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Ukrainian tennis pro Sergiy Stakhovsky says no gay male players in top 100
The 60th ranked player on the men’s pro tennis tour claims there are no closeted gay players among the top 100 but there are ‘a lot’ of lesbian players.
Sergiy Stakhovsky of the Ukraine made the claim before being eliminated from the US Open on Friday (4 September).
‘If there are 100 guys, or 128 guys, I mean, if somebody’s different, he falls out, doesn’t he?’ Stakhovsky told reporters. ‘In a locker room, where half the guys walking in towels are naked, yeah, you definitely would see something different, no?’
No male pro has ever come out as gay during his career or even after his career has ended. In contrast, former number one players Martina Navratilova and Amelie Mauresmo were out during their careers as were doubles players Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
Stakhovsky caused a flab at Wimbledon earlier this year when he told a Ukrainian media outlet that half of the women on the Women’s Tennis Association tour are lesbians and because of this, he would not want his daughter to play pro tennis.
He now claims his comments were misunderstood but did not back away from his belief that there are many lesbians on tour.
‘Through my years, I have a lot of great relationship with WTA players. So I do know how the WTA locker room is like,’ he said. ‘It’s not like we’re going to mistreat somebody in the locker room, it doesn’t matter [if that] person is a homosexual or not to me. We live in a world where everybody has the right to be what he wants to be. Nobody can say anything to me, it’s my life, I can do whatever I want with it.”
Stakhovsky added: ‘For me, I don’t think the community in tennis would discriminate a gay if he would turn up.’
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