Gay Australian tennis star Casey Dellacqua is poised to strike the ultimate blow in the fight for same-sex acceptance, but has just one simple message for homophobic sporting legend Margaret Court.

Casey Dellacqua

Gay Australian tennis star Casey Dellacqua is poised to strike the ultimate blow in the fight for same-sex acceptance, but has just one simple message for homophobic sporting legend Margaret Court.

“It’s just normal,” Casey Dellacqua said after closing in on a symbolic doubles double at the French Open in Paris.

Dellacqua and Fed Cup teammate Ashleigh Barty on Monday advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s doubles at Roland Garros before the West Australian teamed with American Rajeev Ram to make the semis of the mixed.

Photo by By Diliff (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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