Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters is a Belgian tennis player and the current singles champion of both the US Open and the Australian Open. She has won over 50 Women’s Tennis Association titles in both singles and doubles, and she is also the winner of four Grand Slam titles. However, in 2007 she announced her immediate retirement from the sport, cutting the season short and hanging up her racket age the ripe old age of 23.
Clijsters settled down, got married and gave birth to a daughter in 2008, but she couldn’t resist the siren call of the tennis court, so in 2009 she announced her return to the sport. It was a tall order, as in the intervening years she had lost her ranking and wasn’t qualified to play in the US Open. However, she entered as a wildcard, and in defiance of all logic and probability she won the tournament. She credited the experience of pregnancy with strengthening her game.
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