Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth8 June 1983
CityBilzen, Belgium
CountryBelgium
injury recovery three
I really need three weeks' recovery time. I just want to have no more injury woes.
couple defending easy mistakes
She made a couple of easy mistakes when I was defending well,
adjust conditions court match outdoors playing pleased quickly tough winning
I'm very pleased with winning my first match here today. It's always tough to adjust to the conditions after playing outdoors the whole summer, but I got used to the court pretty quickly today.
aware ball best experience focus great martina opponent
Martina is a great champion. But when you're out there, you just focus about what you have to do and not think about who you're playing. When you're younger, you're more aware of who your opponent is. But as you get more experience and you play the best players, you don't think about that. You just focus on the ball and on the game.
celebrate family forward home looking
I'm just really looking forward to going home to celebrate with my friends and family in Belgium,
physically player plays powerful reads strong tactically
That's why she's so strong in her game, because physically she's not the most powerful player out there. But she just reads it so well and plays it tactically so well.
sort trying
It was sort of in my hands. I was the one making the mistakes. I was just trying to do a little too much.
practiced tough
I don't think I've even practiced in these conditions. It was so tough out there today.
russians similar type
The Russians play a similar type of game,
standing
That's all in the past, and I'm standing here . . . and I'm happy,
crowd flags great matter people speak supporting thank travel
I would like to thank all the Belgian people who have been here today, ... We travel all over the world and we go to so many great places, and I think I can speak for Justine, too, no matter where we go there is always a lot of Belgian flags in the crowd supporting us.
crowd flags matter speak supporting
I think I can speak for Justine, too. No matter where we go there is always a lot of Belgian flags in the crowd supporting us.
ankle australia injured past require time
I re-aggravated the right ankle that I injured in Australia this past week, and now require some time off to get back to 100 percent.
four fun game tops weeks
I've had a long three, four weeks but this just tops it off being in another final. It was a fun game today.