The United States Open is changing its approach to seeding players coming back from pregnancy after tennis officials were criticized for their handling of Serena Williams upon her return to the French Open last month.
Katrina Adams, the president and chairwoman of the United States Tennis Association, said players coming back from pregnancy should not be “penalized” for starting a family.
“It’s the right thing to do for these mothers that are coming back,” Adams said in a telephone interview on Friday.
Adams made no specific promises about where Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion who gave birth to a daughter in September, would be seeded.