Monica Seles has revealed she is considering a comeback to the WTA Tour after watching Lindsay Davenport's successful return since giving birth to a son in June.

Seles was forced out of the sport with foot and back injuries and has not played since the French Open in 2003. But the 34-year-old, who still plays regularly with former world number ones Jennifer Carpriati and Martina Navratilova, never formally retired and is now eyeing a return in Miami in March.

"I still love to play. That has never lessened," Seles told the LA Times. "And what I know now, I wish I had known then. Like stretching more before and after matches. You go out and win 6-3 6-1 and say that was easy and you wouldn't stretch.

"What Lindsay did was just so cool."

Seles, who was ranked as world number one in 1991 and 1992, won her first Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 1990 before going on to win seven of the next 11th Slams, despite not competing at Wimbledon in 1991.

But shortly after winning her third Australian Open title in 1993, Seles was stabbed in the back by a man named Guenter Parche, a spectator who came down from the stands during her quarter final clash with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg. Seles did not play again until August 1995 and won only one more Grand Slam, in Australia in 1996.

"I guess I kind of had two tennis careers," Seles continued. "And now perhaps a third. 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. I won't decide for sure until the beginning of the year and the Australian is certainly not possible. But Miami. Maybe."

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