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American on her pregnancy, changing attitudes and making it in
Tennis despite discouragement from an early age
As tennis players around the world make their slow return to competition this week after months away, there is one who will not be joining them for a while. In the final months of last season, Taylor Townsend announced she is pregnant and will give birth in March.
Some female players who are mothers would rather their tennis was front and centre in their profession and so her case is to be noted simply because it is a clear reflection of a recent cultural change in women’s tennis. In short, motherhood is becoming a normal career option in the sport for those who wish to take it.