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Queensland Tennis Centre 4-11 Jan 2009

Clijsters steps confidently into second round

Clijsters steps confidently into second round

AAP Sunday 3 January 2010 Comments

Top seed Kim Clijsters swept into the second round of the Brisbane International with a 6-2 6-1 thrashing of Italian veteran Tathiana Garbin on Sunday.

The US Open champion was impressive as she kick-started the first women’s tournament of 2010 with victory in under an hour at Pat Rafter Arena.

Clijsters was rusty early, dropping her opening service game, but quickly found her range to win 10 of the last 11 games.

The match wasn’t without the odd embarrassing moment for the Belgian world No.18 as she missed two regulation smashes in the second set, including an air swing on one that left her red-faced.

Clijsters will play Australian wildcard Alicia Molik who survived a tough encounter with Russian youngster Ekaterina Makarova, who is ranked 60th in the world.

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  • Tom
    Way To Go Kim. Hope you win the 2010 Brisbane International.I loved it how you ran to the other side of the court with the big and heavy racquet bag on your back to sign some autograpks. I wish you all the best in your come back to tennis and good luck at the Australian Open and beyond.
  • Thomas
    Tom, you rock. Kim Clijsters all the way!!!!
  • babopop
    KIM I LIKE YOU SO MUCH , GO ON KIM, ALLEZ KIM , VAMOS KIM
  • babopop
    CONGRATULATIONS TO NICE KIM , I LIKE U VERY MUCH
  • Thea
    Go Kim, your my favorite!
  • Go Kim!! You are gonna win this tourney cause you are the best.
  • Man, I'm so glad she's back and I missed her soooo much! She's the salt and pepper of tennis and such a nice and friendly person behind the scene! Go go go, Kim!!!
  • Tom
    Yeah im with you JoGeens. Its great to see Kim Clijsters back in action and in great shape after having a baby.
  • Francois
    Interesting that this "highly anticipated match" was played when most of us didn't even have coverage today!
  • P1
    I don't know if you are from Brisbane but if so, why didn't you just buy a ticket to go and watch it. There were plenty of vacant seats in Pat Rafter Arena.(Although crowds were way up from last year which was great to see)
    You missed a great match! :-)

    To see great Tennis, you have to spend some money to go see it in such places like Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Rely on TV coverage and you are going to be disappointed every time.
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