Novak Djokovic equalizes Margaret Court To the Grand Slam. The Serbian defeated Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final and added a magnificent 24 points, which only the Australian tennis player has ever achieved (he also added 19 points in the doubles category and another 40 points in the mixed doubles category – twenty-one-).
born in 1942Court started playing tennis in a poor family by sneaking through a hole in the fence at the court at the tennis center in the town of Albury. New South Wales. There he played with old balls he found nearby and hit with pieces of wood, until someone gave him an old racquet. Then their first lesson came. The Youth Court was already attracting attention height and strength was used with it. Those who watched his play soon realized that they were dealing with someone extraordinary. He trained very hard, working out with weights for hours in the gym and going through very tough preparation sessions. She easily outperformed her male opponents in training.
Won his first victory in 1960 Australian Open. This would be the first of six consecutive careers and the beginning of a career unparalleled in tennis history. He accumulated victories over the years 11 Australian Opens, 5 US Opens, 5 Roland Garros and 3 Wimbledon. In 1970 he also achieved the following feat: Gold Slam By winning the big four in the same year. The Wimbledon final on that date, where Court defeated American Billie Jean King with scores of 14-12, 11-9, is remembered as epic. The hiatus due to motherhood did not stop her from continuing to add titles and victories.
Court embraced Pentecostalism in the mid-1970s, qualified as a theologian in the 1980s, and became a pastor in the 1990s, founding Victory Life Center Pentecostal Church. perth. His controversial ultra-conservative statements and criticisms of homosexuality, same-sex marriage and the LGBT movement, which he compared to Hitler’s propaganda system. They created water bubbles in Australia. “Tennis is full of lesbians. Even when I played there was already a couple, but there was a couple who managed and took the girls to parties and things like that,” she once remarked.
Different politicians and groups They demanded that the name be changed to Margaret Court Arena, named after one of the main courts on the grounds where the Australian Open is held. Tennis veterans such as John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova have criticized the Court’s homophobic messages and suggested the court be named after Evonne Goolagong Arena, the first Aboriginal tennis player to win a Grand Slam.
His intransigence and attacks on homosexuals overshadowed tennis’ impressive legacy. Actor voted the best athlete in history in Australia.