Women athletes who want to start a family have often received little to no support or faced repercussions.
German 17-year-old Justin Engel became the youngest player since Boris Becker 40 years ago to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP Tour grass-court tournament by making the last eight at the Stuttgart Open on Thursday.
Canadian Bianca Andreescu notched another win on Thursday, defeating New Zealander and No. 7 seed Lulu Sun 6-0, 6-4 in the second round of the Libema Open.
Wimbledon’s prize money has risen to a record 53.5 million pounds (about $73 million US) and the singles champions will each earn three million pounds ($4 million US), All England Club officials announced on Thursday.
Sonay Kartal fell to a 6-1, 6-3 defeat at the hands of world No. 15 Amanda Anisimova, but has plenty of positives to take from an historic week in women’s tennis
Carson Branstine upset women’s top seed Liudmila Samsonova while fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo downed men’s eighth seed Jordan Thompson on Wednesday at the Libema Open grass-court tennis tournament.
Professional tennis players who take time off from competition for a fertility procedure such as egg or embryo freezing will have their ranking protected under a WTA Tour policy announced Wednesday.
Female tennis players who wish to freeze eggs or embryos, so they can start a family at a later date, will have their ranking protected by the WTA Tour. The offer is open to any player ranked in the world’s top 750 who spends more than ten weeks out of competition.
