Australian 24-time grand slam winner Margaret Court said on radio on Wednesday that tennis was “full of lesbians”, courting controversy again just a week after expressing her opposition to same-sex marriage. Court, who is now a pastor, told radio show Vision Christian Radio: “Tennis is full of lesbians, because even when I was playing there was only a couple there, but those couple that led, that took young ones into parties and things.”READ | Wicked! Watch how tennis player Maxime Hamou molests TV reporter in French Open“And you know, what you get at the top is often what you’ll get right through that sport,” she said. Navratilova has called for the Australian Open venue Melbourne Park Stadium, which was named Margaret Court Arena in 2003, to be renamed. Stosur has suggested that players may choose to boycott the venue during the January tournament.

Source: Hindustan Times May 31, 2017 12:56 UTC