Date ready for challenge after announcing comeback

Date ready for challenge after announcing comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japan No. 1 Kimiko Date speaks in Tokyo on April 7 about her return to the women's professional circuit. Date, 37, has come out of retirement 12 years after calling time on her career and will begin her comeback as a doubles entry at the second-tier Kangaroo Cup in Gifu at the end of this month.

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