"I wanted to try for two years" reveals Kim Clijsters about comeback plans

It's not been a smooth transition for the 38-year old who is trying to come back to tennis after announcing the plans last year. It came as a surprise to many but Clijsters explained that she simply had the urge and fire to try and do it. Initially, she gave herself a two-year window to do it and speaking after her Indian Wells loss she revealed:

“When I started this, I wanted to give it a really good shot for two years – those two years will end at the end of this year. Obviously Covid kind of changed everything up a little bit, timing-wise. Obviously for a lot of players that wasn’t fun but made it a little tougher also for me."

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She further said:

“On the other hand I was home, I didn’t have to worry about being away and travelling without the kids or putting them in the bubble with me and those kinds of things. When I started it was two years – give myself a chance for two years to see how I can work my way back into a good rhythm and playing the tennis that I would like to play.”

Since returning in February last year, Clijsters is 0-5 in matches.