Stosur says players could boycott Margaret Court stadium


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 30 May 2017

FILE PHOTO: Aug 30, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Samantha Stosur of Australia returns a shot to Camila Giorgi of Italy (not pictured) on day two of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters Picture Supplied by Action Images

PARIS (Reuters) - Australia's tennis number one Samantha Stosur has suggested players at the Australian Open could boycott the Melbourne Park stadium named after Margaret Court due to the 24-times grand slam champion's opposition to same-sex marriage.

Court, a Christian minister at a Perth church, sparked a media storm in Australia last week after declaring in a letter to a local newspaper that she would no longer fly with Qantas over the national airline's support for gay marriage.

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