hurled insults at an umpire, met with Wimbledon referee Alan Mills Sunday and vowed to “stay here until justice is done.”

Mills ordered Tarango to appear before him at Wimbledon on the rest day. When he left with his wife and coach after 2 hours 15 minutes, Tarango said: “I’m not allowed to say anything about it.”

Tarango is determined to see his claims get a fair hearing. He will not return home to California until he is satisfied, he said.

Tarango, the first American to be defaulted at Wimbledon in the Open era, made his allegations at a news conference after admitting he had feuded with umpire Bruno Rebeuh since October 1993.

At the news conference, Tarango said Rebeuh favored certain players, singling out Olympic champion Marc Rosset of Switzerland.

“I consider this to be an insult,” Rosset said. “Those who know me, know that I would never pay a referee to win a match. Making such remarks put a referee, a player and above all the game into disrepute.

“This isn’t the first time he has made such allegations. Last January in Melbourne [Australia], I went to talk to him. . . .

“This time it is too much. I will ask the ATP to take sanctions against him, a fine, a suspension.”