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
aggressive errors gets hitting match means playing produce step sure winners
You have to try to make sure that you are one step ahead, ... That means I'll probably have to take some more risks. That's how you're going to produce errors from the other side, if you keep playing aggressive tennis. If you're going to let her get into the match by just hitting winners all the time, that's when she gets confident.
best consistent playing
When you play someone like Lindsay, you have to play some of your best tennis, and I did that for a while. I was playing really well, just not consistent enough.
locker talking walking
We were talking even when we were walking on the court, ... It was fun. Afterwards, in the locker room, as well, we were chatting. That's how it should be.
bad best definitely felt improve played shots tennis
Well, I didn't do too bad the tournaments after that, ... But I felt like I played well that match. But, I know she made a lot of unforced errors, but I definitely felt like I could improve a lot of my shots as well. I think I definitely didn't play my best tennis in that match, and I think she didn't. I know she didn't. So, it's give and take.
doctors goes hear level maybe negative reach sort thinking tough
When doctors say, 'It's going to be very tough for you, maybe not to quit, but to reach that same level again,' that's very frustrating to hear. In a way, you hear it, and it sort of goes in and out because you don't want to keep thinking about the negative thoughts.
aches pains younger
When I was younger I used to have little aches and pains but they always disappeared, ... fling.
against ball expecting float
It's not like they float up. You have to be always there expecting every ball back against her.
early extra grand motivated nice people player provide talk win
It's too early to talk about that. It was nice the way the people reacted there (in Belgium) after she won. I think that's great. Any player would like to win a Grand Slam. But that doesn't provide any extra motivation. I've always been very motivated at the Grand Slams.
focused rehab tedious
Doing all those tedious things in rehab made me more disciplined and focused on the things I have to do for my tennis.
focus main mind nice situation winning
The No.1 situation wasn't on my mind at all. If it comes, great, I've been there before and it would be a nice way to end the year... but my main focus is just winning each match.
definitely hard hit
Even when she's on the run, she can hit it so hard and flat. That's definitely one of her strengths.
injured last playing
Even when I was injured last year, when I started playing again, you get motivated,
means
That means I'll have to take some risks.
against anyone ball best few harder hits improved last match months played playing serve today tour weeks
That's the best she's ever played against me. When she's on, she hits the ball harder than anyone on the Tour and I think you could see today her serve has improved a lot too. She's always very dangerous... I think for me it was one match too much physically. I've done really well the last few weeks and months to keep playing as well as I have and I had to have a let down at some point.