Tennis player Joao Lucas Reis da Silva becomes first active male pro player to come out publicly
History has been made in men’s tennis, with Joao Reis becoming the first active male professional player to come out.
The 24-year-old Brazilian star, ranked 401st in the world on the ATP Tour, took to Instagram to make the historic announcement.
He shared a series of photos with his boyfriend, actor and model Gui Sampaio Ricardo, on Sunday (8 December), and captioned the images: “Happy birthday. Happy life. I love you so much.”
Ricardo responded by writing: “Te amo,” (I love you).
Tennis has several out queer female players and has a long history of out lesbian
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