2024-06-25 01:40:45
The winner of the 4 Grand Slams in 1970, the Australian Margaret Courtroom, can be honored for the fiftieth anniversary of her feat on the Australian Open, in January,
The Australian Federation introduced this Saturday, which nonetheless censures the champion’s “humiliating” concepts in opposition to homosexuality and homosexual marriage.
“The Australian Federation respects Margaret (Courtroom) for her impeccable profession and
will obtain on the Australian Open to commemorate the anniversary of that vital date
in his profession,” Tennis Australia explains in a press release.
However “the Australian Federation doesn’t share Margaret’s private concepts, which have humiliated and damage many members of our neighborhood for years,”
Tennis Australia stated.
Courtroom, with 24 Grand Slam titles on his report – an absolute report – gained in 1970
in Australia, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open, one thing that solely two different tennis gamers achieved, the American Maureen Connolly in 1953 and the German Steffi Graf in 1988.
Courtroom sparked controversy prior to now with statements akin to that tennis is “stuffed with lesbians”, and others akin to that he would keep away from flying on Qantas airline due to his help for homosexual marriage.