During a Tennis Channel broadcast on Friday, Jon Wertheim remarked on the Czech world number 13's brow.
Krejcikova was contending at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she was taken out in the semi-finals by possible second-place Zheng Qinwen.
Wertheim said his remarks were "profoundly lamentable" and that he was sorry to Krejcikova.
"You could have found out about the new remarks made on Tennis Channel during the WTA Finals inclusion that zeroed in on my appearance as opposed to my presentation," 28-year-old Krejcikova posted on X., outer
"As a committed competitor herself to this game, seeing this kind of amateurish commentary was disheartening.
"This isn't whenever something first like this is going on in [the] sports world. I've frequently decided not to make some noise, yet I trust now is the right time to address the requirement for regard and amazing skill in sports media.
"These minutes divert from the genuine quintessence of the game and the devotion all competitors bring to the field.
"I love tennis profoundly, and I need to see it addressed such that respects the responsibility we make to contend at this level."
In an explanation on Sunday, Wertheim said he offered the remarks in a practice that was "unintentionally" broadcast.
"During a Tennis Channel studio show on Friday, I offered a few profoundly deplorable remarks behind closed doors. I recognize them. I am sorry for them. I connected right away and apologized to the player," he said on X, outer.
"What was the deal? I joined the show via Zoom. In practice, we were shown a realistic of a recently contended. player. It showed her at a point that misrepresented her brow.
"A couple of seconds after the fact, I was told to build out my Zoom. I took a gander at the low camera point and kidded that it caused my temple to look like the photograph of the player being referred to. Somebody in the control room rang in and I talked back. However, this was a confidential practice, this trade unintentionally, and without setting, came to live air.
"I understand: I'm not the casualty here. It was neither expert nor altruistic nor intelligent of the individual I endeavor to be. I'm responsible. I own this. I'm grieved."
In an explanation to BBC Game, Tennis Channel said: "When Tennis Channel became mindful of an unseemly remark about an expert tennis player made by our examiner Jon Wertheim on Friday, we quickly eliminated him from our air endlessly.
"The organization likewise apologized to the player, Barbora Krejcikova, as did Jon. Jon has committed his vocation to focus light on and developing this game and has been an esteemed individual from our family and the tennis local area.
"All things considered, Tennis Channel holds its workers to a norm of consciousness for others consistently, a standard that was not met at this time."
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