Doubles standout Andrea Sestini Hlavackova will have a new partner on her team come this summer: She and her husband Fabrizio Sestini will be welcoming the arrival of their first child.
Sestini Hlavackova made the announcement on Wednesday to the Czech media. The plan, she said, is to freeze her ranking as she’s decided to step away for now, but hasn’t ruled out a comeback.
"I have no concrete plans to come back to tennis right away, but I will definitely keep my options open,” she said, according to the WTA. “I've taken a protected ranking and will freeze it for as long as I can so I might make a better decision about whether to come back. That would only happen after our baby is born, and healthy and going through all the right things.”
She added: "I definitely want to be able to say a proper goodbye to my career and announce a career retirement one day, but I don't want to expect now that I'm expecting!"
Barbora Strycova, who teamed up with Hlavackova to win two titles from five finals last year, was happy for her partner and shed some light on Instagram on the depth of their friendship.