Sports / Tennis
Davenport considers returning to the tour
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-18 08:37
WASHINGTON - New mother and former world number one Lindsay Davenport
said on Tuesday she was considering a return to the tour.
The 31-year-old said last year that she could not imagine playing again
but now when asked if she planned on returning to the WTA Tour, the
three-times grand slam tournament winner said, "I hope so."
Lindsay Davenport serves to Katarina Srebotnik at the US Open tennis
tournament in New York, in this Sept. 3, 2006 file photo. [AP]
Less than six weeks after giving birth to her son Jagger, she is planning
to play in a World Team Tennis match on Saturday in Sacramento.
"Things have healed really quickly," Davenport, who had a Caesarean
section on June 10, told a teleconference. "I've had a great recovery.
"So since about two and a half weeks, I've been pretty active, been able
to practise now the last week at a very high percentage. Glad there were
no complications."
A gold medallist at the 1996 Olympics, Davenport said she would also like
to play in the Beijing Games next year.
"I haven't made any final decisions yet," the Californian said of her
tour aspirations. "But it's something kind of like a small goal in the
back of my mind I'm working towards.
"As it went in the later part of my pregnancy, I thought if I stay
healthy, it would be just great to be able to come back and play some as
a mother.
"Hopefully things continue to go well and that can be possible."
Davenport, who left the tour at the end of last year, conceded it would
be difficult juggling a tennis career with motherhood.
"The challenge I think for me is about trying to balance everything," she
said. "I totally understand now the working mom's guilt.
"If I go out and practise, I feel bad about leaving him. If I'm home
trying to do stuff, I feel bad cleaning up the house or whatever."
Davenport's WTT appearance will be her only event of the season for the
Sacramento Capitals. She will probably only play a set or two.
"I think I'll be ready to do it," she said. "I looked at it as kind of a
fun challenge to see if I could come back so quickly and give me a little
kick in the pants to get back being active, being healthy."
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