"Always some people maybe that would be close-minded": Broady believes majority of players would support any men's player coming out as gay

Liam Broady admits that he understands the difficulties any player who is gay may have in coming out in men's tennis but hopes that they would be supported as well.

This includes by Broady who wore rainbow laces to support the Stonewall campaign at the Australian Open and said that without a prominent gay player on the tour, he felt it was important to show his support.

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Speaking to Clay Magazine, he believes that some would still be narrow minded though. This compared to WTA tennis with Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King coming out as well as Daria Kasatkina, the current World No.8 last year.

There have only been a few examples in men's tennis and many when they have stopped playing.

“A football player (Jakub Jankto) came out recently, which is good,” Broady said during an interview with Clay Magazine. “Hopefully it starts to develop like this and more and more people feel comfortable.”

“Same in tennis and in life: most people would be completely normal and be like congratulations, well done, no problem; but there’s always some people maybe that would be close-minded,” he said. 

“Maybe that’s why they might think they wouldn’t be accepted by all the players. Maybe they feel that coming out will add pressure to their tennis. I can understand why it is complicated. I hope that if people were, they would feel comfortable to come out and be themselves.”  

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