AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Top-ranked women's tennis player backs WTA gene testing to protect fair competition
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka gave full-throated support to the Women's Tennis Association's new mandatory genetic testing policy, a move that makes the WTA the first professional sports league to screen players for biological sex. Sabalenka, the Belarusian four-time Grand Slam champion, addressed the policy at a press conference during the 2026 National Bank Open, […] The post Top-ranked women's tennis player backs WTA gene testing to protect fair competition appeared first on American Almanac .
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka gave full-throated support to the Women's Tennis Association's new mandatory genetic testing policy, a move that makes the WTA the first professional sports league to screen players for biological sex. Sabalenka, the Belarusian four-time Grand Slam champion, addressed the policy at a press conference during the 2026 National Bank Open, telling reporters she welcomed the testing and urged the tour to hold the line. Her comments landed as international sports bodies from track and field to boxing have moved toward similar eligibility standards, and as the International Olympic Committee prepares its own sex-based screening ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The WTA's policy, which took effect July 21, requires…Open