Pregnant pause to Molik's career Linda Pearce July 26, 2011. ALICIA Molik is determined that the birth of her first child will not necessarily herald the end of her tennis career, with the former world No. 8 not yet ready to declare herself retired - for a second time. Molik and her husband Tim Sullivan are believed to be expecting a baby early in 2012. The South Australian has been sidelined with health issues since her second-round loss to Nadia Petrova at Melbourne Park almost six months ago. Her ranking, which was back inside the top 90 as recently as September, has tumbled to 309. As unlikely as another singles return would seem - almost two years into her comeback from the 12-month retirement after the Beijing Olympics - Tennis Australia has confirmed that Molik has no plans to retire. She can activate a special ranking on the basis either of injury - in this case, a chronic elbow problem - or maternity. The 30-year-old's most public role of late has been in the TV commentary box. Reigning US and Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters is the highest-profile mother on the WTA Tour, while Austrian veteran Sybille Bammer retired earlier this month. Former No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, who won two small WTA events during a brief comeback after the birth of her first child, is now expecting her third. Meanwhile, top-ranked Australian Samantha Stosur resumes this week after her deflating first-round Wimbledon upset. The world No. 10 has received a bye into the second round of the US hardcourt tournament in Stanford, California. Her Fed Cup teammate, Anastasia Rodionova, has drawn 12-time grand slam champion Serena Williams, now unseeded. Rodionova's younger sister, Arina, 21, has been successful in her appeal for Australian residency, pending a physical clearance, and will soon be able to represent her adopted country in the four majors. Arina, who was yesterday named best finals player for the unbeaten Washington Kastles in World Team Tennis, would then qualify for Australian citizenship after a further two-year period. Among the men, Perth 23-year-old Matt Ebden is the second-highest Australian at No. 139, behind 68th-ranked Bernard Tomic, with Marinko Matosevic at 154 and Lleyton Hewitt 165th after his loss in Atlanta last week. http://0rz.tw/nKxZp 這篇文章透露了兩個新消息 一個是Molik懷孕了 預產期是明年年初 不過Molik並沒有宣布退休 所以她還是有可能回到球場當媽媽球員 第二個消息是Rodionova的妹妹Arina也申請了澳洲公民權 順利的話 未來兩年內將可以取得澳洲國籍 所以澳洲女網的外籍兵團又將多一個新成員:) --

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