Tennis player who is unbeaten in two years 明らかにする／漏らすs he was born 女性（の） after keeping it secret from his male 対抗者s?

  • Tennis player Zach Brookes has 明らかにする／漏らすd he was born a girl 指名するd Melissa
  • The 21-year-old has been competing in men's 競争s for two years
  • But he?doesn't tell 対抗者s he was born 女性（の） because it is 'difficult'

By Stephanie Linning for MailOnline

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A young tennis player who is undefeated in men's 競争s has 明らかにする／漏らすd he was born 女性（の）.

Zach Brookes, from Birmingham, started playing against men two years ago when he began his 旅行 to change sex.?

But the 21-year-old has never told his 対抗者s that he was born a girl, 指名するd Melissa, because 'it is difficult to explain he's different'.

Tennis player Zach Brookes
He was born a girl named Melissa, pictured

冒険的な 星／主役にする: Tennis player Zach Brookes, 21, left, has 明らかにする／漏らすd he was born a girl 指名するd Melissa, 権利

Undefeated: Mr Brookes, pictured on the court, has not lost a singles match in the last two years

Undefeated: Mr Brookes, pictured on the 法廷，裁判所, has not lost a （テニスなどの）シングルス match in the last two years

The tennis 星／主役にする has started hormone 治療 but said he wants to を受ける 外科 so that he can be '解放する／自由なd' from the '洞穴 he is 罠にかける in'.

Mr Brookes, who 苦しむs from autism, said he has taken inspiration from professional tennis player Renee Richards, who was born Richard Raskin.

The college student started playing at the age of seven and has since competed for a host of 地元の clubs.

He has reached the 地域の final?of the 国家の Learning Difficulties 選手権, earned a Level 2 coaching 資格 and is now 始める，決める to make his debut for a new club.?

He said the Lawn Tennis 協会 has been '完全に supportive' and had let him change his 指名する but he doesn't tell 対抗者s about his birth gender.?

The tennis player said he first became aware he had been born in the wrong 団体／死体 when he was a young child.

'I 行為／法令／行動するd like a boy,' he explained. 'I never mixed with girls because I couldn't build a 関係 with them. I was more comfortable in a male group.

'I played with 活動／戦闘 Man and Spiderman. In the 歓迎会 class, I wore a dress and I felt uncomfortable, 肉体的に. I had to pretend I liked it, which was 堅い.

Bright future: Mr Brookes has competed for a host of local clubs and been earned a coaching qualification

有望な 未来: Mr Brookes has competed for a host of 地元の clubs and been earned a coaching 資格

'Even at 最初の／主要な school, some girls were telling me I was a boy.'?

He searched for professional support and understanding, but struggled to be heard. His 打開 （機の）カム when he was referred to the Sheffield Gender 身元 Clinic clinic last March.

There he was 定める／命ずるd testosterone gel, which has 深くするd his 発言する／表明する and made his features look more masculi ne.?

He is 現在／一般に 存在 査定する／（税金などを）課すd for an 操作／手術 that would give him a 'manly chest'.?

He said: 'The testosterone is amazing, but the problem is I still have 女性（の） 団体／死体 parts. Inside, nothing has changed.

'When I get out of the にわか雨, I feel my 団体／死体 is someone else's. Since childhood, I've に例えるd it to 存在 罠にかける in a 洞穴.'?


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