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.
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.
break recover sure
I need to do all those things if I want to be able to play as well as I have been. That's why, after the US Open, I'm going to have a long break ... just to make sure that everything is right and that I recover well.
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.
jumping people prefer relaxed
I prefer people who are relaxed in my box. I don't want people who are jumping up.
cherry feeling great last nice year
After the year I had last year, this is just the cherry on the cake. Obviously, it's a great feeling to get back to No. 1. It's always nice to get there.
coming confidence good helped momentum
Having this momentum coming in is good for my confidence, it's helped a lot,
focused rehab tedious
Doing all those tedious things in rehab made me more disciplined and focused on the things I have to do for my tennis.