"That's a tricky question. I have nothing to do against [trans people], but I feel like they still got a huge advantage over the woman, and I think it's just not fair to the woman to basically face biologically a man. It's not fair, the woman been working her whole life to reach her limit, and then she has to face a man, which is biologically much stronger, so for me I don't agree with this kind of stuff in sport."
"This is all standard fare that you've heard from anti-trans activists hundreds of times by now, but this particular conversation was made more interesting by where it went next. Immediately after agreeing with Kyrgios and Sabalenka, Morgan brought up an incident from earlier this year when Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk implied that Sabalenka has an advantage over her because of her size and potentially "higher level of testosterone.""
Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios are scheduled for a Battle of the Sexes match in Dubai and spent time promoting the event. A question about trans participation in sports led Sabalenka to say she had nothing against trans people but believed trans women retained a huge biological advantage over women and that it was unfair because women train their whole lives only to face biologically stronger opponents. Kyrgios agreed with that view. A prior remark by Marta Kostyuk suggesting Sabalenka's size and potentially higher testosterone could confer an advantage was raised, underscoring a lack of high-level trans competitors to evaluate such claims.
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