Female tennis players will receive paid maternity leave for the first time on the WTA Tour.
More than 320 players can receive up to 12 months of paid leave through the new birth fund introduced by the Women’s Tennis Association.
Subsidies will be provided for the treatment of reproductive power.
The player must compete with a minimum WTA tournament for a certain time to qualify.
The birth program will be completely funded by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), a global partner of the WTA Tour.
Petra Kvitova and Belinda Bencic have returned from maternity leave in recent months.
Victoria Azarenka, the world’s No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, who gave birth to his son Leo in 2016, said that last year, if WTA introduced birth benefits to the BBC, it would be “a great victory for general women.”
Four major champions Naomi Osaka said that it would be a “change of life.”
“It can be difficult to balance the physical and emotional demands of professional tennis careers and the complexity of mother and family life.”
“This initiative will provide support and flexibility to explore family life in the form of the current and next -generation players.”
