LONDON (AP) Mandy Minella wanted Wimbledon, because of its prestige, to be her final event before giving birth to a daughter in December.
That’s despite the doctors she consulted saying she could still keep playing for months to come.
”I was surprised,” the 31-year-old Minella said. ”I thought they would be more cautious, but some said, `At six months, maybe the belly would (be) in your way.’ I thought, `Maybe at six months? I won’t do that.”’
Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, announced in April that she is pregnant – and won the Australian Open in January while with child.