Renee Richards was in her 40s when she STARTED playing tennis professionally. That is totally different from a male who has grown up playing the game and changes gender in his late teens/20s. He would destroy any female professional tennis player. Stephanos Tsitsipas - 20 years old - 6'4" - 187 lbs will be #4 next week with wins over Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.
Zverev - 22 years old - #5 - 6'6" 197 lbs.
Khachanov - 23 years old - #11 - 6'6" - 192 lbs.
Medvedev - 23 years old - #14 - 6'6" - 182 lbs.
Auger-Aliassime - 18 years old - #22 - 6' 4" - 194 lbs.
In days gone by, the "ideal" male tennis player was 6' 1" - now the trend is 6' 4" and over. Of course, the above listed are good enough to make it on the men's tour. But for the high schooler who can't break through or qualify, those female opponents, best of 3 instead of best of 5 sets and EQUAL pay for LESS work are going to look mighty attractive. This transgender stuff is going to destroy women sports.

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