Clijsters stuns Venus at US Open
- Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 13:38
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Kim Clijsters enjoys her best win since coming out of retirement as she beats third seed Venus Williams at the US Open.The former world number one, in her first Grand Slam for two years, breezed through the opening set with a flurry of powerful winners. Williams regrouped and came blazing back, but was undone as the Belgian clung to a solitary break in the third. Serena Williams advanced with a 6-2 6-0 demolition of Daniela Hantuchova. Clijsters and Venus Williams last met in the 2005 US Open quarter-finals when the American was defeated in three sets. But, after so long out of the game, most thought a repeat would be beyond Clijsters this time. Those doubts were quickly revised after Clijsters’ nimble footwork and pounding groundstrokes immediately had Williams floundering. Three ruthless breaks followed as Williams saw the first set whisked away from her in just 27 minutes.
But after the turnaround, mistakes appeared in Clijsters’ previously faultless game and Williams asserted herself on the match. Her serve, which Clijsters had read so well early on, found another gear as the two-time champion produced some searing shots of her own to level at one set all. But Clijsters stubbornly refused to rein in her own attacking instincts and drew a double fault and crucial dropped service game from Williams early in the decider. Afforded two break points and a route back into the match as Clijsters attempted to serve out at 5-4, Williams found the net on both to slide to defeat. “It was unbelievable,” said Clijsters. “I don’t know what to say. It was such a weird match, especially those first two sets. But after I lost the second at 6-0, I said, let’s start over and start a new match.” She added: “I’ve been working really hard the last seven, eight months and I’m enjoying it.
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