Williams rating went from 1st to 453rd.
In honor Worldwide Girls’s Day, tennis star Serena Williams penned an op-ed for Fortune the place she discusses some the hardships she has confronted as a lady in sports activities. One the largest issues she touches on is how the game handled her when she took maternity depart again in 2017. Williams got here again to tennis eight months after giving berth and in that timespan, she misplaced the #1 rating that she had labored so arduous to attain. For Williams, the rankings drop was unjust and led to pointless accidents.
“Once I returned to tennis from maternity depart, I used to be penalized for taking time f: my rating dropped from #1 on the earth to #453,” Serena defined. “That required me to face more durable competitors earlier within the French Open, which led to a pectoral damage that compelled me to drop out.”
Williams additionally went on to say that one thing wants to vary in tennis in order that new moms are protected after they take a depart absence. Since dropping to 453rd, Serena has discovered her method again to the highest 10.
“I fought arduous personally, making it to the Wimbledon last shortly after, however I additionally fought arduous publicly towards the biased rating system. We should cease penalizing girls after they return to their careers after having youngsters,” Williams added. “Girls should be given the identical respect and alternatives as our male counterparts. We’re entitled to the identical open doorways.”
Williams is second all-time in Main titles with 23 and desires yet another to tie Margaret Court docket for first.