Kim Clijsters’ father dies of cancer
Leo Clijsters, the father of former world number one and 2005 US Open champion Kim Clijsters, died on Sunday at the age of 52.
Clijsters died after a yearlong battle with lung cancer, according to...
Kim Clijsters gave birth to baby girl
Belgian former world number one Kim Clijsters gave birth to a daughter on Wednesday, nine months after retiring from tennis at the young age of 23.
The former US Open champion and her husband, US...
Kim Clijsters is having a baby!
Kim Clijsters retired in May, after her short but successful career, in order to focus on her private life. Former world No. 1 is about to marry U.S. basketball player Brian Lynch, and the...
Kim Clijsters retires earlier than planned
Kim Clijsters of Belgium was supposed to quit after the tournament in Stuttgart, taking place in October, but she changed her mind and retired May 6, 2007. Even though still in...
About players’ habits to retire from matches
How often do injured players retire when closer to victory, and how often when they are losing? Which players are more likely to retire, and which stay in match even though they are losing?
Tennis...
Wimbledon will be Clijsters’ final Grand Slam
The most likeable female tennis player, Kim Clijsters, decided Wimbledon to be the last Grand Slam of her career. This means that she won't play at the U.S. Open, which she won in 2005.
However,...
Only Russia has top 10 players in first round of Fed Cup
Only three women from the top ten will take part in the first round of the Fed Cup -- Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Anna Chakvetadze; they are all representatives of Russia.
Why won't the...
