Victoria Azarenka to return to tennis seven months after birth of son
Sunday 9 April 2017 20:24, UK
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka will return to competition at the WTA tournament in Stanford, California, in July - seven months after giving birth.
The two-time Australian Open champion, 27, launched her 2016 campaign with back-to-back titles at Indian Wells and Miami, but missed the rest of the season after announcing she was pregnant.
Azarenka, who gave birth to a son, Leo, in December, has brought in Maria Sharapova's former coach Michael Joyce as her coach.
"I am very excited to be returning to the WTA at the Bank of the West Classic," she said.
"Becoming a mother has been the most rewarding thing that has ever happened to me and really puts things in perspective.
"I am looking forward to beginning this new stage of my career."
