Stakhovsky made the explosive claims after being knocked out of Wimbledon 2015 (Picture: Getty)

Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky has reportedly claimed that ‘almost every other’ female tennis player is a lesbian, and that he won’t let his daughter play the sport for that reason.

Stakhovsky, who is perhaps best known for beating Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2013, made the comments during an interview with Ukrainian website xsport.ua about ‘sexual minorities’ in tennis.

The world number 49 also claimed that none of the top 100 men in the game are gay, and that he’d know if they were.

‘You see, on the ATP, we have a normal atmosphere,’ he said, via a translation from letsecondserve.com




‘If there was anything, we’d know about it, because it’s a very closed circle.

‘I won’t sacrifice my hand for the whole tour and the new guys, who are just joining, but in the backbone of the top-100 there are definitely no gays.’

Stakhovsky also claims that no man in tennis’ top 100 is gay (Picture: Getty)

Stakhovsky also took issue with Martina Navratilova’s comments in March about wanting to see more top-level male players come out.

‘She has no clue at all what men’s tennis is,’ Stakhovsky said.

‘And she has nothing to do with [men’s tennis].

‘On the WTA Tour, almost every other player is a lesbian. Can you imagine — half of them. So I for sure won’t send my daughter to play tennis.’

Stakhovsky, 29, is yet to reach the third round of a slam this year, having been knocked out of this year’s Wimbledon in five sets by 18-year-old Borna Coric.

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