Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour’s newly introduced gene-testing policy. What the two-time Grand Slam champion doesn’t favor is how politicized the discussion becomes in generating what Gauff called animosity towards the trans community.

Gauff was asked about a new eligibility policy in professional women's tennis, which is based on a one-off gene test.

Coco Gauff gave her opinion on the WTA's new genetic testing policy during a press conference in Toronto.