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Australia tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis has seemingly backed Andrew Bogut's criticism of allowing biological males to compete in women's sports.
The former NBA star has been fiercely opposed to transgender women taking part in women's sports and renewed his criticism on Tuesday, when he retweeted footage of an Italian transgender sprinter winning a women's race.
Valentina Petrillo won the 200m race for women aged 50 to 54 to claim her eighth championship title at the Italian Indoor Masters Championship earlier this month.
'Stunning and brave queen,' Bogut tweeted in a thinly-veiled dig at the fact she was allowed to compete in the race, to which Kokkinakis replied: 'Seems fair' along with a laughing emoji.
Bogut has vehemently criticised the prospect of the semi-professional women's league NBL1 South, which incorporates teams from Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, allowing a biological male to play.
Australia tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis (left) seemed to agree with Andrew Bogut (right) in his criticism of allowing transgender women to compete in female sports
Bogut shared footage of a transgender Italian woman sprinter winning her eighth title this weekend in the category for women aged between 50 to 54
Kokkinakis replied to the former NBA star and appeared to agree with his stance
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