Combining work with motherhood is tricky, and it is no different for professional athletes. So, how do tennis stars balance babies with grand slams?
, for their underpayment of a player on maternity leave.
Townsend, who won her first grand slam match since becoming a mother on Tuesday when too good for Diane Parry, has spent weeks away from her son Adyn Aubrey. “It was clear from the beginning, when I was pregnant, that we would be doing it all together or we don’t do it at all,” she said. She travels with a nanny at times, but it is not always possible and Australia is an expensive destination.
“[But] when I left home, I was pretty sad. I’m sure you guys saw my Instagram [post] where I was like, ‘I’m going to miss you so much’. [I was] crying and everything.The WTA Tour updated its special ranking rule in 2018 to make it easier for players to return from pregnancy, illness or injury.That innovation was not around when American tennis player Elizabeth Mandlik was following her mother, dual Australian Open champion Hana Mandlikova, around the legends tour in the 2000s.
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