Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Privacy Policy. Password recovery. But hard work do pays off and so she won her first grand slam tournament, the US Open, four years later. After this victory, the collaboration with her trainer, Marc De Hous, was ended, who said that they reached their goals and was looking for other challenges.
In mid Kim decided that she would stop at the end of the season. She had been struggling for two years with many injuries. However, after the Warsaw tournament, on 6 May , she announced via her website that she would stop immediately and that she would not finish the season as a professional tennis player.
On 26 th of March , Clijsters announced that she would make her official comeback at the Cincinnati WTA tournament on the 10 th of August. Elke box Read More 1. Creative Fields Editorial Design. Jump to Main Content. More Behance. Clijsters famously squandered a lead in the third set of her semi-final loss to Williams, at the Australian Open. Clijsters became a part of the first ever all Belgian Grand-Slam final at the Roland Garros, but lost in straight sets at the hands of Henin.
However, she did win the Roland Garros doubles crown and then the Wimbledon doubles crown with partner Ai Sugiyama. On Aug 11, Clijsters became the first female player to be ranked world no. S Open, but with the same fate, Henin winning the trophy.
Clijsters won the year end championships for the second time, winning all her red group matches defeating Mauresmo, Dementieva and Rubin. Clijsters then defeated Capriati in the semi-finals and Mauresmo in the finals.
Clijsters made it to her 4 th grand slam final at the Australian Open in , but lost at the hands of Henin once again. Clijsters got it fifth time lucky when she finally won her first grand slam in at U. S Open defeating Venus in the quarter-finals, Sharapova in the semi-finals and Pierce in the finals. In Clijsters retired from the professional tennis citing injuries and a desire to start family.
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