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
came gave match points third
It was tough, ... I gave everything I had on those match points and she just came up with better shots. I said from the third set on, 'Just go for it.' It worked.
glad good matches playing won
I've been playing well. I've won a lot of good matches here in the past. I'm just glad I'm healthy,
against great lost matches win
Especially against her, I've lost some big matches already. It's great to win some, as well.
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.
enjoy happen happier match quickly realize round winning work
I was happier winning my first round than winning a tournament, just because it's a satisfaction because you've put so much work into it, ... You realize how quickly it could be gone. That's why you enjoy each match because it can happen again.
ball definitely harder hits improve matches played previous rhythm
She definitely hits the ball a lot harder than she used to when I played her in the previous times. By getting more matches and more rhythm and everything, she's going to improve even more.
improve matches plays reads rhythm tactically
She just reads it so well and plays it tactically so well. I think by getting more matches and more rhythm she's going to improve even more.
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.
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.
felt harder match quite score
It was a harder match than the score indicated. I felt quite good. I did what I had to do.
closer match playing tough towards
It's going to be a tough match tomorrow, Amelie is playing great. It's getting closer towards the end so if I win, great, if I lose I get to go home, so that's good, too.
australian match open played week weeks
I want to have a match here so that I don't go into the Australian Open without having played a match for a week and a half, two weeks almost.
ahead compliment match takes tough work
It's a compliment but I've got a tough match ahead of me and it takes a lot of work.
easy match matches next players tough
There's a lot of tough players out there. My next match is going to be very tough, too. There's not going to be any easy matches anymore.