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The Economic Times
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Tennis: Advocacy groups call for WTA to drop sex-testing policy

NEW YORK: The Sport & Rights Alliance on Thursday called on ​the Women's Tennis Association to ​drop its sex-testing policy, calling it a discriminatory ​measure in the game.

The women's tennis tour said last month it would require players to clear a one-time gene test for the SRY gene, which helps in ‌determining biological sex ⁠and ⁠can be conducted via cheek swab or blood test.

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