Former World .1 Kim Clijsters anunced on Thursday that she would be making a comeback to professional tennis in 2020. In a video released on her twitter account, Belgian tennis player said that she missed playing professional tennis and that she wishes to be on tour again.

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Anuncement of her return to tennis

In video, Clijsters said that she has been away from professional tennis for seven years, and during that time she enjoyed being a mor to her three kids. However, at same time, she also loved being a professional tennis player and would thus try doing two toger. Clijsters has won 41 singles titles throughout her career, which she began in 1997. She played her last competitive match in 2012 at US Open.

Speaking to Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she said, " love for sport is obviously still re. But question still is, am I capable of bringing it to a level where I would like it to be at and where I want it to be at before I want to play at a high level of one of best women's sports in world. I don't feel like I need to prove anything, but I want to challenge myself and I want to be strong again. This is my marathon. This is where I'm saying OK, let's try this." 

This will be her second return to professional tennis after she anunced retirement at of 23 because of injuries and in order to start a family. She stayed off court for two years and me a return in August 2009 when she played at Western & Sourn Open and Rogers Cup. In just her third tournament after her return, she won US Open, beating Venus Williams, Li Na, Serena Williams, and Caroline Wozniacki in process. She also won Australian Open in 2011 and n became world number one sometime later.

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Focus on fitness

She will be returning to tour in 2020. However, her focus will first be on fitness and to check wher her body is rey and will be able to be in shape to play tennis at level which she would like to be at. Although Clijsters has set a return date of January as a target, she will first try and see level to which she is at and n decide tournament in which she is hoping to make her return.

As Clijsters has been a former number one, she is eligible for unlimited wild cards at WTA tournaments. 

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