Belinda Bencic is returning to tennis just six months after giving birth to her first child. The 27-year-old Swiss star is set to compete in the ITF W75 Hamburg tournament, which kicks off on October 28, marking her first appearance on the ITF World Tennis Tour in six years.
Bencic, a former world No. 4 and Olympic gold medalist, welcomed her daughter Bella in April and has been working hard to regain her form. “I’m not yet at the absolute peak of my tennis and fitness level, but I feel really good and ready to compete,” Bencic told the ITF after receiving a wildcard for the Hamburg event.