Tennis ace Martina Navratilova stole an umpire’s chair today in a historic call for equality: via guardian
Martina Navratilova was cut off in mid-sentence when she climbed into an empty umpire’s chair on an outside court here on Tuesday to push for Margaret Court Arena to be renamed in honour of Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
While there is no evidence Navratilova was deliberately censored, she and McEnroe both made strong statements criticising Court’s controversial views on gender and race before the 77-year-old Australian was presented with a replica of the winner’s trophy on Rod Laver Arena on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of her calendar grand slam of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open. Later the organisers in Melbourne hit back with a strong statement criticising the pair.
“Such luminaries excelled in their fields and transcended them; they made a positive contribution to mankind; they led by example. And, perhaps most of all, they were on the right side of history. “In our tennis ‘family’, we celebrate the good values of our sport and we love how democratic and inclusive it has become, the way it has driven out prejudice and unfair exclusion.
Goolagong Cawley, an Indigenous Australian, won seven grand slam singles titles – four Australian Opens, two Wimbledons and the French Open – between 1971 and 1980.
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