First gay uple on the ATP tour? Picture of tennis players Fabien Reboul and Maxence Broville kissg suggts relatnship between the Frenchmen

Contents:

• THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
• THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA
• FIRST GAY UPLE ON THE ATP TOUR? PICTURE OF TENNIS PLAYERS FABIEN REBOUL AND MAXENCE BROVILLE KISSG SUGGTS RELATNSHIP BETWEEN THE FRENCHMEN
• LIAM BROADY HOP GAY TENNIS PLAYERS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE THEMSELV IF THEY CAME OUT
• FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR
• ATP IS VTIGATG RISG STAR FOR YELLG GAY SLURS DURG A MATCH
• WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ELE MEN'S TENNIS?
• TOP NAM COME IN SUPPORT OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ON THE MEN’S TOUR
• "IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT

THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY

Who do you thk is a gay male tennis player currently playg the ATP?

As a former men’s llegiate tennis player and openly gay member of my team, this qutn nagged at me as I attend the monumental first ever Pri event at the U. As a former llegiate tennis player and gay man, this event stck a particularly sensive chord for me.

After all of the homophobia I have personally experienced sports, the panelists and the packed dience gave me so much hope for the future of cln sports. The trailblazer for gay visibily on the ATP tour scribed himself durg the panel discsn as “an anx guy and an anx tennis player, ” statg that his disfort wh his sexual orientatn throughout his life was a signifint ntributor to his anxiety. To me, the fact that Vahaly was even able to make on tour as a closeted gay man the 2000s mak him que an anomaly.

THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA

The days, top players Roger Ferer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have all publicly stated that they would wele an out gay man to the ATP. While we now celebrate Kg for her acplishments as a gay rights activist, the sacrific she had to make and terrors that she endured for wantg to be her thentic self after beg outed towards the end of her profsnal tennis reer – nearly 40 years ago – are unjtifiable. Statistilly speakg, there mt be a man the top 100, 200, 500 or even 1, 000 who is gay, right?

FIRST GAY UPLE ON THE ATP TOUR? PICTURE OF TENNIS PLAYERS FABIEN REBOUL AND MAXENCE BROVILLE KISSG SUGGTS RELATNSHIP BETWEEN THE FRENCHMEN

Combe that wh gay and bisexual men reprentg a signifintly smaller portn of the populatn than heterosexual men, and the odds of havg one of makg through the ranks growg up and currently beg a profsnal tennis player are slim, no matter how welg players such as Ferer, Djokovic and Murray are 2019.

There uld be someone makg their way up the rankgs junrs right now, who hopefully will not be terred om tennis for beg a gay or bisexual man, who will see events such as the U. As Rippon highlighted, g out and beg labeled as “that gay athlete” is not easy to al wh. The most tellg sign of the lack of out gay men profsnal tennis is that the only player wearg any rabow apparel this summer was a straight guy who had to apologize for g gay slurs durg the Olympics.

Open starts s two-week n New York, I feel pelled to rehash this prsg statistic: There will once aga be no openly gay male players at one of the sport’s premier events.

LIAM BROADY HOP GAY TENNIS PLAYERS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE THEMSELV IF THEY CAME OUT

“To be hont, I’m somewhat surprised that there still hasn’t been an out active ATP Tour level player, ” said Nick Lee, a former llege tennis player at Vassar who is openly gay.

The absence of out male pro tennis players is noteworthy a summer that saw the first gay NFL player and gay NHL prospect e out and a rerd number of out LGBTQ Olympians, cludg the most men ever. Brian Bradley, who is gay and played tennis for Catholic Universy Washgton, D.

C., foced on the dividual nature of the sport when tellg Outsports why he thks gay pro tennis players stay closeted.

FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR

“There are no out gay players on the ATP tour bee most players don’t pick up a racket hop to be a role mol for an entire margalized muny, ” Bradley said. “It tak a special personaly to both thrive a profsnal sport AND live thentilly as a gay man. For so long gayns has been attributed to weakns — this n alienate a player om g out.

“What happens if you’re the the FIRST out gay player?

ATP IS VTIGATG RISG STAR FOR YELLG GAY SLURS DURG A MATCH

“The g out procs is so nuanced, and I n image the trici that e wh beg gay and playg a profsnal sport.

WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ELE MEN'S TENNIS?

That closeted player may not have signed up to be the first gay player.

TOP NAM COME IN SUPPORT OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ON THE MEN’S TOUR

But the fear that an out player would be hound by the media has been molished by how quickly the Carl Nassib story fad after the Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman me out as gay June. I thk “gay male pro tennis player out” would be a story that quickly fas as an obssn a culture where “breakg news” gets old really fast. Earlier this year, a major issue me to light when a survey by the ATP revealed the existence of wispread homophobic sentiment on the men's tennis circu.

While the ATP vowed to work on the problem and promote LGBTQ+ cln through var programs, French tennis player Fabien Reboul now seems to have openly e out as gay.

"IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT

Both players have not yet nfirmed their relatnship, but Reboul supposedly g out as gay promis to be a step the right directn when to LGBTQ+ reprentatn on the men's tour. If nfirmed, Reboul and Broville would be the first gay uple on the ATP tour.

Back July, a survey nducted on the men's tennis tour revealed that 75% of participants had nfirmed that they had heard homophobic slurs beg ed on tour. When Co Gff and Naomi Osaka ld Rsian tennis star Daria Kasatka for g out as gay. The lik of Marta Navratilova, Billie Jean Kg, and most recently Daria Kasatka are among many female players who have openly e out as gay over the years, spe facg many challeng along the way.

Liam Broady Hop Gay Tennis Players Would Be Able To Be Themselv If They Came Out. Bra’s Liam Broady says he unrstands the difficulti any player who is gay men’s tennis might experience but he hop they would still be able to be their thentic selv. At prent, there are no openly gay players on the men’s Tour and historilly there have been few the past.