Kim Clijsters
Clijsters and Hingis Power on
Tennis: French Open: After yesterday's rain delays, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis burst out the blocks and into the third round.
Clijsters Halts Hingis Comeback
Tennis: Australian Open: Amelie Mauresmo looks strong heading into the semi-finals: she took Patty Schnyder apart 6-3, 6-0.
US Open: Clijsters Wins First Grand Slam
Tennis: Kim Clijsters finally won her first grand slam title with a clinical 6-3, 6-1 victory over Mary Pierce in the final at Flushing Meadows.
Tennis: Stop-start Pierce Sneaks It
Belgium's Kim Clijsters, yet to win a grand slam title, and Mary Pierce of France, the 30-year-old former Australian and French Open champion, will meet in tonight's US Open final after two incident-packed semi-finals yesterday. Clijsters is the most successful player on the US hard-court...
Tennis: Clijsters Finds Elusive Killing Touch
Kim Clijsters has moved a step closer to a first Grand Slam title with a hard-fought victory over Venus Williams in the US Open quarter-finals.
Clijsters loves the hard stuff
Tennis: Belgian has never been better placed to end her grand-slam drought, says Jon Henderson
Tennis: Clijsters Starts Favourite
Belgium's world No4 Kim Clijsters will go into the US Open at Flushing Meadows as favourite after coming back from injury better than ever.
Clijsters Sets Retirement Date
Tennis: Kim Clijsters says she plans to bring her injury-hit professional career to an end in 2007.
Davenport Powers Past Clijsters
Tennis: Women: Maria Sharapova beat Nathalie Dechy in straight sets to join Mary Pierce and Amelie Mauresmo in the quarter-finals.
Clijsters v Davenport - Live!
Tennis: Wimbledon: It's the biggest women's match of the championships so far. Follow Kim Clijsters v Lindsay Davenport NOW.
Clijsters Campaign Gathers Pace
Tennis: Women: Kim Clijsters stormed into the third round for the loss of just two games today, while Amelie Mauresmo also cruised through.
Davenport and Clijsters Advance
Tennis: French Open: Top seed Lindsay Davenport and Belgian Kim Clijsters both reached the second round, but in vastly different manners.
Clijsters Out of Australia Open
Kim Clijsters has pulled out of next month's centenary Australian Open due to her chronic wrist injury.
Clijsters' Career 'could Be Over'
Tennis: Kim Clijsters may never be able to play again after she suffered yet another wrist injury.
Tennis: Clijsters: Kids Come First, Not Career
February 29: The world number two tells Jon Henderson that having babies will come before her career.
Australian Open: Clijsters Beats Schnyder to Set Up All-belgian Final Against Henin
January 30: Kim Clijsters beat Switzerland's Patty Schnyder to set up an all-Belgian final against Justin Henin-Hardenne.
Clijsters Books Semis Clash With Schnyder
Australia's favourite Belgian Kim Clijsters overcame an injury scare to outclass Russia's Anastasia Myskina in straight sets and set up a semi-final clash with Patty Schnyder. Clijsters, the No2 seed at the Australian Open, took the first set comfortably and then defied a recurring ankle...
Tennis: Pressure Mounts on Clijsters to Set the Home Flags Flying
January 27: Kim Clijsters is carrying the weight of a nation's expectation as she aims to please the Australian crowd.
Clijsters Eases Into Quarter-finals
Second seed Kim Clijsters breezed into her sixth-consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final with another comfortable straight-sets victory at the Australian Open today. Clijsters, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, will meet Anastasia Myskina in a repeat of last year's quarter-final...
Tennis: Australian Open: Capriati Out, Clijsters Doubtful
January 14: Two times champion Jennifer Capriati will miss the Australian Open and there are rising worries over world No2 Kim Clijsters's participation.
Playing Across the Belgian Divide
Kim Clijsters and Justin Henin play this week for the top position in women's tennis, writes Stephen Bierley.
Henin Defies Cramp and Clijsters
September 7: Andy Roddick served up an unforgiving barrage against Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero to win his first US Open and first grand slam title, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
Clijsters Accuses Henin of Faking
August 6: Kim Clijsters accused Justine Henin-Hardenne of regularly faking injury to distract opponents after being defeated by Henin at the Acura Classic tournament.
Clijsters Stung By a Bee Then Floats Like a Butterfly
July 2: No2 seed battles back to set up semi-final with Venus.
Henin Slams the Door on Clijsters
Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters gave us a bit of a stinker, although Henin will be happy with the 6-0, 6-4 victory.
Cool Clijsters Reaches Final
Kim Clijsters recovered from a sluggish start to reach her second French Open final with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Nadia Petrova. The Belgian, the second seed at Roland Garros, initially struggled to find her game. But with the Russian holding a set-point, Clijsters was the recipient of a...
Clijsters Sweeps Into Final Four
Kim Clijsters became the first lady through to the semi-finals of the French Open after breezing past Spain's Conchita Martinez. The second seed, a losing finalist at Roland Garros in 2001, displayed much more powerful groundstrokes as she swept to a 6-2 6-1 victory in just 69 minutes...
Clijsters Bustles to Last Four
May 10: Richard Jago and Stephen Bierley do a round-up of yesterday's tennis events.
Serena Shatters Clijsters
Serena Williams came back from the dead to beat Kim Clijsters 4-6 6-3 7-5 and reach the final of the Australian Open. Williams saved two match points and fought back from 5-1 down in the final set to keep her hopes of the Serena Slam alive. And afterwards, she conceded big...
Serena and Clijsters Set Up Semi-final Showdown
Serena Williams has moved a step closer to her "Serena Slam" dream with a straight-sets win over Meghann Shaughnessy. She'll now face Kim Clijsters, the other overnight winner.
Clijsters serene despite shock
Kim Clijsters, the girlfriend of Lleyton Hewitt, put aside the disappointment of his shock fourth-round defeat to reach the quarter-finals with a commanding 6-3, 6-1 victory over Amanda Coetzer.
Clijsters goes clubbing
Women: Kim Clijsters' expected semi-final against Serena Williams on Thursday is shaping as the match of the Aussie Open.
Clijsters Has the Potential to Go All the Way
January 17: Kim Clijsters is in excellent form, having won four of her five past tournaments and having beaten both Williams sisters in Los Angeles.
Clijsters has measure of the champions
If you fail to prepare then prepare to fail, or so the self-help books say. Perhaps Kim Clijsters has been reading them lately for she certainly appears determined to be the best prepared woman in the Australian Open draw.
Kim the In-betweeny
Clijsters may be able to break the Williams sisters' stranglehold on women's tennis.
Shoulder injury threatens Clijsters
There are fears that Kim Clijsters may need the rest of the year to recover from injury following her straight sets defeat to No48 seed Elena Likhovtseva. That old 'injury' chestnut, eh?
No happy returns for weary Clijsters
Tennis: Kim Clijsters fades away to Clarisa Fernandez of Argentina.
Clijsters trails her glory back to Roland Garros
A year after her surprise grand slam final against Jennifer Capriati, Kim Clijsters is now firmly established among the tournament favourites, writes Eleanor Preston.
Venus humble after Clijsters victory
Tennis: Venus Williams was forced to eat humble pie after her self-induced collapse against Kim Clijsters cost her the Betty Barclay Cup title.
Tennis: Kim Clijsters finally won her first grand slam title with a clinical 6-3, 6-1 victory over Mary Pierce in the final at Flushing Meadows.
Tennis: Stop-start Pierce Sneaks It
Belgium's Kim Clijsters, yet to win a grand slam title, and Mary Pierce of France, the 30-year-old former Australian and French Open champion, will meet in tonight's US Open final after two incident-packed semi-finals yesterday. Clijsters is the most successful player on the US hard-court...
Tennis: Clijsters Finds Elusive Killing Touch
Kim Clijsters has moved a step closer to a first Grand Slam title with a hard-fought victory over Venus Williams in the US Open quarter-finals.
Clijsters loves the hard stuff
Tennis: Belgian has never been better placed to end her grand-slam drought, says Jon Henderson
Tennis: Clijsters Starts Favourite
Belgium's world No4 Kim Clijsters will go into the US Open at Flushing Meadows as favourite after coming back from injury better than ever.
Clijsters Sets Retirement Date
Tennis: Kim Clijsters says she plans to bring her injury-hit professional career to an end in 2007.
Davenport Powers Past Clijsters
Tennis: Women: Maria Sharapova beat Nathalie Dechy in straight sets to join Mary Pierce and Amelie Mauresmo in the quarter-finals.
Clijsters v Davenport - Live!
Tennis: Wimbledon: It's the biggest women's match of the championships so far. Follow Kim Clijsters v Lindsay Davenport NOW.
Clijsters Campaign Gathers Pace
Tennis: Women: Kim Clijsters stormed into the third round for the loss of just two games today, while Amelie Mauresmo also cruised through.
Davenport and Clijsters Advance
Tennis: French Open: Top seed Lindsay Davenport and Belgian Kim Clijsters both reached the second round, but in vastly different manners.
Clijsters Out of Australia Open
Kim Clijsters has pulled out of next month's centenary Australian Open due to her chronic wrist injury.
Clijsters' Career 'could Be Over'
Tennis: Kim Clijsters may never be able to play again after she suffered yet another wrist injury.
Tennis: Clijsters: Kids Come First, Not Career
February 29: The world number two tells Jon Henderson that having babies will come before her career.
Australian Open: Clijsters Beats Schnyder to Set Up All-belgian Final Against Henin
January 30: Kim Clijsters beat Switzerland's Patty Schnyder to set up an all-Belgian final against Justin Henin-Hardenne.
Clijsters Books Semis Clash With Schnyder
Australia's favourite Belgian Kim Clijsters overcame an injury scare to outclass Russia's Anastasia Myskina in straight sets and set up a semi-final clash with Patty Schnyder. Clijsters, the No2 seed at the Australian Open, took the first set comfortably and then defied a recurring ankle...
Tennis: Pressure Mounts on Clijsters to Set the Home Flags Flying
January 27: Kim Clijsters is carrying the weight of a nation's expectation as she aims to please the Australian crowd.
Clijsters Eases Into Quarter-finals
Second seed Kim Clijsters breezed into her sixth-consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final with another comfortable straight-sets victory at the Australian Open today. Clijsters, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, will meet Anastasia Myskina in a repeat of last year's quarter-final...
Tennis: Australian Open: Capriati Out, Clijsters Doubtful
January 14: Two times champion Jennifer Capriati will miss the Australian Open and there are rising worries over world No2 Kim Clijsters's participation.
Playing Across the Belgian Divide
Kim Clijsters and Justin Henin play this week for the top position in women's tennis, writes Stephen Bierley.
Henin Defies Cramp and Clijsters
September 7: Andy Roddick served up an unforgiving barrage against Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero to win his first US Open and first grand slam title, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
Clijsters Accuses Henin of Faking
August 6: Kim Clijsters accused Justine Henin-Hardenne of regularly faking injury to distract opponents after being defeated by Henin at the Acura Classic tournament.
Clijsters Stung By a Bee Then Floats Like a Butterfly
July 2: No2 seed battles back to set up semi-final with Venus.
Henin Slams the Door on Clijsters
Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters gave us a bit of a stinker, although Henin will be happy with the 6-0, 6-4 victory.
Cool Clijsters Reaches Final
Kim Clijsters recovered from a sluggish start to reach her second French Open final with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Nadia Petrova. The Belgian, the second seed at Roland Garros, initially struggled to find her game. But with the Russian holding a set-point, Clijsters was the recipient of a...
Clijsters Sweeps Into Final Four
Kim Clijsters became the first lady through to the semi-finals of the French Open after breezing past Spain's Conchita Martinez. The second seed, a losing finalist at Roland Garros in 2001, displayed much more powerful groundstrokes as she swept to a 6-2 6-1 victory in just 69 minutes...
Clijsters Bustles to Last Four
May 10: Richard Jago and Stephen Bierley do a round-up of yesterday's tennis events.
Serena Shatters Clijsters
Serena Williams came back from the dead to beat Kim Clijsters 4-6 6-3 7-5 and reach the final of the Australian Open. Williams saved two match points and fought back from 5-1 down in the final set to keep her hopes of the Serena Slam alive. And afterwards, she conceded big...
Serena and Clijsters Set Up Semi-final Showdown
Serena Williams has moved a step closer to her "Serena Slam" dream with a straight-sets win over Meghann Shaughnessy. She'll now face Kim Clijsters, the other overnight winner.
Clijsters serene despite shock
Kim Clijsters, the girlfriend of Lleyton Hewitt, put aside the disappointment of his shock fourth-round defeat to reach the quarter-finals with a commanding 6-3, 6-1 victory over Amanda Coetzer.
Clijsters goes clubbing
Women: Kim Clijsters' expected semi-final against Serena Williams on Thursday is shaping as the match of the Aussie Open.
Clijsters Has the Potential to Go All the Way
January 17: Kim Clijsters is in excellent form, having won four of her five past tournaments and having beaten both Williams sisters in Los Angeles.
Clijsters has measure of the champions
If you fail to prepare then prepare to fail, or so the self-help books say. Perhaps Kim Clijsters has been reading them lately for she certainly appears determined to be the best prepared woman in the Australian Open draw.
Kim the In-betweeny
Clijsters may be able to break the Williams sisters' stranglehold on women's tennis.
Shoulder injury threatens Clijsters
There are fears that Kim Clijsters may need the rest of the year to recover from injury following her straight sets defeat to No48 seed Elena Likhovtseva. That old 'injury' chestnut, eh?
No happy returns for weary Clijsters
Tennis: Kim Clijsters fades away to Clarisa Fernandez of Argentina.
Clijsters trails her glory back to Roland Garros
A year after her surprise grand slam final against Jennifer Capriati, Kim Clijsters is now firmly established among the tournament favourites, writes Eleanor Preston.
Venus humble after Clijsters victory
Tennis: Venus Williams was forced to eat humble pie after her self-induced collapse against Kim Clijsters cost her the Betty Barclay Cup title.