05 June,2017 07:59 AM IST | Paris | AFP
John McEnroe claimed Margaret Court was taking tennis back to the dark ages with her controversial and sustained outbursts over homosexuality
John McEnroe
John McEnroe claimed Margaret Court was taking tennis back to "the dark ages" with her controversial and sustained outbursts over homosexuality.
The 58-year-old American legend also included Ilie Nastase in his blast after the Romanian recently made derogatory remarks over women and Serena Williams's unborn baby.
Margaret Court
Court has made a string of lurid claims over same-sex marriage, homosexuality and transgender children.
"Margaret Court and Ilie Nastase have taken tennis back to the dark ages," McEnroe said in a Eurosport video. "So I pronounce you man and wife." McEnroe suggested a solution to the ongoing push to have the Margaret Court Arena at the Australian Open renamed in protest at the 74-year-old's views.
