Margaret Court, Hamou and Nastase – will tennis ever escape the dark ages?

Tennis players whether past or present need to realise that while everybody is entitled to an opinion these arguments are not about morality but tolerance

It is encouraging and correct that tennis players are prepared to comment on issues from homosexuality to sexual harassment, and occasionally politics. Sport does not have to exist in a vacuum. It is not that their opinions matter more than those of anyone else’s, but it is good to know they are not Daleks.

Maybe other sports will follow the example of Andy Murray and others who have spoken out at the French Open, for instance, about Margaret Court’s antediluvian outrage over gay marriage.

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