Wimbledon will relax its white clothing rule to allow women players to wear dark-colored undershorts if they want to, organizers announced Thurday.
The decision comes after the tournament and its organizers faced growing pressure to reduce anxieties as to whether blood is visible on white clothes for players who are menstruating. “We are committed to supporting the players and listening to their feedback as to how they can perform at their best,” Sally Bolton, chief executive of the All England Club, said in a statement.
” Several women including former Olympic champion Monica Puig and Australian tennis player Daria Saville spoke about the “mental stress” caused by the all-white dress code and “skipping periods” as a result. And in a recent interview with CNN’s Amanda Davies, tennis great Billie Jean King explained that the dress code had caused anxiety for her and her fellow competitors. “My generation, we always worried because we wore all white all the time,” King told CNN’s Amanda Davies.
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