Bencic marks her return to competition: "I'm still aiming to win a Grand Slam".
Belinda Bencic, 27, gave birth to her daughter Bella this year. The Swiss player made her return to competition in early November at an ITF tournament in Hamburg, winning four of her six matches played this month.
Bencic, former world No. 4, spoke about her goals for the second half of her career: "For the moment, I'm not setting any goals, but I'm still aiming to win a Grand Slam.
I don't know when and I'm not putting any pressure on myself as regards time, but it would be great if it happened at the end of my career.
It's hard to have a real goal for 2025 because, at the moment, I don't know which tournaments I'll be able to play. But for the time being, I want to climb the rankings."
The winner of the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo also revealed bits of her calendar: "I'll play the tournaments I can get into. For the moment, I'm sure I'll play the United Cup, while for the Australian Open I'll use my protected ranking.
What's certain is that I want to play a lot of tournaments. In the Grand Slam, it'll probably be the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
I don't know about the French Open yet. We'll see if I can qualify thanks to my ranking or if I'll have to do the qualifiers."
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