Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova stated Monday she was returning to the game seven months after giving start to a son.
“After fifteen months being away from tennis and having my child boy Petr, I’m coming again to the tennis circuit,” Kvitova stated in a video message on Instagram.
She added she would return at Austin on the finish of February after which proceed at Miami in March.
“I actually miss tennis and I miss competing,” added the 34-year-old Czech, who received Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014.
The previous World No. 2 married her coach Jiri Vanek in July 2023. She introduced the break as a result of her being pregnant on New Yr’s Day 2024 and gave start to her son on July 7 final yr. Kvitova has received 31 WTA singles titles.