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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nIn a joint interview with Nick Kyrgios on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Sabalenka was asked her stance on transgender women playing women\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n
World No. 1 Sabalenka said she\u2019s firmly against it because it creates an unequal playing field.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just not fair to a woman to basically face a biological man,\u201d Sabalenka told Piers Morgan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have nothing to do against them [transgender athletes], but I feel they still have a huge advantage over the woman,\u201d Sabalenka said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s just not fair to a woman to basically face a biological man.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two-time reigning US Open champion said her position comes down to fair play.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not fair,\u201d Sabalenka said. \u201cA woman is working their whole life to reach her limit and then she has to face like a man, which is biologically much stronger.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo for me I don\u2019t agree with this stuff in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sabalenka\u2019s comments echo remarks former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova has repeatedly made. Hall of Famer Navratilova has said it\u2019s \u201cinsane\u201d and \u201ccheating\u201d to permit transgender women to compete against biological women.<\/p>\n
Two-time Australian Open champion Sabalenka also struck back at criticism Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk made in an interview in October when she said Sabalenka had a strength and size advantage and suggested the world No. 1 may well have a higher testosterone level as well, contributing to her success on court.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I look at these players, I have my own skills, but at the end of the day, they are all much bigger than me, much taller than me, much stronger than me,\u201d Kostyuk said. \u201cWe all have different biological structures. Some have a higher level of testosterone, some have lower.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just natural, they don\u2019t take anything. I\u2019m sure of that. It\u2019s just the biology of their body.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked by Piers Morgan her response to Kostyuk\u2019s comments, Sabalenka shot back \u201call I hear here is just excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s so funny that we have even talk about someone like Marta Kostyuk comments,\u201d Sabalenka said. \u201cBut all I hear here is just excuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s actually quite funny because she\u2019s a strong girl. She probably has more muscles than I do. She looks fit and strong and I think that\u2019s not the case in all of the matches she lost against the top players\u2026I think that\u2019s not the key in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
“All I hear here is just excuses\u2026 she probably has more muscles than I do!”<\/p>\n
Aryna Sabalenka responds to Marta Kostyuk’s claims that she has ‘higher testosterone’.<\/p>\n
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