Are The Lesbian Doubles Champions Renee Stubbs & Lisa Raymond Back Together?
This week the WTA Tour stop this week is at the masters event in Cincinnati Ohio. I just noticed that the lesbian doubles champions Renee Stubbs and Lisa Raymond are competing together again! I think this is a positive sign for gay and lesbians to see Lisa and Renee on the tennis court.
I admire Lisa and Renee for not hiding their homosexuality and their romantic relationship. It is such a joke that the male tennis players refuse to come out of the closet.
I can name several lesbian tennis champions yet Bill Tilden is only male tennis champion that was openly gay. Tennis is an individual sport, so a male tennis player has nothing to fear by coming out of the closet.
I think this is the reason I admire the lesbians on the WTA Tour so much. Straight people utilize their heterosexism when they dismiss the importance of coming out of the closet in professional sports. I am tired of hearing the straights say “being gay doesn’t matter”. Of course, the fact remains sexuality matters a lot in pro sports. Heterosexuality is utilized to sell tickets, obtain sponsors, and maintain the acceptance of the general public. Whenever I watch tennis, the cameras always focus on the supermodel girlfriend or boyfriend of a pro tennis player. Heterosexuality is not just assumed it seems on the ATP Tour there is a silent code it must be maintained.
However, on the WTA Tour it is well known that a lesbian doubles network exists between the female tennis players. Some lesbian couples play doubles together because it just makes sense. The WTA Tour can be a lonely place, but when two women fall in love they start to play doubles because they get to spend more time together.
For instance, back in the mid 1990s, the Spanish tennis champion Conchita Martinez and her girlfriend Gigi Fernandez played doubles together.
Fernandez and Martinez are no longer together, but even the 1990s the mainstream media constantly talked about their lesbian relationship. Wouldn’t it be nice if a famous male doubles team was openly gay? I think men’s tennis would be more popular if gay and bisexual men finally came out of the closet.
The gay movement needs more top male tennis players to come out of the closet to increase the gay visibility.
I imagine on the ATP Tour the some of the top male doubles teams are probably gay and bisexual anyway.
Can you imagine if Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal were openly gay and their boyfriends cheered them on during their tennis matches? Now this would be a true moment of diversity in professional sports!
On the WTA Tour, the other women don’t care that Lisa Raymond and Renee Stubbs are lesbians. The female tennis players accept the lesbian tennis players.
I guess on the ATP Tour, the men are a bit more immature and fear about their masculinity being challenged. It would be nice if some top male tennis players would just come out of the closet. Someone at the top of the men’s tennis tour needs to come out to challenge the stereotype that gay men can’t be top athletes.
The disparity between the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour in relation to homosexuality is a complete joke. The imbalance doesn’t make much sense. There has to be some male tennis champions that are gay or bisexual this is a fact of life.
Meanwhile, I am not sure if Lisa and Renee are dating again? However, it is nice to see that Lisa and Renee decided to play doubles together. I wonder why? The rumours I heard is, after Lisa and Renee broke up a couple of years ago that they were finished. It is sweet to see Lisa and Renee competing together they are very talented doubles players. Welcome back ladies!
Rafael Nadal Plays An Ugly Game Of Men’s Tennis He Sounds Like He Is Mastrubating On The Tennis Court.
Last night, I watched Rafael Nadal defeat Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 6-3 in the second round of the men’s Canadian Open. After Nadal won the a tense first set tiebreaker, the final result was never in doubt. Nadal plays an effective but ugly game of men’s tennis. I am not dismissing the fact Nadal is a great tennis player because he is a great champion.
However, Nadal’s game is not beautiful to watch like Roger Federer’s game. Roger’s game is effortless and effective. Federer can hit a slice serve, a drop shot, or a lob, he has so much variety in his game. Federer moves like a ballet dancer on the tennis court.
By contrast, Nadal looks like a bull, he seems to expend a lot of energy during his matches and he is very boring to watch.
I agree with Martina Navratilova’s perspective that grunting is basically cheating. The media complain about Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, and the Williams Sisters grunting but Rafael Nadal’s grunting is just disgusting .
Rafael Nadal sounds like he’s masturbating and having an orgasm on the tennis court. Nadal has the loudest and most annoying grunt on the men’s tennis tour. I guess because Nadal is a man he gets a pass for his abhorrent behaviour. Another thing I noticed, Nadal is the king of gamesmanship during his matches. Nadal takes forever to serve the damn tennis ball and he picks his butt it is an annoying disgusting habit.
In terms of looks, Nadal certainly isn’t bad-looking, but he doesn’t have the beauty of the other Spanish men. Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Robredo, and David Ferrer are gorgeous! Nadal looks like a monster that’s going to rip his opponent to shreds.
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