Australian tennis player Destanee Aiava says she will be retiring at the end of the season as the 25-year-old hit out at a “racist, misogynistic, homophobic and hostile” culture in the sport.
Aiava, who reached a career-high of 147 as a teenager, described tennis as her “toxic boyfriend” and said she was sending a “ginormous f--- you” to those who had tore her down. She added the sport was unwelcoming to “anyone who doesn’t fit the mould” in a scathing retirement post on Instagram.
