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
kept nice pressure start stayed sure
It is a nice start for me, ... I had to make sure I kept the pressure on and stayed aggressive.
against ahead gets incredible start
I think especially against her it's important from the start to get into the match. When she gets ahead she can play incredible tennis.
ahead compliment favorite match thinking tough win
I think it's a compliment but, you know, I've got a tough match ahead of me, ... I'm not really thinking too much about being the favorite because I know what I have to do out there to win my matches.
court focused moving opening patient playing stayed throughout
I think I stayed very focused and very patient throughout the whole match, ... Even when I was 4-1 up, I was playing really well at the start. I was moving around, just from side-to-side, opening up the court a lot.
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.
aggressive ball bit close felt good played second shame straight third
I think it was going to be a close one. It's a shame it had to happen. I think Amelie played a really good second set. From the start, I felt that she was a little bit more aggressive on the second, third ball straight away...Yeah, very frustrating week.
enjoying playing
I think that's why I'm playing so well - I'm enjoying myself.
best proved
I think that I just proved to myself that I can do it and that I'm up there with the best of them,
baby dollar knew last million seen watched won
I watched Million Dollar Baby last night, ... I hadn't seen that before. I was actually crying, (thinking) 'Oh my God, this is terrible.' I didn't know anything about the movie (but) I knew it won the Oscar.
aggressive both course ended extra game good hope incentive win
I will have an extra incentive of course to win because of the way it ended in Melbourne. But I just hope we both play a good aggressive game like we've done in the past.
against chance compete competing definitely learn top
I will definitely learn something from competing because it's not very often that I get a chance to compete against so many of the world's top players.
body main maybe minutes next rest
I will rest for the most part, maybe do about 20 minutes of ball-hitting. The main thing is to get my body right for the next game.
difficult physically tougher
Physically it will be a difficult match, a lot tougher than today,
although healthy mean physically ready win
Physically I feel healthy and that's the most important thing. That makes me ready to go at Flushing Meadows, although that doesn't mean I'm going to win it.