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New mum Azarenka to return next month

The 27-year-old Belarusian, a former world number one and two-time Australian Open champion, will play her first tournament in over a year at the Mallorca Open.

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns the ball to Serena Williams of USA in the women's final of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, March 20, 2016

The 27-year-old Belarusian, a former world number one and two-time Australian Open champion, will play her first tournament in over a year at the Mallorca Open.

"I really want to play again and it will be special to do so in a place as incredible as Mallorca," she said in a statement on the website of the Mallorca Open, a Wimbledon warm-up tournament that begins on June 18.

Azarenka launched her 2016 campaign with back-to-back titles at Indian Wells and Miami, but missed the rest of the season after announcing she was to give birth in December.

Wimbledon begins on July 3.

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