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
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.
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.
matter played won
She started really well. No matter how well I played in the first set, I think she would have won it.
career enjoy matter shot
Now I have a completely different attitude. No matter what I do, I'm going to go for it because my career could be over very soon. That's why I want to go out there and enjoy every shot I can hit.
attitude matter
The attitude that I have now, is, no matter what I do, I'm going to go for it because, you know, it could be over,
attitude career enjoy matter missed realized shot wrist
I've realized a lot more how much I missed tennis, ... That's the whole completely different attitude that I have now. No matter what I do, I'm going for it because it could be over. If I get another wrist injury, if I have anything else, my career could be over very soon. That's why I want to go out there and just enjoy every shot that I can hit.
kept mary points tried
Mary kept the points a lot shorter. She tried to go for too much at the Open.
missed realized
That was before my injury. I've realized a lot more how much I missed tennis,
sore walk wrists
The way I walk around, everything is hurting, ... My ankles, my wrists ? everything is sore and making a lot of noise.
injured last playing
Even when I was injured last year, when I started playing again, you get motivated,
hitting stand sure
I'll have to make sure that I stand on the baseline and make sure that I keep hitting aggressively,
beginning change feeling felt lose second sudden tennis
It can change so quickly. That was the frustrating part. I felt like I was controlling the rallies in the first and the beginning of the second set, and all of a sudden you just lose all the feeling of your strokes. That's tennis sometimes.
season
I never thought I could have a season like this.