Renaming Margaret Court Arena - don't think so

There is no doubt Margaret Court was one of the great tennis players of her era after retiring from tennis in 1977 with 24 Grand Slam singles titles to her name. Margaret's first Gland Slam title win was in 1960 after turning professional that year.

Margaret has a fairly impressive tennis CV, she was the first woman to win all four grand slams in a calendar year in 1970 during the open era, she also won 19 Grand Slam doubles titles and 21 mixed doubles titles.

To keep things in perspective, Serena Williams currently sits on 23 Grand Slam titles and even at age 35 has the potential to overtake Margaret in the future. Steffie Graf who retired in 1999 with 22 Grand Slam titles sits third on the all time list.

What we also know about Margaret Court is that she speaks her mind, I don't necessarily agree with her views but I do respect her right to an opinion. So Martina Navratilova with 18 single titles and a bunch of current tennis players are calling for Melbourne's Margaret Court Arena to be renamed because they don't like what she has to say - come on, get real.

I only hope the management of Margaret Court Arena have the backbone to stand up to this impingement of free speech. Whilst I don't agree with Margaret on this issue; I totally disagree with the over-reaction and the threats to boycott the arena calling for it to be renamed. Snap out of your collective self importance and just get on with your privileged lives on the professional tennis circuit.