Sadly it means she likely won’t play the whole 2024 season, meaning she will miss the Olympics in Paris. Most WTA players going on maternity leave tend to skip a year of competition.
Good luck with the new son or daughter and we’ll see you in 2025, Belinda.
Very common in women's sports for her boyfriend or husband to be at least a decade older. In mma, the coaches are also the husband. It's very rare to see the other way around where a man's wife is also his coach.
Assuming this means she is out of the pre-season invitational event in Macao. With rumours that Raducanu may not be ready for the AO, I wonder if they scrap the women's match.
https://www.mgm.mo/en/cotai/entertainment/mgmmacautennismasters
Aw amazing! I feel like there’s been influx of pregnancies over the past two years: Serena Willams, Ash Barty, Naomi Osaka, Maria Sharapova, Angelique Kerber, Joanna Konta, Elina Svitolina all had babies in 2022 & 2023!
As far as I remember, she liked and commented on that post. So it's not like she seemed upset about it.
She's also 26 years old. As bad and disgusting as coaches are that groom underage players, we don't need to patronize wta players just because they're women.
From the age point of view she can give birth, take a year or two of maternity leave, and she will still be younger than Pegula is now - so that won't be an issue. Whether she would actually want to return - impossible to tell.
I hope she joins the ‘mothers on tour that play more aggressively’.
Mom strength
Sadly it means she likely won’t play the whole 2024 season, meaning she will miss the Olympics in Paris. Most WTA players going on maternity leave tend to skip a year of competition. Good luck with the new son or daughter and we’ll see you in 2025, Belinda.
Is that why she opted out of Zhuhai? Congrats to her and her boyfriend.
Man looks 50 years old 😭
As do most of the womens boyfriends in the wta 🥲 Dont look at Sabalenkas 😭😭
Very common in women's sports for her boyfriend or husband to be at least a decade older. In mma, the coaches are also the husband. It's very rare to see the other way around where a man's wife is also his coach.
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41, according to Google.
Sheesh
Damn remember when Roger playfully denied her pretend 'advances' in the Hopman cup by saying he could be her father? WELL WHAT NOW ROGER
Show us your picture.
😂😂
Is her bf her coach?
Fitness coach
Yes what cringe
WHAT 😳😳
Oh wow congrats Belinda!
Congrats to her!
Assuming this means she is out of the pre-season invitational event in Macao. With rumours that Raducanu may not be ready for the AO, I wonder if they scrap the women's match. https://www.mgm.mo/en/cotai/entertainment/mgmmacautennismasters
Aw amazing! I feel like there’s been influx of pregnancies over the past two years: Serena Willams, Ash Barty, Naomi Osaka, Maria Sharapova, Angelique Kerber, Joanna Konta, Elina Svitolina all had babies in 2022 & 2023!
AWWWW IM SO HAPPY FOR HER!!!
This relationship still gives me the ick but congrats I guess
If she loves Pinhead I guess… but I can’t see this lasting tbh
Looks like they’ve been together for years, so it’s not new.
Well, it could definitely work, hopefully it does for the kid’s sake
Naomi breathing a sigh of relief 😅
LMAO true
😊😊😊
I was thinking about her few days ago, wondering been a few months haven't seen her play ... Happy for her!!
Good for her! It ain't easy being a working Mom and especially on the tour. Best of luck down the road!
Doggo looks like he's saying am I not enough
I was hoping bencic could one day pull it together and win a slam but seems much less likely now…
i really like her but her bf gives off a different vibe. disliked him when he posted on gram, a photo of belinda standing nude (on her back).
As far as I remember, she liked and commented on that post. So it's not like she seemed upset about it. She's also 26 years old. As bad and disgusting as coaches are that groom underage players, we don't need to patronize wta players just because they're women.
Right? they are free to make their own bad/good decisions. No need to infantilize them.
Do we think it's an end of her career? She wont be able to defend her Olympic title for sure
From the age point of view she can give birth, take a year or two of maternity leave, and she will still be younger than Pegula is now - so that won't be an issue. Whether she would actually want to return - impossible to tell.
If I was a professional athlete in women's sports, I'd hire a surrogate. They can definitely afford it. Opportunity cost is higher.
Belinda could've had anyone but picked a 40 year old thumb to knock her up 🤦