Kim is back for him Former No. 1 Clijsters says hubby Brian Lynch encouraged comeback; Belgian faces Muguruza in Round 1 Dubai Championships Dubai: Four- time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters revealed on Sunday that a persistent inner feeling and advice from her husband served as the key to her WTA return at the Dubai Championships.

u201c It was a feeling that I had inside, a feeling that I had inside for a little while,u201d Clijsters, 36, mother- of- three said. u201c Once in a while that feeling would go away when I was home with the [ three] kids. A couple of times it would come back. It got stronger and stronger.u201d The Belgian has been handed a tough first round assignment against last monthu2019s Australian Open finalist Garbine Muguruza for her first match since the 2012 US Open on Monday.