Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic has become a mom for the first time, she announced Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Bencic and her partner Martin Hromkovič, who
is also her fitness coach, posted a photograph on their Instagram accounts with
the message “Bella, our love” and Tuesday’s date that she was born.
The replies included congratulations from top-ranked Iga
Swiatek and Viktorija Golubic, who played doubles with Bencic when they won
silver for Switzerland at the Tokyo Olympics placed in 2021.
Bencic took gold in singles beating Markéta Vondroušová, who
went on win the Wimbledon title in 2023, in the final.
Bencic has previously said she wants to return to the tour
as a mom. Her ranking has dropped from No. 14 to 92 since she announced her
pregnancy in November.
The Paris Olympics tennis tournaments start in three months’
time on July 27. AP
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