Taylor Fritz stated that if a males’s participant on the ATP Tour got here out as homosexual, he could be welcomed by his friends, the top-ranked American informed tennis publication Clay.
Whereas main gamers previous and current on the WTA Tour have come out as homosexual, no male participant competing on the sport’s prime stage has carried out the identical up to now.
“I’m undecided if there are gay tennis gamers within the prime 100,” Fritz stated in an interview printed on Sunday. “Statistically talking, there needs to be. … I believe it’s odd, as a result of I really feel like a participant could be accepted.
“Myself and my mates, different gamers on tour wouldn’t have any points with it, it could be completely regular and I believe folks could be accepting.”
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The 25-year-old world quantity 9 stated gamers could also be reluctant to return out due to the eye that may include it.
“I couldn’t let you know why (nobody has got here out),” Fritz stated.
“That might be plenty of large information and possibly folks simply don’t need to be within the highlight, possibly they don’t need the distraction of getting all the eye and stuff like that.”
Another excuse could also be that these gamers don’t need to danger being on the receiving finish of abusive language or being alienated by their friends.
Myself and my mates, different gamers on tour wouldn’t have any points with it, it could be completely regular and I believe folks could be accepting.
— Taylor Fritz
An ATP Tour survey of gamers earlier this yr discovered that 75 per cent had reported having heard different gamers use homophobic slurs, main the tour to associate with You Can Play, a company dedicated to furthering LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports activities.
The survey additionally indicated a “sturdy concern of rejection, isolation from others on tour, and loneliness” as being seemingly limitations to LGBTQ+ gamers’ publicly disclosing their sexuality to others.
It additionally discovered overwhelming assist for ATP’s taking motion to fight homophobia.
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Publish date: 2022-12-26 04:18:07
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