Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Hamou, Nastase and Court – will tennis ever escape the dark ages? | Kevin Mitchell

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 doesn’t have to exist in a vacuum. It is not that their opinions matter more than those of everyone else 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 here this week, for instance, about Margaret Court’s antediluvian outrage over gay marriage.

Related: Maxime Hamou banned from French Open for groping reporter on live TV

Related: Margaret Court says reaction to her same-sex marriage opposition is bullying

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