Former champion was honoured at
Australian OpenBut Court unhappy with peak body’s ‘finger pointing’ Margaret Court says it was “very sad” the way
Tennis Australia had treated her, claiming the peak body had discriminated against her because of her views on same-sex marriage.
Court was honoured at the recently-completed
Australian Open to mark the 50th anniversary of her grand slam winning season but the 77-year-old – who once described homosexuality as an “abominable sexual practice” – was not impressed with the occasion.