As Jamie Murray puts it: 'We have players from all over the world, all different cultures, many walks of life'.Īnd yet in spite of the multiculturalism, there is still one great anomaly at the heart of the men's game: the absence of any openly gay players. At next week's Australian Open, the first grand slam of the year, there will be 10 countries and five continents represented in the world top 10 alone.
At first glance, men's tennis appears a model of diversity.