Clijsters set to return to tennis in Monterrey after Australian Open plans shelved

Kim Clijsters announced her return to tennis during the US Open earlier this year and that the plan was to start at the Australian Open next month.

Despite that Clijsters sustained a knee injury during training which meant that it was up in air; when she was coming back to the sport; but it has been revealed she has returned to training after some good rehabilitation.

"In early November, Kim Clijsters sustained a severe tear in her right MCL during a game of padel," said Clijsters' team in a press release.

"Official diagnosis: grade 2-3 sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) (ligamentum collateral mediate). No surgery was required; Kim has been undergoing treatment and rehabilitation under the supervision of Sam Verslegers of Groep Sam at the Kim Clijsters Academy in Bree (Belgium). Given the positive progress, she has returned to the tennis courts and practice schedule last week."

The Belgian will now make her comeback in Monterrey in March; then will step it up with two well known events in Indian Wells and the Charleston Open; as she goes back onto clay for the first time in 9 years.

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