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object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Coco-Gauff-with-inset-of-Jessica-Pegula-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Coco Gauff with inset of Jessica Pegula\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Coco Gauff with inset of Jessica Pegula                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>There has been no pushback from players against the WTA\u2019s controversial policy that will require all players to undergo gender sex tests with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\">Coco Gauff<\/a> and Jessica Pegula both saying they \u201cunderstand the reasoning behind it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The WTA caused a stir ahead of the North American hard-court swing as it announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/wta-confirms-major-rule-change-women-players-undergo-one-time-genetic-sex-test\">all players will have to undergo a one-time genetic sex test<\/a> in future in a move to prevent transgender women from competing on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the organisation stated: \u201cThe WTA\u2019s Women\u2019s Eligibility policy is designed to promote equal athletic opportunities in women\u2019s professional tennis and maintain fair competition for all players participating in WTA tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tennis great Martina Navratilova, a long-standing outspoken critic of transgender women competing in women\u2019s sport, welcomed the decision, but it has also resulted in an increase on attacks on the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time Grand Slam winner Gauff agrees that it is important to \u201ccreate fairness in sport\u201d, but is unimpressed that some people \u201cjust want to use this as a reason to attack the trans community\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/linda-noskova-asks-why-am-i-here-photo-used-gender-sex-test-wta-policy-story\">Linda Noskova asks \u2018why am I here\u2019 after Wimbledon champion\u2019s photo used for controversial WTA policy story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-backs-controversial-wta-transgender-policy-lets-keep-it-that-way\">Aryna Sabalenka backs controversial WTA transgender policy \u2013 \u2018Let\u2019s keep it that way\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, as far as, I guess, with that, I know it\u2019s been something that\u2019s been talked about for a while. But I\u2019ve talked to a couple other players, and a lot of them didn\u2019t find out until the press release. So I do think that\u2019s something that could have been more transparent amongst like players along across the tour,\u201d the world No 4 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as that, I mean, I understand the reasoning behind it. I do think that this kind of conversation has created a lot of animosity towards the trans community, which I\u2019m not really a big fan of, but I also understand the need to, I guess, the biological difference and the need to protect that and preserve that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think it\u2019s a conversation that is very nuanced. And it creates, causes, or I need to have a nuanced answer. So, yes, I guess I kind of agree with trying to protect the fairness in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also do not like the attack that it is creating. People who don\u2019t really care, but just want to use this as a reason to attack the trans community. So I\u2019m not really a big fan of that either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I don\u2019t really know how to answer really this question in a way that people aren\u2019t going to spin it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as far as where I stand, I definitely support the trans community, but I also support the need of creating fairness in sport too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pegula, who sits on the player council, revealed that it\u2019s not really a topic that is being discussed among players as she says they have been educated about the policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy opinion is I think the WTA just wanted to update their policy based on what they have seen from other sporting organisations,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, at least from my point of view, I don\u2019t really have any pushback on it. I think I haven\u2019t heard, even being on council, no players have really mentioned or said anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that it\u2019s been announced, I think we\u2019ll see. Obviously now that we are here in Toronto, a bigger tournament, and going into Cincy when the testing starts, we\u2019ll see if there\u2019s any more feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think so far no one\u2019s really said anything, and I think it\u2019s more just the tour making a decision updating it, and it kind of is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the testing will start at the Cincinnati Open, she replied: \u201cI think so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it Cincy? Yeah, I think it\u2019s Cincinnati is when it starts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cYeah, like we had a whole, we had to watch a video and do a whole thing to kind of, like a rollout of the education and why we\u2019re doing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t just kind of laid on us, like, you have to do this. There was a lot of education and stuff in the background of all the stuff the players have had to do to learn about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Gauff backs WTA\u2019s gender sex testing policy but upset it is used to \u2018attack the trans community\u2019 Shahida Jacobs 07 Aug 2026 8:00 AM Coco Gauff with inset of Jessica Pegula There has been no pushback from players against the WTA\u2019s controversial policy that will require all players to undergo gender sex tests with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2081832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2081832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2081832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2081832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2081832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}