Monica Seles has revealed that she is considering a tennis comeback,
over four years since she last took to the court competitively.

As she prepares to take part in the first Bank of the West
Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic, the nine-time Grand Slam winner has
revealed that she is ready to make a playing return, albeit with a
limited schedule.

And she has targeted March's installment of the major tournament
hosted each year by Miami as a possible comeback date as she looks to
put the back and foot injuries that have tormented her for years top
the back of her mind.

"I still love to play. That has never lessened," Seles was quoted as
sayingby The Los Angeles Times.

"And what I know now, I wish I had known then. Like stretching more,
before and after matches. You'd go out and win, 6-3, 6-1, and say that
was easy and you wouldn't stretch."

The comebacks of the likes of Lindsay Davenport, who made an immediate
return after having a baby and swimmer Dara Torres, who returned to
the sport she loves at 40, have inspired Seles, who added: "What
Lindsay did was just so cool."

Seles' best years came before April 1993 whgen she was infamously
stabbed in Hamburg. She went on to win just one Grand Slam title after
that, but Henin, Sharapova, Mauresmo and co be warned, she could be
back to challenge for the big ones again in 2008.

"I certainly would not ever be able to do a full schedule again,
because of the foot but I'm thinking about the Slams and about some of
the better tournaments that lead into them," continued Seles.

"I won't decide for sure until the beginning of the year, and the
Australian is certainly not possible. But Miami - maybe."