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Former world number one's comeback over in Mallorca

22 June 2017 at 20:53
The 27-year-old Belarusian, playing her first event in over a year after taking time out to give birth to her first child.
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka returns the ball to Italy's Karin Knapp during their women's first round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 24, 2016
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka returns the ball to Italy's Karin Knapp during their women's first round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 24, 2016

Former world number one Victoria Azarenkas comeback ended in a second-round defeat at the Mallorca Open on Thursday with the two-time Grand Slam title winner losing 6-1, 6-3 to Croatias Ana Konjuh.

The 27-year-old Belarusian, playing her first event in over a year after taking time out to give birth to her first child, went down in 75 minutes to her 19-year-old opponent.

The Mallorca grass court tournament is Azarenka's only event before Wimbledon which gets under way on July 3.

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