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Kim Clijsters' Rise to Top Exposes Women's Game
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsAlec Baldwin is hot for her sweaty body. Todd Woodbridge is focusing on her breasts. Serena Williams' mom thinks she has a scary, Medusa eye. Not only that, but Kim Clijsters also has won the past two major tennis championships. And when she officially reached No. 1 in the rankings Monday, she became the first Mommy to get there. Clijsters has already done much more than I thought she could during her comeback, not so much on the court, but off, bringing attention to women's tennis. Her play, and now her ranking, has brought credibility. Did she just solve women's tennis No. 1 problem? She ...
Kim Clijsters Retakes No. 1 Ranking
By Hal Spivack - AOL NewsAdd another accolade to Kim Clijsters' comeback story. After 256 weeks, the 27-year-old Belgian will regain her No. 1 spot on tour when the WTA rankings are released next week. Clijsters last held the top-ranked spot the week of March 20, 2006. Fresh off her fourth Grand Slam victory at the Australian Open, she overtakes current No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who has yet to win a career major. Clijsters, the 41-time WTA singles champion, briefly retired from the sport with one major in May of 2007 before coming back unranked in the summer of 2009. The 256-week stretch it took for Clijsters to ...
Williams Sisters' Mom Tastes Tweet & Sour of Twitter
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsOracene Price, mother of Venus and Serena Williams, has not tweeted in six days. I wanted to make sure I was the first to report that news. It is clear she's embarrassed and angry by what she had tweeted before the women's final of the Australian Open. If you missed the little storm she created last week on Twitter, she said she was hoping Li Na would beat Kim Clijsters because she thought it "would be cool for a Chinese to win.'' She also wrote, "Let's say I'm not pulling for the other one. I dislike dubious people.'' It's clear she hates Clijsters. People wrote to Price on Twitter, ...
Kim Clijsters 2.0 Best Unretirement Ever
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsMELBOURNE, Australia -- This could be the best unretirement in sports history. Michael Jordan came back to win three championships, but he was already the best ever. George Foreman won the title again, fat and old. But Kim Clijsters didn't just get back to where she had been before. She has surpassed the first Clijsters by far. She has reshaped her spot in history. Clijsters won the Australian Open Saturday, beating Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. It was her third major title since coming back to the tour following a retirement/maternity leave. She has won three of the five majors she has played in ...
Kim Clijsters Defeats Li Na to Win Australian Open
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 29) -- Kim Clijsters rallied to win the Australian Open women's singles title 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Li Na of China on Saturday. Clijsters, the 2004 Australian Open runner-up and three-time U.S. Open champion, defeated Li for her fourth career Grand Slam title. It is the 27-year-old Belgian's second major in a row and her third since coming back from retirement in the summer of 2009. ...
Kim Clijsters Defeats Li Na to Win Australian Open
By Hal Spivack - AOL NewsKim Clijsters rallied to win the Australian Open women's singles title 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Li Na of China on Saturday. Clijsters, the 2004 Australian Open runner-up and three-time U.S. Open champion, defeated Li for her fourth career Grand Slam title. It is the 27-year-old Belgian's second major in a row and her third since coming back from retirement in the summer of 2009. Li, who was playing in her first Grand Slam final, was up a set and had broken Clijsters twice to start the second set. However, Clijsters' experience in major titles paid off for the Belgian as she tweaked her game to ...
Serena, Venus Williams' Mother Uses Twitter to Bash Kim Clijsters
By FanHouse Staff - AOL NewsWith neither Serena or Venus Williams in the Australian Open final, it begs the question everyone in the tennis community has been wondering, who will their mother root for? Oracene Price took to the power of social media -- and 140 characters -- to let her feelings on Saturday's final be known. And she was just as honest as we'd all hope she'd be, even letting (hopefully jokingly) Twitterverse know that she was unsure what the finals matchup was: After she received this all-important answer, she then quickly let it be known who her favorite in Saturday's match is: Price doesn't want ...
In 48 Hours, Tennis Turned on Its Head
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsMELBOURNE, Australia -- The best transitions in sports happen naturally, and by process. A star player gets old, and the next guy slowly overtakes him and becomes the top dog. It happens with teams, too. And fans have a chance to adjust, get used to the new order. Tennis is in a transition stage, too. But on Wednesday, it wasn't. Things are happening a little too fast for tennis' own good. "From a personal point of view," Andy Murray said, "I would rather be in the final than watching Roger and Rafa at home, playing again." Murray had just beaten David Ferrer 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) ...
Kim Clijsters Cruises Past Vera Zvonareva, to Play Li Na in Final
By Hal Spivack - AOL NewsKim Clijsters defeated Vera Zvonareva in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 at the Australian Open on Thursday to advance into her second consecutive Grand Slam final. The third-seeded Clijsters dominated play from the outset and won the match in just 73 minutes. The second-seeded Zvonareva put forth a respectable effort with no mental breakdowns, but Clijsters' serve and groundstrokes were too powerful for the 26-year-old Russian. The 27-year-old Clijsters won 77 percent of her first-serve points and was broken only once in the match. Zvonareva, on the other hand, was broken four times and never gained ...
Familiar Faces in Australian Open Semis
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Low-flying stunt planes and booming cannon fire had Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva a little rattled during their quarterfinals. Come the Australian Open semifinals, they'll have other distractions to contend with. Clijsters and Zvonareva meet in a rematch of the last U.S. Open final on Thursday, after No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki and Li Na have played in their semifinal. The 20-year-old Wozniacki has already guaranteed she will retain the top spot in the rankings by advancing this far, but is still out to prove she can win a Grand Slam. Zvonareva shares ...
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