'I thought my career was over after pregnancy' - Azarenka


FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Premier 5 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 17, 2019 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in action during her quarter final match against Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova REUTERS/Matteo Ciambelli

(Reuters) - Former world number one Victoria Azarenka was afraid becoming pregnant in 2016 would end her tennis career, but says she returned to the game stronger after the birth of her son.

The two-times Grand Slam champion was ranked sixth in the world when she left the WTA tour in July 2016 and returned to the circuit in June the following year.

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