WTA: Clijsters with Mommy tips for Williams and Azarenka

Kim Clijsters has shown the successful return to the tour as mum – Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka want to follow suit.

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Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong are the two names from earlier times, which you get when you think of successful mothers on the tennis court.Recently, Kim Clijsters was the most successful after her baby comeback: The Belgian won three of her four majors as a mum – the US Open 2009 and 2010 as well as the Australian Open 2011.

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka also have similar plans.Williams wants to come back in 2018, Azarenka had already started her comeback in June, but had to interrupt because of a custody dispute.Clijsters explained what is most important when you want to get back on the court as a mother: Balance.

“For me it was the hardest part of finding the balance, being a professional athlete and a mother.At times I had to fight there because I felt as if I didn’t do justice to both,”Clijsters told baseline. tennis. com,”That’s partly difficult to explain.But sometimes I wanted to be there for Jada when she woke up at night.I didn’t want the nanny to do that.But then, before an important game or something, I got it.But there were moments when I thought,”That’s what I was supposed to do.Finding the right balance is what it’s all about.Vika will be different from Serena.”

If Williams needs more precise tips, she can also turn to her neighbor in Florida: Tatjana Maria.She returned to the tour in 2014 after the birth of daughter Charlotte and is currently in 53rd place in the world ranking list, making her more successful than ever before.