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
good quick scholars-and-scholarship
Especially for such a big event, with so many good players, yeah, it was a quick one.
against great lost matches win
Especially against her, I've lost some big matches already. It's great to win some, as well.
ball girl harder hits
probably hits the ball harder than any girl out there.
people
People come up to me here and say, 'This is your year,'Â ... but I know it's not easy. You always have to focus.
aggressive ball hit mix moment serve
Everything has to be right tomorrow, ... I have to serve well, I have to hit the corners. If you don't do that, that's what she does...From the moment I get a shorter ball and have a chance, I have to play aggressive and mix it up.
enjoy great lost matches means playing since twice victory win
I've lost to her some big matches already, ... It's great to win some, as well. Any victory means a lot. For some reason, since my injury, they mean twice as much now. I enjoy it a lot more. I'm playing well. I don't think I could have done much better with my preparation.
hug
I wanted to hug them. I didn't know where I was going and what I was doing,
lots tennis treatment
So no tennis for the moment, but lots of treatment and massage.
asked bigger course deal frustrated hard media press time
Sometimes of course I got a little frustrated every time I got asked in press conferences about (it), and I had the idea that the media was making more of it, like a bigger deal than it was. I was very motivated, and I was working hard to try to do it.
add improve percent
Every month, I have to improve and I have to add something. I'm going to try to do it for two more years, try to give myself 100 percent and then we'll see where it goes.
hope sort waiting
Every day I hope it improves. But I'm sort of waiting every day and see how it feels. So I can't tell you yet (if I'm going to play).
start
At the start of the match, I just had to find my footwork a little bit,
missed realized
That was before my injury. I've realized a lot more how much I missed tennis,
fighting kept running thinking tried
I wasn't really thinking about the score. I just tried to keep fighting and just kept running for each ball.