Tennis Star Coco Gauff Appears to Support Policy Protecting Women’s Sports, but Laments ‘Attack’ on Trans Community

American tennis star Coco Gauff said she supports transgender people while also appearing to back a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) policy protecting fairness in women's sports.

Tennis star Coco Gauff called for nuance in response to a new rule from the Women’s Tennis Association that requires its athletes to undergo genetic tests amid the ongoing debate about transgender athletes in women’s sports.

Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour’s newly introduced gene-testing policy. What the two-time Grand Slam champion doesn’t favor is how politicized the discussion becomes in generating what Gauff called, “animosity towards the trans community.”

Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour’s newly introduced gene-testing policy

Gauff backs WTA gene-testing, while criticizing how it creates animosity toward trans community  AP News

Coco Gauff supports 'fairness' in WTA test, not 'animosity'  ESPN

Coco Gauff voiced support for the WTA's SRY gene-testing policy while expressing concern about animosity directed at the transgender community.

American tennis star Coco Gauff insists that she “definitely” supports the trans community but also backs “fairness in sport” after the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced mandatory genetic sex testing for all its players. The women’s world number four was asked for her reaction to the WTA’s controversial new po

Gauff was asked about a new eligibility policy in professional women's tennis, which is based on a one-off gene test.

The WTA World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka said she wants to keep fairness in sport while supporting the Tour's new one-time gene testing policy.

The world number one women's tennis player supports the WTA's new sex testing rules. Others are more critical of the policy.