Maria Sharapova may not have won a grand slam title since 2008, but the Russian tennis player remains unchallenged as the world’s highest paid woman in professional sports. For the 7th straight year, Maria Sharapova topped the annual list provided by Forbes magazine, despite failing to add to her 3 grand slam titles, although she [...]
Second seed Kim Clijsters dropped out of Wimbledon because of a foot injury, the tennis tournament’s organizers said today. Kim Clijsters, the current US Open and Australian Open champion, issued a statement through the referees office saying she had injured her foot at the Den Bosch Open on Tuesday. “I’m very, very disappointed to have [...]
Belarussian Victoria Azarenka produced some sparkling tennis to defeat an out-of-sorts world number 2 Kim Clijsters in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday. Victoria Azarenka, whose career breakthrough came with her win here at Key Biscayne in 2009, ran out 6-3 6-3 winner against the 2010 champion Kim Clijsters. The 8th-ranked Azarenka [...]
Caroline Wozniacki reached her first final of the year by beating Jelena Jankovic 7-5, 6-3 in the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Caroline Wozniacki, who will retake the No. 1 ranking from Kim Clijsters on Monday, will face the winner of the semifinal between Italian Flavia Pennetta and Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova. The top-seeded Wozniacki earned her [...]
Third-seed Kim Clijsters wins her first Australian Open women’s singles title by beating China’s Li Na in a three-set final Saturday. After securing a three-set victory over China’s Li Na on Rod Laver Arena for her fourth Grand Slam title, a beaming Clijsters treated the Melbourne crowd to an entertaining victory speech, beginning with an [...]
Andy Murray moved another step closer to consecutive Australian Open finals and Kim Clijsters remained on course for back-to-back major titles with third-round wins Saturday. Fifth-seeded Murray had little trouble beating Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. U.S. Open champion Clijsters beat Alize Cornet 7-6 (3), 6-3, spoiling 21st birthday plans for her French opponent. [...]
It was over in less than an hour, but no matter. Kim Clijsters will savor her 6-2, 6-1 victory against Vera Zvonareva in the United States Open final much longer than she did last year’s championship. Clijsters’s 2009 title run was the first major moment in her life that she was unable to share with [...]
Kim Clijsters has defeated Vera Zvonareva in 2 sets to win the 2010 U.S. Open Womens Final. Check out the highlights from this match.