It would be so much easier to honour Margaret Court if she was a stereotypical 77-year-old granny. They demanded that the Australian Open tennis arena in Melbourne named after her is rebranded to honour another local, Evonne Goolagong. In fact, the breadth of such an issue makes the matter of naming an arena after Margaret Court relatively straightforward. John McEnroe’s derision of Margaret Court for her history of offensive comments didn’t prevent him observing that she is tennis’s “mad aunt”. File photograph: Jonathan FordContinuing to honour Margaret Court the player by naming an arena after her inevitably comes with the baggage of Margaret Court the individual.

Source: The Irish Times February 03, 2020 06:01 UTC