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The WTA pioneered equal pay in professional sports. Now, as the organization faces mounting financial pressure, it must decide how to do it without breaking the bank.

Congress wants to cap international athletes at 20 percent of every college roster. In Division I tennis, nine in ten teams would be in violation, and homegrown options don’t measure up.

Ahead of the 2027 season, Racquet caught up with the WTA pro about her upbringing in Georgia, a state rich in tennis tradition, and how her expanding footprint, Mejuri partnership and outlook on next year. 

Stretch fabric did more than make tennis clothes tighter. It changed how freely women could move, how secure they could feel, and how little they had to think about what they were wearing.