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
means
That means I'll have to take some risks.
start
At the start of the match, I just had to find my footwork a little bit,
focus grand people won
A lot of people just focus on the things that I don't have. I know I haven't won a Grand Slam, but I've won a lot of other things and I've been working very hard.
tennis
For me, tennis is important but it's not the most important thing in my life.
kept nice pressure start stayed sure
It is a nice start for me, ... I had to make sure I kept the pressure on and stayed aggressive.
hug mum standing
I don't know where I was going, what I was doing, ... I didn't want to be standing out there by myself. I just wanted to hug my mum and my sister. Luckily, I made it back safe.
moment second serve weaker
If you don't do that, if you don't go for your shots, they're just too good. You have to try from the moment you get a second serve or a weaker first serve, just go for it.
arm capable definitely depends game lazy movement normally using
That's definitely the frustrating part, because my game depends a lot on my movement and on my footwork. I feel lazy out there because I'm not capable of ... how I normally move. I feel like I'm just using my arm out there.
final injury recovery soon surprised
I was surprised to get to the final this week, so soon after my injury in Melbourne. But my recovery is going to take time. It's not going to come immediately.
ambassador ask bother good known nice people rather talking win
A lot of people ask me, 'Are you too nice to win tournaments?' I mean, you know, I'd rather be known as a nice person who was a good ambassador for the sport of tennis. But, I mean, it doesn't really bother me too much what the people are talking about.
improve matches plays reads rhythm tactically
She just reads it so well and plays it tactically so well. I think by getting more matches and more rhythm she's going to improve even more.
luckily
I didn't know what I was doing. Luckily I made it back safe.
balls bit break eventually knew rhythm
I knew that once I could break her rhythm a little bit and keep getting enough balls back that eventually she would miss, and she did,
happened last matter mature shots
It's just a matter of going for my shots all the time. I'm a little more mature after everything that happened last year.