Jie Zheng welcomes first child, Li Na announces second, and Kim Clijsters is expecting third. (AP Photo)
Jie Zheng, once ranked as high as No. 15, has been completely missing in action from the WTA tour since playing doubles at Wimbledon last year. Her last singles match dates even farther back to the 2015 Australian Open. It turns out the quiet hiatus has been for good reason as the 32-year-old revealed on social media (China’s Weibo) that she became a first-time mother in April: