Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Mnen ma history at Wimbledon on Tuday as the first ever gay uple to pete doubl together.
Contents:
- OLYMPIAN, TOP-100 TENNIS PLAYER JOHANNA LARSSON OUT AS GAY
- JOHANNA LARSSON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY FOR THE FIRST TIME
- FRENCH OPEN HAS THREE OPENLY GAY WOMEN, ZERO (AS UAL) MEN
OLYMPIAN, TOP-100 TENNIS PLAYER JOHANNA LARSSON OUT AS GAY
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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.
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. 80 Johanna Larsson has spoken publicly about beg gay tennis for the first time durg an terview on Swedish TV programme Regnbågshjältar (Rabow hero). Larsson is one out of a handful of openly gay players on the women’s tour.
JOHANNA LARSSON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY FOR THE FIRST TIME
There are currently no openly gay players on the ATP Tour. Round of 128 update: Two of the three openly gay players lost. The French Open will have three openly gay female players when the tournament’s ma draw starts Paris on Sunday.
There will be no openly gay male players, as has always been the se the sport.
Johanna Larsson (ranked 97th) of Swen, who has been the Top 100, will be the send gay player the round when she meets Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U. Openly gay Dutch player Richel Hogenkamp (ranked 134th) ma the ma draw by wng a qualifyg match that was played early Friday U. There are no openly gay men on the pro tour and there never has been.
FRENCH OPEN HAS THREE OPENLY GAY WOMEN, ZERO (AS UAL) MEN
(Bill Tiln, a superstar the 1920s, was known to be gay but never out the morn sense.
In ntrast, tennis (and sports) legends Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova both played openly as gay, even if wasn’t necsarily by their choice at the time.