The Women’s Tennis Association has announced the right to a protected WTA rating

Women’s Tennis Association WTA She announced the innovation: tennis players who decided to suspend a career for the procedure of freezing eggs and embryos will be able to exercise the right to a protected rating when returning to the competition.

Now tennis players, which are included in the top 750 in a single or paired discharge and interrupt the speeches for at least ten weeks in a row due to the “fertility protection procedure”, can take advantage of this new rule, have specified in the leadership of the women’s tennis tour.

“I am incredibly proud that our sport recognizes the importance of fertility -related treatment for professional athletes,” said Sloan Stevens, US OPEN Champion 2017, whose words are given in the WTA press release. “This is a real innovative step that will allow the present and future a tennis -generation to continue their favorite business without sacrificing the opportunity to become a mother.”

WTA Director Porch Archer added:

“Women-athletes often face a dilemma-to focus on a career or create a family. We are pleased that this initiative will give our tennis players more freedom in the realization of potential and will allow you to choose the right time for motherhood. ”

The protected rating mechanism allows you to keep the position in the rating for a long break. In this case, the rating will be calculated on the basis of the average position 12 weeks before the WTA tour and will be valid at three category 125, 250 or 500 tournaments. A similar rule already applies to tennisters who interrupted a career due to pregnancy.