Marion Bartoli has announced on twitter that she is expecting her first child. The former Wimbledon champion and her six years younger husband, the Belgian football player Yahya Boumedine, will become parents for the first time. The French player married Boumedine last year. They now live in Dubai.
“It is with immense joy and a lot of emotion that we announce the upcoming arrivar of our first baby. We are eager to be parents and to be three in the Bartoli-Boumedine”, said Bartoli.
Bartoli won the Wimbledon final in 2013 and reached the final at the All England Club in 2007 and the semifinal at the 2011 French Open. She claimed 8 WTA titles and 3 WTA doubles titles. She retired from tennis in August 2013 one month after her triumph at Wimbledon. After retiring from tennis Bartoli coached Jelena Ostapenko.
