Tennis star defies critics by having boob job | Sports News

Professional tennis participant Oceane Dodin has made a daring personal choice, turning into the primary in her sport to bear breast augmentation. The French star took a nine-month hiatus from tennis to have the process.

Dodin, 28, who has earned a profession prize fund of $2.8 million and reached a peak rating of world No. 46 in 2017, noticed her rating drop to 363 as a result of an ear problem inflicting vertigo that she had been coping with for ten years. It comes after a tennis star admitted he felt like he was ‘dying’ in his match in opposition to Taylor Fritz.

This break offered the proper alternative for Dodin to pursue personal objectives that the rigorous tennis schedule often prevents, together with her breast enhancement. In an interview with RMC Sport, she admitted: “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.

“It’s true that I took benefit of this break as a result of I informed myself that since you need to stop about two months after the operation, while you’re within the season, it isn’t potential. So I mentioned to myself, ‘if I’m going to stop for six months, I’d as nicely do what I need’.

“And then I prefer to do it now than at 40, when I’ll have finished my career. I’m very happy to have done it, I don’t regret it at all, and it doesn’t bother me.”

Despite her satisfaction with the choice, Dodin was cautioned about how it may have an effect on her profession.

The tennis professional disclosed: “Everyone told me: ‘You’re not going to be able to play,’ as if I had put on watermelons (laughs). They’re not small, but that doesn’t bother me when I play. There are adapted bras.

“Simona Halep [who had a breast reduction while playing as a junior], however they had been very, very massive. That handicapped her. But yes, it is true that I should be the primary to play with breast augmentations; there must be a first for every thing.”

Dodin is back in the game and made it to the quarter-finals at the W35 Reims 2025 tournament. She took careful steps before going under the knife to ensure her tennis career wouldn’t be impacted.

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“He’s a pal, so he is aware of me very nicely,” she shared about her surgeon. We discussed extensively about where to place the implants so they wouldn’t interfere, how to wear a supportive bra, etc.

“These are female considerations, however every thing was deliberate out. I requested him and he assured me it would not be an problem. If he had suggested in any other case, I would not have gone via with it.”

Dodin is aiming for a spot within the Australian Open qualifiers subsequent 12 months, having beforehand superior to the fourth spherical of the Grand Slam. Qinwen Zheng defeated her in straight units, but it surely marked her best efficiency at one of tennis’s 4 main tournaments.

Dodin has reached the second spherical of the French Open twice, in 2017 and 2023, and achieved the identical feat on the US Open in 2015 and 2017. She has additionally made it to the primary spherical at Wimbledon on three separate events, in 2017, 2022, and 2024.