 Hingis has not played competitively since 2002 |
Martina Hingis will make her return to competitive tennis at the Volvo Women's Open in Thailand on Tuesday after two years out of the game. The Swiss 25-year-old faces German Marlene Weingartner in the first round.
"As a competitor and athlete, I always want to win. I hope my body will hold up," said the former world number one.
"You miss being out there in a Grand Slam final and not competing. It's a big difference between playing and commenting for TV. I miss it a lot."
Hingis was 22 when she retired after having surgery on both ankles.
Her last WTA event was in Filderstadt, Germany, in October 2002, when she lost to Elena Dementieva.
Only last year she insisted that a comeback was unlikely, but speaking in Thaliand, Hingis admitted: "I said that because I didn't know what would happen with my body."
Her appearance will also benefit charities in the region and the Swiss star will donate her prize money.
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