Mon, 11/01/2010 - 08:04 by harsheeb
Doha -- Kim Clijsters won her third WTA Championships Sunday, defeating world No.
1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in the season-ending event at Doha, Qatar.
The 27-year-old Belgian followed up her U.S. Open victory with a steady performance at Doha, showing few signs of rust despite playing for the first time since her New York victory last month due to an injury.
After Clijsters won the first set, Wozniacki upped her aggression and took seven of the next eight games to win the second set. She broke for a 1-0 lead in the first game of the third frame, but the momentum of the match shifted when Clijsters broke right back in the next game.
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Sun, 10/31/2010 - 09:03 by harsheeb
Doha-- Kim Clijsters shook off a car accident to score a semifinal win Saturday, advancing to meet Caroline Wozniacki for the title of the WTA Championships.
Clijsters' courtesy car got into a traffic accident en route to the venue in Doha, Qatar. The vehicle was abandoned on the side of a highway and a replacement car was summoned, The Telegraph reported.
Although Clijsters wasn't injured in the mishap, she got off to a slow start in her semifinal match against Samantha Stosur in the season-ending tourney.
But she quickly recovered and ultimately prevailed over the Australian 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. She will now go on to face Wozniacki, who polished off Russia's Vera Zvonareva, 7-5, 6-0, in Saturday's other semifinal.
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Sat, 10/30/2010 - 02:01 by Prince damin
Doha, Qatar -- Vera Zvonareva defeated Kim Clijsters in straight sets Friday and finished first in group play at the WTA Championships in Qatar.
Zvonareva defeated Clijsters 6-4, 7-5 in winning the White Group and finish round-robin play undefeated. It was just the third time in nine meetings that Zvonareva beat Clijsters.
Both had locked up spots in the semifinals, leaving Friday's match to see who would continue unbeaten on the week and be eligible for the bonus that kicks the champion's check to $1.55 million.
The match featured 10 breaks in 21 games, with Zvonareva, who won 52 percent of the points off Clijsters' serve, getting three in each set.
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Tue, 09/14/2010 - 21:54 by Prince damin
Daytona Beach, Fla. -- Kim Clijsters successfully defended her U.S. Open title but still dropped two places to fifth in the latest world women's tennis rankings.
Improved results at the Open this year over 2009 by Venus Williams, who lost to Clijsters in the semifinals in New York, and Vera Zvonareva, who lost to Clijsters in the finals, allowed Williams and Zvonareva to jumped past Clijsters in the rankings.
Williams and Zvonareva were third-round losers in the 2009 Open -- Williams dropping a three-set match to Clijsters.
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Sun, 09/12/2010 - 08:18 by harsheeb
New York -- Kim Clijsters secured her second straight U.S. Open women's title Saturday, dispatching Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-1 in a one-sided affair.
Clijsters, the No. 2 seed, prevailed in her 21st straight match this year and became the first back-to-back winner in New York since Venus Williams in 2000-01.
The Belgian star also won the U.S. Open in 2005 before skipping the event from 2006 to 2008, making her the first women's player to take the crown in three straight appearances since Chris Evert won four in a row from 1975 through 1978.
The seventh-seeded Zvonareva went down to defeat in her second Grand Slam final of the year. The Russian also fell at the Wimbledon final in July.
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Fri, 09/10/2010 - 01:33 by Prince damin
New York -- Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters will play for a U.S. Open finals rematch in semifinals matches Friday in New York.
Clijsters defeated Wozniacki in the women's singles final of 2009's last Grand Slam event in a match somewhat overshadowed by Serena Williams' exit in the semis after she was penalized a point, giving Clijsters the match.
Clijsters, who had recently ended a two-year layoff from competitive tennis, then defeated Wozniacki 7-5, 6-3.
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Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:34 by Prince damin
New York -- Two-time former champs Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters will face off in the U.S. Open semifinals after both won quarterfinal matches Tuesday.
The third-seeded Williams dispatched Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the night's first match and Clijsters prevailed over Australian Samantha Stosur 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to set up a Friday semifinal showdown with Williams.
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Mon, 09/06/2010 - 06:39 by Prince damin
New York -- Defending champion Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams moved into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open with fourth-round victories Sunday.
Clijsters decimated former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1, to reach the quarters in her fourth straight U.S. Open appearance.
The Belgian star won 76 percent of the points on Ivanovic's second serve and took 70 of the 115 points played in the match.
Clijsters now moves on to play the winner of Sunday's evening match between fifth-seeded Samantha Stosur and 12th-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva. Clijsters has a 3-0 lifetime record against Stosur and is 11-3 against Dementieva.
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Sat, 09/04/2010 - 08:09 by Prince damin
New York -- Defending champion Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams combined to lose only six games Friday while easily reaching the round of 16 at the U.S. Open.
Clijsters, seeded second behind Caroline Wozniacki, breezed past Petra Kvitova in an afternoon match 6-3, 6-0. Williams, playing in the evening, was a 6-2, 6-1 winner over Mandy Minella.
In the round of 16, Clijsters will meet Ana Ivanovic, who got past Virginie Razzano 7-5, 6-0. Williams will meet Shahar Peer, who disposed of Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-4.
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Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:58 by Rakhi
New York -- Defending champion Kim Clijsters and two-time winner Venus Williams overcame searing conditions Wednesday to reach the third round of the U.S. Open.
The heat at the U.S. Tennis Center caused No. 10 seed Victoria Azarenka to collapse and she eventually had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair.
Gisela Dulko won the match by forfeit and Azarenka was eventually diagnosed as having a slight concussion.
Clijsters, the No. 2 seed, spent only 56 minutes on the court while defeating Sally Peers 6-2, 6-1.
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Tue, 08/31/2010 - 09:50 by Rakhi
New York -- Defending champ Kim Clijsters and third-seeded Venus Williams each posted opening-round wins at the U.S. Open Monday.
Clijsters registered a 6-0, 7-5 decision over Hungarian Greta Arn, rebounding from an 0-4 hole in the second set to take seven of the next eight games and advance at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
The Belgian is seeking her third U.S. Open championship after downing Caroline Wozniacki in last year's final. She also took the title in 2005 but skipped the 2006-08 tourneys due to retirement or injury.
Williams, meanwhile, notched a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Italian Roberta Vinci, collecting 10 aces and winning 83 percent of her first-serve points.
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Tue, 08/31/2010 - 09:39 by Prince damin
New York -- Defending champ Kim Clijsters posted an opening-round win at the U.S. Open Monday, dispatching Greta Arn in straight sets.
Clijsters notched a 6-0, 7-5 decision over the Hungarian, rebounding from an 0-4 hole in the second set to take seven of the next eight games and advance at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
The Belgian is seeking her third U.S. Open championship after downing Caroline Wozniacki in last year's final. She also took the title in 2005 but skipped the 2006-08 tourneys due to retirement or injury.
No. 6 seed Francesca Schiavone pounded Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-0, and former U.S. Open runner-up Elena Dementieva breezed past Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-1, 6-2.
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