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Monica Seles aims for comeback in 2006
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-14 11:03 Seles nears decision day on her future
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters) - One of the more interested observers of the
return of former world number one Martina Hingis is nine-times grand slam winner
Monica Seles, who has left the door open for a comeback of her own.
"Right now I think I'm in the decision stage of which way I'm going to
go," said Seles, 32, in an interview on Tuesday after being introduced to
reporters as the newest member of the Laureus World Sports Academy.
Seles, who dominated the women's game in the early 1990s and was world number
one for 178 weeks, has not played on the WTA Tour since the 2003 French Open but
has refused to close the book on her illustrious career.
"It's not an easy decision because if you do come back you want to come back
at a high level," said the Yugoslav-born American, adding she was playing five
days a week at home in Florida and assessing her readiness. "We'll see."
Plagued by foot problems in her later years on tour, a fit-looking Seles said
she was feeling better and was keen to check how Hingis, 25, bounces back from a
three-year absence caused by foot, heel and ankle problems.
"It's going to be good to see Martina coming back and to see how she does,"
Seles said. "I think it's great she's coming back.
"She's so young. She's in her prime and has a great challenge ahead of her.
She was so good in her younger years."
Seles, who will join other top sportsmen and women to promote projects run by
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a charitable venture assisting needy
children around the world, said the level of play in women's tennis was
"amazing".
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