Lindsay Davenport is on the entry list for the 2009 Australian Open which clearly means she’s delaying her hinted second retirement.

The 32-year-old American has not played a tournament since the US Open in September, but is entering the first Grand Slam next season.

The 2000 Australian Open champion has had a very lucrative comeback, winning four titles since returning in September 2007. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Lindsay Davenport is thinking about a second retirement, and will soon make a decision about her future plans.

The 32-year-old American, who returned to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in 2007 after giving birth to son Jagger, will need to decide by December 1st whether she’ll play the 2009 tennis season.

"Nothing is in stone yet," Davenport said in comments published by The Maui News. The tennis star was in Maui last week participating in the Wailea Fantasy Camp.

"I really just tried to enjoy this fall, be a mom, be at home. This is actually my first time on the court in 10 weeks. When I get home from here I will have to sit down more seriously and look at what I want to do in the future. Right now, I am just going with it. For sure by December 1st – I need to be practicing by then if I am going to go to Australia and really compete, so I have a few more weeks." (via On the Baseline, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Lindsay Davenport may skip the 2009 Australian Open, being troubled by a knee injury. The former world No.1 has not competed since the 2008 US Open and may even not play again professionally.

The news is according to Linda Pearce from The Age:

Lindsay Davenport is not expected to contest January's Australian Open. Still troubled by a knee injury, the 2000 champion at Melbourne Park is considered unlikely to play at tour-level again, having made a comeback in 2007 following the birth of her first child, Jagger.

Davenport gave retirement hints last year, while withdrawing from Wimbledon with the knee injury.

The American has won four singles titles since returning to tennis in 2007. She was awarded Comeback Player of the Year by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in March. (via On the Baseline)

France’s Marion Bartoli defeated local favorite Lindsay Davenport 6-1 7-6 to move into the fourth round of the US Open.

The 1998 champion Davenport was asked whether she believed her defeat to No.12 seed Bartoli might be her US Open farewell and the former number one replied: "I was so ****ed off that I didn't think about anything." Hahaha.

In the fourth round Bartoli will play Austrian 29th seed Sybille Bammer. (photos: Getty Images)

American Lindsay Davenport, the 1996 Olympic champion, has withdrawn from the Olympic singles tournament because of a knee injury, but is expected to play doubles with Liezel Huber.

The injury is the same one that forced Davenport to pull out of Wimbledon in June.

The 2008 Beijing Olympic tennis events begin on Sunday. (photo: Getty Images)