Former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki announces tennis comeback

Former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki is set to make a tennis comeback three years after retiring from the sport.

The Dane, who spent 71 weeks at top of world rankings and won 30 singles titles, announced her retirement before the 2020 Australian Open at the age of 29, saying she wanted to start a family with her husband, former NBA player David Lee.

She has since had a daughter Olivia and son James and on Thursday the 32-year-old announced she was making a comeback.

Wozniacki, who turns 33 in July, has not played an official match since losing to Ons Jabeur in the third round of the Australian Open in January 2020.

“Over these past three years away from the game I got to make up for lost time with my family, I became a mother and now have two beautiful children I am so grateful for,” Wozniaki wrote on Twitter

“But I still have goals I want to accomplish. I want to show my kids that you can pursue your dreams no matter your age or role. We decided as a family it’s time. I’m coming back to play and I can’t wait!”

Wozniaki said in an interview with Vogue she wants to play at the Canadian Open in Montreal in August.

She has also targeted the US Open later that month, the Australian Open next January and then the Olympics in Paris next summer.

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“Am I nervous? Not really,” she said. “I'm coming back to something I love.

“Can I win the US Open? I think so. Can I win the Australian Open? I think so. That's why I'm doing this.