Now there will be a different kind of racket in former tennis star Mary Joe Fernandez's house.

The Olympic gold medalist, who was ranked No. 4 in the world three times, gave birth Tuesday to her first child, a daughter.

Isabella Maria Godsick was born at Miami's Baptist Hospital to Fernandez and her tennis agent husband, Tony Godsick, their publicist said. The baby weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces.

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