Former tennis pro Casey Dellacqua praised the bravery of Josh Cavallo in the aftermath of his announcement earlier this week that he is gay.<\/p>\n
Dellacqua, who came out in 2013 while active on the WTA tour, said that she hoped that in 10 years' time announcements like this would not be newsworthy at all.<\/p>\n
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"Obviously those around me knew, but it's a very different picture when you come out to the public and to the media," she said on Nine's Sports Sunday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Why Josh Cavallo's announcement matters more than you think<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Legend whacks Aussies' 'confusing tactics'<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "It was really difficult to be present, playing in the sport, and having to deal with that."<\/p>\n Cavallo made international headlines after publicly announcing he is gay<\/a>, becoming the only openly out male footballer in any top football division in the world.<\/p>\n "I'm really proud of Josh and to see his authenticity come through and to also represent the LGBTQ+ community as well as he has, has been fantastic," she said.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Kohli blasts 'spineless' trolls after racial abuse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> The 48 hours to define Australia's World Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Dellacqua has three children with her partner, Amanda Judd, the first of which was born just before the pair publicly came out.<\/p>\n "At the US Open I'd missed a bit of time, I just threw it in there at a press conference and said why I hadn't been playing," she said.<\/p>\n "It definitely caused a little bit of a stir but I felt ready to deal with that. It is a lot to take on while you're still trying to play as well."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"The](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/10\/389318\/pickerimage.jpg\")
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