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Kim Clijsters, a four-time Grand Slam singles winner, said on Thursday that she would end her second retirement from tennis and attempt to return to the WTA Tour next year.
Clijsters, 36, won the United States Open in 2005, but retired two years later at age 23. At the time, she cited injuries, her pending wedding and her eagerness to turn her attention to a “new life.” She married a former Villanova basketball player, Brian Lynch, and gave birth to a daughter.
But Clijsters returned to the tour in 2009 and had her best run as a pro, winning the U.