Aussie legend courts trouble

The arena named after tennis great Margaret Court has taken to Twitter to distance itself – or at least its management – from her incendiary stance on same-sex marriage.

Margaret Court Arena, part of the Melbourne Parks complex, lobbed into the fray yesterday, saying they remain committed to ‘‘equality, diversity and inclusion’’.

Court, the 74 year-old who won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, announced on Thursday that she would stop using Qantas ‘‘where possible’’ in protest at the airline’s promotion of same-sex marriage.

Marriage equality activists say it is now up to Court whether she is happy for her name to remain on a building which has stated it supports same-sex equality.