03 June,2017 11:52 AM IST | Sydney | AFP
Tennis great Margaret Court yesterday claimed a gay conspiracy from America was behind calls to strip her name from one of the Australian Open stadiums, after a furore over her views on homosexuality
Tennis great Margaret Court
Sydney: Tennis great Margaret Court yesterday claimed a gay conspiracy from America was behind calls to strip her name from one of the Australian Open stadiums, after a furore over her views on homosexuality. The Australian also hit back at America's Martina Navratilova, who lashed out at the church pastor's "sick and dangerous" comments on gays in tennis and transgender children.
"I think I've won more Grand Slams than any man or woman and if it is renamed, I don't believe I deserve it. They could probably get 100,000 petitions in 24 hours because that's how they work. There's a lot of money behind it, and it's coming from America," she said.
Asked if she thought a conspiracy was at work, Court replied: "Yes, I believe there is. I think the gay lobby. They are a minority in number but they do have a lot of money behind them."
