Olympic champ Belinda Bencic becomes a tennis mum

The replies included congratulations from top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Viktorija Golubic, who played doubles with Bencic when they won silver for Switzerland at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Bencic took gold in the singles in Japan, beating Marketa Vondrousova, who went on win the Wimbledon title in 2023, in the final.

Bencic has previously said she wants to return to the tour as a mum. Her ranking has dropped from No.14 to 92 since she announced her pregnancy in November.

The Paris Olympics tennis tournaments start in three months' time on July 27.