Sarah Gronert passes gender test to play on women's circuit

[Butterfly]

Sarah Gronert passes gender test to play on women's circuit
Telegraph UK
By Mark Hodgkinson
March 27 2009


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wtatour/5063065/Sarah-Gronert-passes-gender-test-to-play-on-womens-circuit.html


A female professional player who was born with both male and female genitalia has had her case reviewed by a Women's Tennis Association Tour 'medical delegate' to make sure that she satisfied all the requirements to compete in the women's game.

The delegate concluded that there was "sufficient independent and verifiable evidence" to show that Sarah Gronert, a 22-year-old German, was eligible to play women's tennis.

Under the WTA Tour's rules, if there is "any question as to the eligibility" of a player, the WTA has the right to "require a player to submit to gender verification to determine sexual status".

[Shana A]

Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sarah Gronert Cleared By WTA To Play Women's Tennis Events
Posted by Monica Roberts at 8:49 PM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/03/sarah-gronert-cleared-by-wta-to-play.html

22 year old German tennis player Sarah Gronert was born intersex, had surgery to correct her ambiguous genitalia, and identifies as and was raised female.

Should be an open an shut case in terms of her gender identity, correct?

Not when you're playing professional tennis and you have people like Schlomo Tzoref ignorantly asserting she has an unfair advantage by dint of her intersex status.

"This is not a woman, it's a man. She does not have the power of a woman and no woman has such a technique."

[Genevieve Swann]

Maybe I'm confused. Gender should have nothing to do with playing tennis in my opinion. Don't women play tennis as well or better than men?

[gennee]

I read the article. Only one person had complained because Sarah beat his player.

Gennee

[imaz]

Can't be such an amazing advantage is she's ranked 555th...