McEnroe and Navratilova protest: who is Margaret Court?

Tennis stars object to arena being named after legend with controversial views

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Margaret Court
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John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova have staged a protest demanding that the Margaret Court arena in Australia is renamed.

As the Australian Open headed into semi-finals, the tennis legends unfurled a banner with their proposed new name of the second biggest tennis court at Melbourne Park.

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