Former world number one Victoria Azarenka said on Monday that any change in seeding rules for returning mothers at Grand Slam tournaments would have to be for all players and not just SerenaWilliams.
Roland Garros organisers have come under fire for not seeding 23-time major champion Williams for the French Open, as the American makes her Grand Slam comeback after stepping away from the Tour in February 2017 to have her first child.
Azarenka herself missed much of last season after giving birth and becoming embroiled in a custody battle and was not seeded on her return at Wimbledon.”We are talking about one individual being seeded. So if we talk about the rule, then the rule should be for everybody,” said the Belarusian after her shock first-round defeat by Katerina Siniakova at Roland Garros.
