Will Tennis Champs Boycott the Australian Open Over Margaret Court’s Anti-Marriage Equality Stance?

Since Margaret Court loves boycotts so much, she's about to inspire a whole lot more of them.

Last week, the Australian tennis great submitted a letter to the West Australian in which she pledged to never fly Qantas again, because they're “an active promoter for same-sex marriage.”

Court—now a pastor at Victory Life Church in Perth—said she believed marriage was “a union between a man and a woman as stated in the bible.”

“Your statement leaves me no option but to use other airlines where possible for my extensive travelling,” she explained in her letter.

Twitter was quick to point out that Court is going to have a hard time travelling from coast to coast, given that Virgin is also an avowed supporter of same-sex marriage.

I guess now that Margaret Court is refusing to fly Qantas over #marriageequality she'll just fly Virgin the- oh. pic.twitter.com/rssI2q0Xo3

— Patrick Stokes (@patstokes) May 25, 2017

And that was just the beginning, with many others encouraging Margaret Court Arena to change their name, given Court’s views, suggesting Evonne Goolagong Cawley (and Tina Arena) as alternatives.

It wasn't just the Twitter echo chamber that was angered by Court's comments. Aussie player Casey Dellacqua shared another letter by Court that directly criticised her family, adding, "enough is enough."

Tennis Australia and the Margaret Court Arena distanced themselves from Court’s comments. However, that may not be enough to appease next year’s Australian Open attendees.

Aussie champ Samantha Stosur has said, from the French Open, Australia “definitely should have” same-sex marriage, and that there would be a possibility some players may not choose to visit the arena that shares Court’s name come 2018.

"But I guess we'll cross that bridge when we all get down to the Australian Open next year and [see] who wants to play on Margaret Court Arena and who doesn't, and we'll go from there,” she explained.

Teenage wildcard Jaimee Fourlis echoed Stosur's support for Dellacqua, while Olympian John Millman called Court's views "a little bit inappropriate."

Meanwhile, Court has been doing the media rounds to defend her statements, appearing on The Project and The Bolt Report, in which she accused people of “bullying” her.

Twitter clapped back with a concerning excerpt of an interview she conducted in 1970, regarding Apartheid in South Africa.

As you can imagine, Margaret Court Arena’s Facebook admin has seen better days.

Photo: Facebook (Australian Open)