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She lost a lengthy one-set singles match to Clijsters and also the mixed doubles.
She also shares the Open Era record for most Grand Slam singles titles as a mother with Kim Clijsters.
Clijsters also has a strong two-handed, consistent backhand that is one of the strongest in the women's game, particularly her cross-court backhand, which she hits with great accuracy and pace.
Clijsters is also widely recognised for her all-court defence, characterized by her speed and athleticism, and has the capacity to wear her opponents down.
Clijsters is one of few players on the WTA tour who can slide – also known as " straddling " – on all surfaces.
Established her place among the game elite with a win in Sarasota, Myskina also had mediocre results during the summer season were followed by a quarterfinal appearance at the US Open, back-to-back titles in Leipzig ( defeating No. 1 Kim Clijsters and No. 2 Justine Henin ) and Moscow, which was her first Tier I title.
Grönefeld also reached the final in Luxembourg, where she lost to Clijsters.
Later that year, Hantuchová also reached the quarterfinal in Leipzig and the final in Filderstadt, losing to Kim Clijsters, 4 – 6, 6 – 3, 4 – 6.
KRC Genk also has famous supporters including Scottish super-bear Gustopher, as well as with Pat Krimson ( Patrick Claesen ) of the dancegroup 2 Fabiola and Kim Clijsters.
She also won a total of 8 doubles titles that year: 7 with Kim Clijsters ( Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, San Diego, Zurich ) and 1 with Liezel Huber ( Linz ).
2006 proved to be a good season for Schnyder also, staying within the top 10 and reaching the finals in Charleston ( defeating top seed and defending champion Justine Henin in the semifinalss and also ending Henin's 2-match winning streak on clay, though Schnyder lost to Petrova in the final ), and in Stanford ( falling to top seed and defending champion Kim Clijsters ).
It was the first of three US Open titles for Clijsters, also winning in 2009 and 2010.
She has also recorded wins over other top players such as Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic, Lindsay Davenport, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Dinara Safina, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova, Sam Stosur and Kim Clijsters.
In 1988, Clijsters also won the Golden Shoe award as league's MVP, and eventually retired with Liège at almost 37.

Clijsters and strong
Clijsters has a powerful physique that melds naturally with a strong baseline game.
The summer hardcourt season saw a strong run from Kim Clijsters, who won titles in Stanford, Los Angeles and Toronto.

Clijsters and second
At Wimbledon, Davenport was the top seed and made it easily to the fourth round, where she was tested again by Clijsters, but came through in three sets to win her second successive match against the Belgian.
In February, Williams won the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium for the second consecutive year, defeating Kim Clijsters in the final.
At the US Open, Williams achieved her second consecutive win over Serena in the fourth round, but then lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Kim Clijsters.
She held that ranking for five weeks and was the second woman, after Kim Clijsters, to have attained the top spot without having won a Grand Slam title.
Petrova had come into the tie with two consecutive clay court tournament victories and a 10-match clay court winning streak, while Dementieva had defeated Henin in their last meeting in Indian Wells and defeated second ranked Belgian compatriot Kim Clijsters on the first day of the tie.
At the French Open, Henin defeated second seeded Clijsters in the semifinals 6 – 3, 6 – 2.
She defeated Clijsters ( who was seeded second ) in a semifinal 6 – 4, 7 – 6 ( 4 ) but lost the final to Mauresmo.
On 29 August 2012, Clijsters played her last singles match of her career at the 2012 US Open where she lost in the second round.
Seeded fourth at the 2001 French Open, Capriati defeated top seed Hingis in the semis and the 12th seeded Kim Clijsters in the final to win her second consecutive Grand Slam title.
She defeated the sixth-seeded Amélie Mauresmo and the fourth-seeded Kim Clijsters en route to her second consecutive final there, where she once again faced Martina Hingis.
Capriati then reached her second final of 2003 in Stanford, losing to Kim Clijsters in three sets.
In the quarterfinals, Dokic faced Swede Johanna Larsson whom she dispatched 7 – 6, 6 – 4, setting up a semi-final berth against Romina Oprandi, who had upset World No. 2 Kim Clijsters in the second round.
Clijsters was the bookmaker's second favourite to win the tournament.
At the 2010 Rogers Cup, Zvonareva had a bye in the first round and beat Yaroslava Shvedova in the second round, 6 – 2, 6 – 1, Ágnes Szávay, 6 – 3, 6 – 3, in the third round and Kim Clijsters, 2 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 2, in the quarterfinals.
As the seventh seed, Zvonareva reached her second career and second straight Grand Slam final at the 2010 US Open, where she lost to second seed Kim Clijsters, 2 – 6, 1 – 6.
At Wimbledon 2012 she retired after the second set against Clijsters for medical reasons.
At the 2004 Australian Open, Safina defeated a seed at a Grand Slam for the first time, upsetting 27th seed Amanda Coetzer in the second round before losing to second seed Kim Clijsters in the third round.
In the second round, she lost to Kim Clijsters.
Clijsters was only the second woman to achieve the feat of winning both tournaments, after Steffi Graf in 1996.
In the second round, Molik was made to rethink about her comeback in the WTA Tour, losing to eventual champion Kim Clijsters 6 – 0 6 – 3.
The second set was the only set Hantuchová had taken from Clijsters in their nine meetings.

Clijsters and serve
Clijsters ' first serve is not overwhelmingly powerful, but is placed well and earns her free points.

Clijsters and is
Lynch is married to former World No. 1-ranked tennis star Kim Clijsters.
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983 ) is a retired Belgian professional tennis player.
Clijsters is a former world no.
An accomplished doubles player, Clijsters is extremely comfortable at net and mixes up her aggressive-style play with drop shots and backhand slices to draw her opponents into the net, where many players are uncomfortable.
She is the daughter of Lei Clijsters, a former international footballer, and Els Vandecaetsbeek, a former national gymnastics champion.
Clijsters is still affectionately nicknamed " Aussie Kim " by Australians.
In October 2006, Clijsters announced her engagement to American basketball player Brian Lynch, who is based in Clijsters ' hometown of Bree.
This is her first win against a top 5 player since 2003, where she defeated then world number one player Kim Clijsters in Zurich.
* Tarbes-based Petits As is a major international tennis competition for 12 – 14 year old juniors that has been won by future global stars including Rafael Nadal, Martina Hingis, and Kim Clijsters.
Prominent supporters include Nelson Mandela, FIFA, the Dalai Lama, Kakha Kaladze, Andriy Shevchenko, Anna Netrebko, Vincent Kompany, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cesc Fàbregas, Argentine footballer Javier Zanetti, Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters, French writer & actress Anny Dupérey, Sarah, Duchess of York, English Child Actress Georgie Henley, Princess Salimah Aga Khan, Cher, Mike Holmes, June Carter Cash, and Johnny Cash whose memorial fund is towards the work of SOS Children's Villages worldwide.
Babolat () is a French tennis, badminton and squash equipment company, best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by several top players such as Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick, Leander Paes, Fernando González, Igor Andreev, Fabio Fognini, Nicolás Lapentti, Samantha Stosur, Robby Ginepri, Li Na, Dinara Safina, Agnieszka Radwańska, Santiago Giraldo, Carlos Moyà, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Francesca Schiavone.
The ' Pure Drive ' series ( blue racquet ) is a series that includes the Pure Drive Team ( used by Kim Clijsters and Carlos Moyà ), and the Pure Drive Team Plus.
Elke Clijsters ( born 18 January 1985 in Bilzen ) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.

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