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
hitting stand sure
I'll have to make sure that I stand on the baseline and make sure that I keep hitting aggressively,
standing
That's all in the past, and I'm standing here . . . and I'm happy,
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.
decided hug looked run soon standing
I didn't want to be standing out there by myself after the game. As soon as I looked over to them, I wanted to hug them, ... I decided to run up there. I didn't know where I was going or what I was doing. Luckily, I made it back safe.
hug standing
I just didn't want to be standing out there by myself after the game. I just wanted to hug them,
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,
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,