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Posted: 2024-07-10 03:16:31

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Former world No.1 Kim Clijsters believes Ash Barty could make a return to tennis ahead of a legends' invitational event.

Clijsters returned from the birth of her daughter Jada in 2008 to win the Australian Open in 2011, and believes Barty could do the same.

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Barty is set to partner her best friend Casey Dellacqua against Germany's Andrea Petkovic and Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova in the legends' event.

Ash Barty's eagerly awaited return to Wimbledon action, taking part in a legends' invitational event, has been put on hold because of yet more rain.

But the retired 2021 champion's comeback in the purely fun event has not stopped a former great, Kim Clijsters, who made a famously successful return after becoming a mother, musing over whether the 28-year-old Australian ace could still be tempted to do the same.

The wretched weather on Tuesday ensured that Barty's planned showcourt return with her best mate Casey Dellacqua against Germany's Andrea Petkovic and Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova had to be shelved.

But it did not stop her fellow former stars getting enthused about the return of the champion making her first return to the court since she announced her shock retirement from the sport when she was the world number one in March two years ago.

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