Only two players in WTA history have won back-to-back Indian Wells and Key Biscayne titles: Steffi Graf in 1994 and 1996, and Kim Clijsters in 2005. ...
09:35 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. ...
08:34 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Li Na said that she had hoped to to exact revenge from Clijsters who denied her her maiden major title in 2011's tense final at Rod Laver Arena. ...
01:48 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Brussels: Kim Clijsters will play a ceremonial farewell match on Dec. 12 against Venus Williams. Clijsters retired from tennis after the US Open in August but announced on her website on Monday that she will face her longtime rival Wiliams in the Kim's Thank You Games at the Antwerp Sports Palace. The 29-year-old Belgian, a four-time Grand Slam winner, initially retired in 2007 only to make a return to the...
09:56 AM, Oct 30, 2012
New York: Kim Clijsters hit her last shot as a pro tennis player into the net. Doubtful anyone will remember that, though. Smiling right until the end in front of 2,800 buzzing fans on Court 17 at Flushing Meadows, Clijsters officially made her way into retirement on Saturday night. She and mixed doubles partner Bob Bryan fell 6-2, 3-6, 12-10 to Ekaterina Makarova and Bruno Soares in a back-and-forth match...
08:33 AM, Sep 02, 2012
New York: British teenager Laura Robson drew the curtain on Kim Clijsters' illustrious singles career on Wednesday by eliminating the former world number one from the US Open as other top guns encountered little resistance. While Victoria Azarenka and David Ferrer cruised to straight-sets victories at Flushing Meadows, Belgian Clijsters had tears in her eyes after her shock 7-6 7-6 defeat in the second round. The three-times US Open champion...
10:22 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New York: Preparing for what she knew would be her last professional tennis tournament, Kim Clijsters " four-time Grand Slam title winner and mother of 4-year-old Jada " devoted her effort and energy to the US Open. Family time needed to wait a tad longer. "She was like, 'Why don't you come with us to go out, go for a walk?' I'm like, 'Mama's almost done'," Clijsters said on Wednesday...
08:35 AM, Aug 30, 2012
London: Maria Sharapova won a matchup of first-time Olympians and four-time Grand Slam champions on Thursday. The Russian, seeded No. 3, beat Kim Clijsters of Belgium 6-2, 7-5 on Centre Court at Wimbledon to reach the Olympic semi-finals. Sharapova's opponent on Friday will be No. 14 Maria Kirilenko of Russia, who defeated No. 6 Petra Kvitova of Germany 7-6 (3), 6-3. Sharapova hit 25 winners to eight for Clijsters, who...
01:49 AM, Aug 03, 2012
London: Fifteen years into her career and just months from retiring for a second time, Belgium's Kim Clijsters does not come across many new experiences in tennis but playing in the Olympics will be one of them. The former world number one, who missed Beijing in 2008 after retiring a year earlier to have her daughter, plays the opening match on Wimbledon's court two on Saturday against Italy's Roberta Vinci....
07:42 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Kim Clijsters has played her last Wimbledon match, losing in straight sets to eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany in the fourth round. Clijsters is retiring after this year's US Open and went out quickly on Court 3, winning just two games as Kerber overpowered her 6-1, 6-1. The Belgian four-time Grand Slam winner never earned a break point and saved a match point when serving at 5-0 in the...
09:03 PM, Jul 02, 2012
London: Kim Clijsters reached the fourth round of Wimbledon on Friday when 12th-seeded Vera Zvonareva retired with an apparent respiratory problem when trailing 6-3, 4-3. Zvonareva was coughing loudly during the match and the 2010 finalist was in tears as she needed a medical timeout at 2-1 in the second set. The trainer took her pulse and she was examined with a stethoscope before resuming play, but had to retire...
10:36 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Wimbledon: Kim Clijsters' last Wimbledon got off to a good start as she beat former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-4 in the first round. Clijsters is playing at the All England Club for just the second time in six years and has said she is retiring after this year's US Open " this time for good, having returned to the sport in 2009 after a two-year break....
12:11 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Den Bosch, Netherlands: Kim Clijsters withdrew from the Unicef Open before the semi-finals on Friday because of a stomach muscle strain, saying she did not want to jeopardise playing in her last Wimbledon before retirement. Clijsters' physiotherapist, Sam Versleghers, said the 29-year-old Belgian felt the injury on Thursday during her tough two-set quarterfinal against Francesca Schiavone. The announcement came just hours before Clijsters was due to play Urszula Radwanska, who...
10:50 AM, Jun 23, 2012
Brussels: After being sidelined for nearly four months bacause of injury, Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters made a successful return to the court by beating World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 7-6 (5) in an exhibition on Thursday. In front of some 10,000 home fans at the Antwerp Sports Palace, Clijsters proved she has fully recovered from the stomach muscle injury which forced her off the tour in August. She...
02:56 PM, Dec 09, 2011
The 6-0, 6-1 defeat to Nadia Petrova was the worst of Clijsters' career. ...
06:28 PM, Jan 22, 2010
Henin was playing her first tournament since her shock retirement in 2008. ...
09:05 PM, Jan 08, 2010
Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters are making a return to women's tennis. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 06, 2010
She suffered an embarrassing slip-up when her strapless swimsuit rolled down. ...
05:34 PM, Dec 02, 2009
