Former number one Kim Clijsters has ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match.
Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters made triumphant returns after long layoffs with convincing wins at the WTA and ATP Miami hardcourt tournament.
Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters has retired from her semifinal match against Daniela Hantuchova at the Brisbane international with an injury.
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/ 12 October 2011
The Brisbane International became a tough contest after Serena Williams, Samantha Stosur, Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova confirmed participation.
South African Kevin Anderson beat Scot Andy Murray at the Montreal Masters, while Belgian Kim Clijsters retired early with an injury.
US and Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters has re-injured her right ankle, just days before the start of Wimbledon.
Second-ranked Kim Clijsters lost in the second round of the Unicef Open falling to Romina Oprandi for a premature end to her Wimbledon preparations.
Novak Djokovic will meet Victor Hanescu in the French Open second round to prove to rival Rafael Nadal that he is ready to steal his crown.
The French Open may be shorn of some of the big names in the women’s game, but this year’s tournament does have some intriguing sub-plots.
Novak Djokovic reached the Miami semifinals on Wednesday by beating Kevin Anderson, avenging a loss two years ago to the South African.
World number one Caroline Wozniacki suffered a surprise fourth-round defeat by Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in the Sony Ericsson Open on Monday.
Kim Clijsters moved within one win of taking the number one ranking by rallying to beat Kristina Barrois of Germany at the Open Gaz de France.
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/ 29 January 2011
Kim Clijsters said she had finally earned her nickname "Aussie Kim" after beating Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to capture her first Australian Open.
Belgian Kim Clijsters beat Agnieszka Radwanska and Muscovite Vera Zvonareva smashed her way through to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open.
Kim Clijsters warned she was hitting top form, while world number two Vera Zvonareva hopes to prove her critics wrong.
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/ 22 January 2011
Third seed Kim Clijsters survived her first test of the Australian Open to beat Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 7-6, 6-3.
Rafael Nadal brushed off qualifier Ryan Sweeting on Thursday as women’s favourite Kim Clijsters also sped into the Australian Open third round.
Top seed Rafael Nadal was handed an easy win at the Australian Open on Tuesday, as Kim Clijsters humiliated Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-0.
Fans could hardly have guessed that when Serena Williams cut her foot last August, the race for the Australian Open would be thrown wide open.
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/ 12 September 2010
Belgium’s Kim Clijsters won her second straight US Open women’s title on Saturday after crushing seventh-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-1.
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/ 11 September 2010
Defending champion Kim Clijsters raised her game with her back to the wall and took advantage of a tiebreaker meltdown by Venus Williams.
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/ 10 September 2010
Venus Williams does not "play the game" with the media — or rather, does not play it the way the media would like.
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/ 8 September 2010
Defending champion Kim Clijsters advanced to the US Open semifinals on Tuesday by defeating Australian fifth seed Samantha Stosur 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
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/ 22 January 2010
Kim Clijsters was left reeling from her Australian Open exit on Friday, while Justine Henin and Rafael Nadal kept their Grand Slam hopes alive.
Kim Clijsters survived two match points before winning her eagerly awaited rematch with fellow Belgian Justine Henin 6-3, 4-6, 7-6.
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/ 23 September 2009
Surprise US Open winner Kim Clijsters on Wednesday hailed as ”fantastic” the return to the circuit of fellow Belgian and great rival Justine Henin.
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/ 22 September 2009
Speculation was rife in Belgium on Tuesday that former world tennis No 1 Justine Henin was set to announce she was ending her retirement.
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/ 14 September 2009
Kim Clijsters crowned her remarkable comeback by beating 19-year-old Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday.
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/ 13 September 2009
Kim Clijsters reached the US Open final after beating an enraged Serena Williams 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday in a contest that disintegrated into chaos.
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/ 9 September 2009
Kim Clijsters penned another heart-warming chapter into her riveting US Open chronicles on Tuesday to set a date with budding writer Serena Williams.
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/ 7 September 2009
Kim Clijsters reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a win over Venus Williams to answer any lingering questions about her return to tennis.
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/ 12 November 2007
Justin Henin finished the toughest season of her career with one of her toughest victories at the WTA tennis championship. That’s exactly how she would have scripted it. Henin rallied to beat Maria Sharapova 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday in the longest three-set final in the tournament’s history.