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Mandy Minella is pregnant - and will be hanging on for another year

Congratulations, Mandy Minella ! The Luxembourger is expecting her second child in December - and is still postponing the end of her career.

by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Aug 10, 2020, 12:02 am

Mandy Minella
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Mandy Minella

Good news for Mandy Minella and her coach and husband Tim Sommer : A little sister for daughter Emma Lina (3 years) will be born at the end of December. This was reported by womenstennisblog.com .

A nice side episode for fans of the best tennis player in Luxembourg: Minella will postpone the end of her career, which is planned for 2020, and wants to attack again in 2021. Also because the corona break has ruined a nice career conclusion for her, with a planned finish at the home tournament this year.

"The plan is to play a slimmed-down season next year," Tim Sommer told tennisnet.com . "And if Mandy doesn't come back to the top 100 like after the last pregnancy, it will probably be the last year on the tour." The 34-year-old is currently in 147th place in the individual. In 2012 she achieved her best placement with rank 66.

An open question: Which ranking would actually be valid when you return? Because the WTA ranking is frozen due to the Corona break , special requirements will apply in the coming months . "Currently, Mandy would have to decide whether to take the protected ranking or the frozen Corona ranking," said Sommer. "But we are currently clarifying that with the WTA."

The "new" career graduation should then also take place in Luxembourg. Or at the Australian Open 2022. "We will look for a nice ending there," said Sommer.

by Florian Goosmann

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Aug 09, 2020, 08:28 pm
last edit: Aug 10, 2020, 12:02 am