Aryna Sabalenka has weighed into the participation of transgender athletes in women\u2019s sport, the world No 1 saying it would be unfair for women to face \u201cbiological men\u201d in professional tennis.<\/p>\n
The WTA Tour gender participation policy permits transgender women to participate if they have declared their gender as female for a minimum of four years, have lowered testosterone levels and agree to testing procedures. These conditions may be further varied by the WTA medical manager on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n
Asked about transgender athletes in an interview with Piers Morgan released on Tuesday, the four-times Grand Slam champion said: \u201cThat\u2019s a tricky question. I have nothing to do against them. But I feel like they still got a huge advantage over the women and I think it\u2019s not fair on women to face basically biological men.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Belarusian, who was on the show to promote her battle of the sexes clash with Nick Kyrgios<\/a> on 28 December, added: \u201cIt\u2019s not fair. The woman has been working her whole life to reach her limit and then she has to face a man, who is biologically much stronger, so for me I don\u2019t agree with this kind of stuff in sport.\u201c<\/p>\n The WTA has yet to respondto Sabalenka\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n Kyrgios said he agreed with Sabalenka, the Australian adding: \u201cI think she hit the nail on the head.\u201d<\/p>\n