French Open has three openly gay women, zero (as usual) men

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The French Open will have as many as three openly gay female players when the tournament’s main draw starts in Paris on Sunday. There will be no openly gay male players, as has always been the case in the sport. Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck (ranked 46th), whose girlfriend is also a pro tennis player, will play Isabelle Wallace in the field of 128 at Roland Garros. Johanna Larsson (ranked 97th) of Sweden, who has been in the Top 100, will be the second gay player in the round when she meets Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S. Openly gay Dutch player Richel Hogenkamp (ranked 134th) will make the main draw if she wins a qualifying match that was played early Friday U.S. time. While the numbers of

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