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Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Mnen ma history as the first lbian uple to play doubl together at Wimbledon while speakg up for gay men profsnal tennis.

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FIRST GAY UPLE TO PLAY WIMBLEDON DOUBL LL FOR BACKG OM THE SPORT

Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Mnen ma history at Wimbledon on Tuday as the first ever gay uple to pete doubl together. * wimbledon common gay *

The first openly gay uple to team up the doubl at Wimbledon have urged more people the game to exprs their support for same-sex relatnships, sayg would help more players – particularly men – to e van Uytvanck and Greet Mnen, both om Belgium, have been partners off the urt for three years, and on Tuday played at Wimbledon together for the first the number of women who have e out while playg is relatively small, clus trailblazers and legends of the game, such as the Wimbledon champns Billie Jean Kg, Marta Navratilova and Amélie far outstrips progrs the men’s game, where the only known gay player sce the send world war has been Brian Vahaly, who only revealed his sexualy 2017, a after retirg. ”The 59th-ranked sgl player add: “There mt be some gay men [actively playg] out there. ”Vahaly said homophobic ments were part of locker-room culture when he was a player, but Van Uytvanck and Mnen said they had had only posive reactns.

”His nquerer last year’s fal, Novak Djokovic, has said he would wele a player g out as “a really urageo move” om Vahaly, other known gay male players clud Gottied von Cramm, who lost the Wimbledon men’s sgl fal three years a row (1935 to 1937) – the first two ocsns to Fred Perry.

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He beme a target for the Nazis after he rejected their overtur and was arrted for homosexualy. Belgians Mnen and van Uytvanck ma history by beg the first out gay uple to ever play together at the famed tennis tournament London, England.

” While the number of gay athlet the sport is still low, clud their numbers are tennis legends. In addn to van Uytvanck and Mnen, two other out gay women — Johanna Larsson of Swen and Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands — peted this year’s sgl tournament. Amerin Brian Vahaly is the only known gay male tennis player, and he didn’t e out until ten years after he retired om profsnal tennis.

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Vahaly prevly told the Telegraph that when he was playg profsnally he, “heard homophobia all the time – was part of the culture” “Women are g out more easily than men, ” said van Uytvanck.

Wimbledon 2023 is officially unrway – weather permtg – but spe the All England Club’s all-whe le, there are a handful of out gay players offerg some val rabow LGBTQ+ reprentatn at tennis’s most prtig tournament.

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Sce the days of trailblazg gay Grand Slam champns Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provid some of the biggt LGBTQ+ nam sport – and there are currently several players Women’s Tennis Associatn (WTA) tour rryg that torch for a new generatn. However, the men’s Associatn of Tennis Profsnals (ATP) isn’t currently jt laggg behd, ’s yet to even cross the startg le: There are currently no out gay players on the men’s tour and no profsnal male tennis player has e out publicly the Open Era while still playg the game. Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om the sport, and shed light on some of the barriers faced by gay male players.

Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om tennis. “I heard homophobic ments all the time the locker room – to my face, behd my back.

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