Wimbledon's famously strict rules requiring all-white clothing for its players now comes with an exception: female players can wear dark-colored undershorts beneath their skirts or shorts.
Former Puerto Rican player Monica Puig"the mental stress of having to wear all white at Wimbledon and praying not to have your period during those two weeks," in addition to how a period can affect a player's performance.
Australian player Daria Saville said she had altered her period specifically because of the tournament's dress code.
While the issue may have only been discussed publicly in the last few years, the fear of bleeding onto one's tennis whites is nothing new. "My generation, we always worried because we wore all white all the time," tennis legend Billie Jean King said in."And it's what you wear underneath that's important for your menstrual period."
"We're always checking whether we're showing. You get tense about it because the first thing we are is entertainers, and you want whatever you wear to look immaculate, look great. We're entertainers. We're bringing it to the people," King said.Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.Laurel Wamsley is a reporter for NPR's News Desk.
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