The WTA has announced a new policy aimed at helping female tennis players "balance a professional sports career with planning ...

Female players who choose to undergo a fertility protection procedure will be allowed to take time away from the sport and ...

The move, called “groundbreaking” by 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, is aimed at players who take a break from the ...

“The new rule means that players can now take time away from professional tennis for a fertility protection procedure such as ...

Women players who choose to undergo a fertility protection procedure will be allowed to take time away from the sport and return to competitive action with a protected ranking, the governing body ...

This follows the introduction in March of paid maternity leave and grants for fertility protection measures in women's tennis ...

Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, has previously called for egg freezing to be recognized as a protected ranking ...

Under the new protected ranking rule covering absences for fertility procedures ... Players already were eligible for ranking protection while pregnant or other ways of becoming a parent.

Female players who choose to undergo a fertility protection procedure will be allowed to take time away from the sport and ...

(AP) — Professional tennis players who take time off from competition for a fertility procedure such as egg ... leave and grants for fertility protection measures in women's tennis.

Female players who choose to undergo a fertility protection procedure will be allowed to take time away from the sport and return to competitive action with a protected ranking, the governing body ...