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Krumm Pulls Off Comeback of the Ages
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsFor tennis players, things can hurt at 19, but the body heals in about 15 minutes. At 29, "Well, I'm probably going to groan when I get up out of this seat,'' said James Blake, describing it."You feel the knees a little more. You feel the back. I can't roll out of the car and hit anymore. I need to be in there stretching, be on the bike for five minutes, do all these things to warm up my body. It's not as much fun."That's what makes it so amazing that Kimiko Date Krumm won the Korea Open Sunday, beating Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3, 6-3.Date Krumm will turn 39 on Monday. She became the ...
Women Come Out Swinging at the U.S. Open
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWhile much of the tennis world continues to be consumed with the Rafa/Roger rivalry -- will Rafael Nadal's over-stressed knees give out, thus preventing the Spaniard from capturing his first U.S. Open title, or will Roger Federer win a record-breaking sixth consecutive U.S. Open title? -- I have been captivated by the stories, not to mention the amazing match play, of some of the women in this year's tournament. ...
Aged Venus Williams Will Compete Again
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- It's amazing how fast you get old in tennis. Not that it comes too soon, though there's that, too. But it comes in a hurry, out of nowhere.In the real world, it comes gradually. On the tennis court, the tiniest of precision goes, and, snap, you are old.And that brings me to what we saw from Venus Williams on Sunday, losing to Kim Clijsters in the oddest of matches, 6-0, 0-6, 6-4 in the fourth round of the U.S. Open.Williams was a 29-year-old with a heavily supported, swollen left knee, struggling to move, missing some of the easiest volleys. U.S. Open: Women's Scoreboard | Men's ...
Kim Clijsters Is Making a Comeback
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsBREE, Belgium (AP) -- Kim Clijsters will return to professional tennis after two years in retirement, saying she has regained the competitive hunger that led to the No. 1 ranking."I still have that craving," the 25-year-old Belgian said Thursday. "I look forward to the challenge."Clijsters, who retired in May 2007 to get married and start a family, announced her comeback at the tennis facility where she has been practicing. She plans to enter the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 31 - her first competition at Flushing Meadows since winning her only Grand Slam singles championship there in 2005.She ...
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