Judy Murray has been in tennis for a very long time, and she's delighted to see so many players using their voices now.
It's not something that's been the case that much in the past due to the atmosphere during that time. Things have changed for the better now, and the tennis coach is delighted to see so many tennis players speaking up important things both in tennis and outside of tennis.
Coco Gauff is a rising star but also a person who isn't scared to tackle the most complicated topics during her interviews. Naomi Osaka has been a passionate advocate for mental health after her own experiences with that.
Ons Jabeur has tackled various things as well and remains a great role model for Arab women who are hoping to one day do the things she's been able to do in the sport. All of that is amazing for Murray, who praised all of them during the TNT Sports and discovery+’s “A Seat At The Table”.
There’s your role model. For that area, for her country in particular, for me all major change has to come from the top. It has to come from the leader. If I look at Tunisia, immediately when Ons Jabeur starts to come through there are enormous initiatives to get more young girls, particularly playing tennis, but to open the sport up to many more people, and also to bring in WTA events and ATP events.
If I look at Coco and Naomi Osaka, they’re both young women who’ve spoken out and used their voices really well, whether it’s Black Lives Matter, whether it’s mental health, pressures of being in the public eye and so forth.“I think that’s one of the things that we have to do on the female side, is to encourage women and girls to speak up, because you wouldn’t get any change if you don’t talk about it.
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