Clijsters to end her second innings after US Open
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E-mail Shanghai Daily, May 24, 2012
Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters has confirmed that she will bring down the curtain on her second career at the end of this year's US Open.
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Kim Clijsters of Belgium reacts in the women's singles semi-final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 26, 2012. [Xinhua/Bai Xue] |
The 28-year-old came out of retirement in 2009 after more than two years out of the sport, winning three more grand slam titles to take her career tally to four. Injury, which has hampered the Belgian throughout her career, has already forced her to pull out of the upcoming French Open and on Tuesday she said the August 27-September 9 US Open would be her last tournament.
"In principle, I will stop after the US Open. That's the tournament where I have had my greatest triumphs and it is therefore very special to me," she said.
"The (Flushing Meadows) stadium is about 45 minutes from our house in the United States and so my in-laws can be there."
Clijsters won her first US Open title in 2005 and marked a sensational return to tennis with a second in 2009 before successfully defending the title the following year. She also won the Australian Open in 2011 and, by reaching the semifinals at her next tournament in Paris, reclaimed the No. 1 world ranking.
