One of tennis’ four Grand Slams currently is taking place in France, but the main topic in the sport remains the anti-LGBT comments made by Margaret Court. The Australian tennis legend’s list of supporters is dwindling after she made multiple controversial comments about the LGBT community, including that “tennis is full of lesbians,” in an interview with Vision Christian Radio, via The Guardian. Her anti-LGBT comments — which also included her saying “transgender individuals are ‘influenced by the devil,'” according to Yahoo! Sports — along with her stance against gay marriage, have led multiple current and former tennis stars to cri... NESN.com
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U.S. Open Prediction: Will Novak Djokovic Beat Stan Wawrinka For 13th Grand Slam…
Share this: It’s certainly not surprising that Novak Djokovic has a chance to win another Grand Slam, but his path to the U.S. Open final has been anything but standard. Two of Djokovic’s opponents in New York have retired early, and he also earned a walk-over victory. As a result, he’s only played 14 total sets in six matches, and none of those have come against Roger Federer (injured), Rafael Nadal or Andy Murray. But that “free ride” will end Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium when he faces old nemesis Stan Wawrinka in the men’s final. Wawrinka isn’t a “Big Four” member, but he’s made a strong case to extend it to five with his two Grand Slams since the start of the 2014 season. Tennis