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Kim Clijsters announces 2020 comeback! Let’s do this!

This woman! Kim Clijsters has won four Grand Slams (three after becoming a mother), occupied the No.1 ranking in both singles and doubles, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame two years ago — now, as a 36-year-old mother of three and seven years after her second retirement, the Belgian is announcing a return to the WTA tour! Talk about setting the bar high!

Hi guys, I’m excited to finally be able to share this news with you… #wta #2020 pic.twitter.com/tm7jYMEwrH

— Kim Clijsters (@Clijsterskim) September 12, 2019

Chatting with the WTA Insider, Clijsters said that her main motivator was the love for tennis:

The love for the sport is obviously still there.