Judy Murray

[Goldshelfie]

Don't worry everyone, its good news! Judy Murray has spoken out about the unfairness of trans women in women's sports.

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She does say how very complicated it all is, which I don't agree with personally, but the important thing is that she has come out with a statement expressing her view that it is unfair. Good on her, I hope she doesn't get too much hassle now but even if she does it will show more people how unreasonable the TRAs can be.

Not her area of expertise

Oh , dearie, dearie me.

She seems to follow commen sense, which of course is that male-puberty bodies have an advantage over female-puberty bodies. Not that I see people as bodies, but clearly in sport the competition is linked to bodies.

@MsTSwift

Love that Andy Murray interview where he pushes back hard against the dimwit interviewer saying “how does it feel to be the first English player to win Wimbledon “ AM glares and says “first English MAN to win” and explained a woman had won before him. Any mother with a son with attitudes like that has done a good job!

That it occurred to him is unusual, never mind challenging it. He's lovely.

I think Judy has given a few hints over the years and she has worked extremely hard on getting systems in place to encourage girls to play tennis and sport in general.

I don't want to derail the thread as it's about Judy but I think the Andy Murray story has got confused with his reply when a journalist referred to the first American to reach a Wimbledon semi final for 20 years. Andy replied that it was the first US man, resulting in a delighted response from Serena Williams.

He would never refer to himself as an English man. It's often been said that the media refer to him as Scottish when he loses and British when he wins. Apparently that's a myth but he is definitely Scottish not English.

He also wasn't the first British man to win Wimbledon. The poor chap had the nightmare pressure of being the first British man to win the title for 77 years.

Judy Murray is a great example for encouraging girls into sport - I think she could have spoken out a bit more strongly but I understand why she didnt. As an earlier poster said - tennis is a great example of the unequal balance between men and women in sport.