Tennis Player’s Breast Augmentation: A First for Pro Sports?

Osian Dodaeng. Yonhap News

France’s Ossian Dodin (29), who rose to 46th in the world singles rankings on the Women’s Professional Tennis (WTA) Tour, has recently undergone breast augmentation surgery and created an account on the paid fan page ‘OnlyFans’, making it a hot topic.

French media RMC Sports reported on the 6th that “Dodain has recently received sponsorship from OnlyFans,” and that “Dodain has decided to provide exclusive content to the OnlyFans account.”

OnlyFans is a platform where users can generate revenue by uploading videos or photos and recruiting paid subscribers.

Because it allows for the distribution of provocative content such as adult content, ‘OnlyFans’ is actually considered a ‘prohibited use by youth’ site in foreign countries.

The fact that Dodaeng created an OnlyFans account became a hot topic because he recently underwent breast enlargement surgery. He did not appear in the game for about 9 months from December last year until the end of September this year.

Dodin, born in 1996, rose to No. 46 in the singles world rankings in 2017. In major tournaments, the best result is advancing to the round of 16 in singles at the 2024 Australian Open.

In an interview with RMC Sports, Dodin said, “People around me warned me, ‘If I get surgery, it might be difficult to play tennis again.’” He added, “After actually playing, I don’t feel any major discomfort.”

There was a case where former world number one Simona Halep (Romania) underwent breast reduction surgery to improve her performance.

The British newspaper Sun reported, “Dodaeng is the first time an active player has undergone breast augmentation surgery.”

Dodin returned to the court in September of this year and advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) W50 level competition. The world ranking has dropped to 744th.

Reporter Jang Byeong-cheol

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