I am lesbian. JOHANNA LARSSON

By
Mark Hall
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Johanna Larsson didn’t have an easy time in the past few years.

The world no.80 is lesbian, and she was too scared to come out fearing that she would not have been accepted by her family and… the sponsors.

What happened

During a recent interview, Johanna commented

“I kept my first relationship secret from everyone for two years before the situation got untenable.

It was horrible to lie. I remember once that my mother had asked me if I met a woman and I denied it. I closed in upon myself, and I had no choice. My mum’s reaction was unbelievable; she told me ‘I love you no matter what.

Then she added “I had a dependence on people, I was afraid of their reactions and of not being able to keep following my dreams in tennis.

I was so focused on tennis that love, emotions or anything that could have distracted me from the sport were put aside. I was putting my life aside, and I never faced such problems. Now I feel grateful.”

Johanna is currently dating Amanda Strang that decided to make a move during the last event in Bastad when “suddenly Amanda took me by hand, then I was like: ‘Oh shit, no one knows about it, so surely it will come out.’”

Now Johanna and Amanda are finally free to be openly happy.