Former World No. 1 and Australian Open winner Caroline Wozniacki has taken the tennis world unexpectedly with a brand new announcement in Vogue Journal.
Tennis: Tennis stars from world wide have descended upon London because the construct as much as Wimbledon continues.
Wozniacki, 32, bowed out in 2020 after successful 30 WTA titles together with her sole Grand Slam triumph on the Australian Open in 2018.
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“Over these previous three years away from the sport I obtained to make up for misplaced time with my household, I turned a mom and now have two lovely kids I’m so grateful for,” Wozniacki stated on Twitter.
“However I nonetheless have objectives I need to accomplish. I need to present my children which you can pursue your desires irrespective of your age or function. We determined as a household it’s time. I’m coming again to play and I can’t wait!”
Wozniacki has two kids with former NBA participant David Lee, two-year-old Olivia and James, born final October.
Caroline Wozniacki received the Australian Open in 2018. (AAP Picture/Scott Barbour)
“I’m going to play the US Open,” she wrote in an article in Vogue Journal.
“There’s simply an electrical ambiance in New York that I can’t get sufficient of, and I’ve performed so effectively there for years and years.
“Additionally, David was a New York Knick for 5 seasons — we each find it irresistible there.”
The Dane stated she would “begin out enjoying in Montreal simply to get again into the groove” from August 7-13 after which head to New York, the place she was twice a finalist.
“After that, I’ll have a few months to arrange for Australia, and we’ll take it from there. The Paris Olympics are undoubtedly a purpose too.”
Wozniacki reached world primary for the primary time in 2010, and retired after the Australian Open in 2020 as she battled rheumatoid arthritis.
Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka are among the many gamers to have returned to the circuit after having a child.
Wozniacki was the primary Scandinavian girl to succeed in world primary. (Picture by Quinn Rooney/Getty Photos)
“I need to show which you can have each,” she stated.
“You could be thrilled with your loved ones and with all the things at dwelling and nonetheless have a profession — and be nice at it.”
Williams reached 4 Grand Slam finals after returning whereas Clijsters received three — two US Open trophies and the Australian Open.
Shut pal Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam winner, has been a supply of inspiration.
Wozniacki retired after the 2020 Australian Open. (Picture by Mike Owen/Getty Photos)
“I believe that Serena doesn’t get practically sufficient credit score for attending to so many Grand Slam finals after having Olympia,” Wozniacki wrote.
“Her retirement will at all times be bittersweet, each for me and for therefore many different gamers, as a result of she’s meant a lot to girls’s tennis.
“She paved the best way for therefore many people — she confirmed us that something is feasible.
“Serena and I had dinner a number of weeks in the past, and once I instructed her my plan she simply stated, ‘Wow — good for you. I’m going to cheer you on each step of the best way, and for those who ever want something, I’m right here’.
“She’s at all times been there for me.
“Am I nervous? Probably not. I’m coming again to one thing I really like.
“Can I win the US Open? I believe so. Can I win the Australian Open? I believe so. That’s why I’m doing this. And I suppose we’ll see what occurs.”
High-ranked Danish males’s participant Holger Rune stated it was “superb information.”
“Welcome again,” he wrote in reply to Wozniacki’s announcement.
US Girls’s footballer Alex Morgan stated she was excited by the decision.
“That is superior,” Morgan wrote on Twitter.
“Excited to see you again on the court docket!”
