Rio Olympics gold medal-winning tennis star Elena Vesnina has announced that she is pregnant, and more importantly, revealed that she attained her recent World No 1 doubles ranking playing through the pregnancy.

Ending months of speculation, Vesnina said that she and husband Pavel Tabuntsov are expecting their first child at the end of this year. The Russian tennis champ said that she achieved her No 1 ranking with compatriot and long-time partner Ekaterina Makarova after playing the 2018 season under doctor's advice.