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Jordanne Whiley won wheelchair Wimbledon while 11 weeks pregnant

Jordanne Whiley of Britain braves pregnancy blues to win title at Wimbledon

By Unnikrishnan

London, July 29: It's not just Serena Williams! Britain's Jordanne Whiley revealed that she won her fourth straight Wimbledon women's wheelchair doubles title while 11 weeks pregnant.

The 25-year-old tweeted that she is expecting her first child with coach and boyfriend Marc McCarroll, reported the Mixed Zone.

Jordanne Whiley

Whiley and her Japanese partner Yui Kamiji beat Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot in the final at Wimbledon on July 16.

"I thought: 'If we start trying in May I could still play Wimbledon - and it worked" she told The Mixed Zone.

"But I had no idea how incredibly sick I'd be. For three days, I couldn't leave the house. At the French Open, I was really, really ill - so sick I thought it was a stomach bug. Even the doctors thought it was a stomach bug.

"But by Wimbledon I was a little more prepared. I knew how to manage it."

Whiley said she was planning to be back on court "in a year or 18 months" and has not ruled out competing at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020.

In January, Serena Williams won the Australian Open singles title eight weeks into her pregnancy.

OneIndia News

Story first published: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 11:07 [IST]
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