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Baby mama Yanina Wickmayer returns to competition

Less than a year after giving birth to her first child, Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium is announcing her return to competitive tennis.

Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium in action during the first qualifications round at the 2020 Palermo Ladies Open WTA International tennis tournament

On April 15, 2021 Yanina Wickmayer and her husband Jerome van der Zijl became parents to a baby girl named Luana. The former world No.12 and winner of five WTA titles is absolutely confident that returning to competition is the right thing to do now, as she explained on Instagram:

Almost back to doing what i love most and this time i get to share my passion on court with my little family.