{"id":317216,"date":"2025-11-29T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/317216\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:04:07","slug":"swiss-tennis-player-mika-brunold-comes-out-as-gay-in-heartfelt-message-to-fans-mika-brunold-tennis-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/317216\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Tennis Player Mika Brunold Comes Out as Gay in Heartfelt Message to Fans | Mika Brunold, Tennis | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rising tennis player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/mika-brunold\/\" title=\"Mika Brunold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mika Brunold<\/a> has come out as gay.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old Swiss athlete, who is ranked #307 in the world, just came out with an emotional message on Saturday (November 29).  In the letter, Mika spoke about identity, honesty, and the pressure many athletes feel to hide parts of themselves while competing at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeyy. Today I want to share something personal with you,\u201d Mika began. \u201cAs a professional tennis player, I\u2019ve spent countless hours working on my game, my body, and my mindset. Through all of this, one of the most important things I\u2019ve learned is that success on the court isn\u2019t just about physical skill \u2013 it\u2019s about discovering your personality and staying true to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mika explained that he had been searching for the right way to talk about his identity and that keeping quiet was never something he could comfortably do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been thinking a lot about how to talk about this,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd while it hasn\u2019t always been easy, hiding it and pretending to be someone I\u2019m not was never an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mika added, \u201cThat\u2019s why I feel it\u2019s time for me to open up and share with you that I\u2019m gay. Being gay doesn\u2019t just mean loving the same gender \u2013 it also means dealing with things most people never have to think about. The fear of not being accepted, the pressure to stay quiet, the feeling of being different. But I\u2019ve grown. And I\u2019m proud of who I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said that he hopes his honesty can help others in the world of sports who may feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sharing this with you to take a step for myself, but also because I think it\u2019s not talked about enough in sports. I believe that in an ideal world, we wouldn\u2019t even need to come out at all. I\u2019m deeply grateful for everyone who supported me. Without you, I would never be the person I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, Brazilian tennis player Jo\u00e3o Lucas Reis da Silva, who is currently ranked #191, became the first active professional men\u2019s player to publicly come out as gay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rising tennis player Mika Brunold has come out as gay. The 21-year-old Swiss athlete, who is ranked #307&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-317216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}