Tennis great Pam Shriver expressed hope that women will be able to separate their personal life from professional life and that coaches will no longer sleep with their students.
wants the sport’s governing bodies to do more to prevent coaches from sleeping with their pupils.when she was a teenager, told The Age in an interview published Sunday that bringing the hammer down on coaches who sleep with players is as important as cleansing the sport of those who use performance-enhancing drugs or attempt to fix matches.
"Having seen so many generations of women players struggle with the same thing, I really want women players to have more agency over the separation of their personal life from their professional life," she told the outlet."There has been such an acceptance that this happens. That has to switch to ‘No, it can’t happen.’"
"The WTA is dedicated to ensuring a safe environment across the tour," a spokeswoman for the organization told the outlet."Safeguarding requires vigilance, and we are continuing to invest in education, training and resources to improve our efforts."
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