MASON, Ohio — Two months after Victoria Azarenka returned to professional tennis following a six-month maternity leave, motherhood may again keep her away from the tour for a while.
Azarenka split with Billy McKeague, her boyfriend and the father of her 8-month-old son, Leo, shortly after Wimbledon, one of two grass-court tournaments she played this summer. A custody battle has ensued, and Azarenka is not allowed to take Leo out of California, where she has a home and where her son was born, while the case is pending.
That development has put in doubt her participation in the United States Open, which begins Aug.