Clijsters Roars Back With Win

Belgian defeats Kutuzova in lopsided straight sets
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 31, 2009 1:53 PM CDT
Clijsters Roars Back With Win
Kim Clijsters of Belgium serves to Viktoriya Kutuzova of Ukraine during the US Open tennis tournament today.   (AP Photo)

Kim Clijsters, the 2005 US Open champ who’s been absent from the game since having a child two years ago, made a triumphant return to the tournament today, the New York Times reports. The unseeded Belgian easily dispatched Viktoriya Kutuzova 6-1, 6-1 in the first game at Arthur Ashe. “Little more nervous than usual,” Clijsters says of the match, “but I really enjoyed it. I felt really good out there.”

“Obviously, the situation was a lot different then,” Clijsters says of her last appearance in 2005, “but you kind of get the whole feeling for it again. I remember just driving up here this morning, just seeing the court and everything. The same memories come back. But it’s nice. I mean, I’m glad that I have those memories.” (More Kim Clijsters stories.)

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