Clijsters says that 2011 is her final season - 網球 Tennis

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Kim Clijsters thinks that 2011 will "probably"
be her last full year on the tennis tour.

When asked Friday if the Australian Open women's final could be her last
appearance at Melbourne Park, the 27-year-old Clijsters replied: "Yeah, it
is."

"I know this is probably going to be my last full season on the tour, and
then we'll see," Clijsters said ahead of Saturday's final against China's Li
Na.

Fellow Belgian and former No. 1-ranked Justine Henin retired for a second
time on Wednesday, citing a lingering elbow injury that forced her off the
tour after Wimbledon last year. She won seven Grand Slam singles titles.

"Obviously it's a sad situation to see such a great player end her career in
this kind of way," Clijsters said this week.

Clijsters returned to the tour in late 2009 after a 2½ -year break, during
which she got married and had a child. She won the U.S. Open in her third
tournament back and has won five singles titles in all since her return,
including the 2010 U.S. Open.

When she won the 2009 U.S. Open, she became the first mother to win a Grand
Slam singles title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980.
On Friday at her pre-final news conference, she said the birth of her
daughter, Jada, and the death of her father, Leo, may have contributed to her
return to the tour.

"Obviously so many things happened in those two years -- the loss of my dad
as well was something that kind of triggered me trying to do something
different for a while to kind of get my mind off it and to try and put some
time into kind of myself," she said.

She was also asked, based on Henin's injury-forced retirement, if coming back
the second time had been more difficult.

"I had injuries before, so I knew when I started again I knew that that could
be part of the second career as well," Clijsters said.

"It's not just all the beautiful things that I thought of when I started
again."

Clijsters has three major titles, all at the U.S. Open. Her best previous run
at the Australian Open ended in a loss to Henin in the 2004 final."

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2011 - Clijsters' last year?

Kim Clijsters, who takes on Li Na in the final of the Australian Open this
weekend, said today that 2011 would probably be her last full year on the
women's tour.

The 27-year-old, who returned after a two-year retirement in 2009, said
earlier this month she hoped to play on for four more years but indicated
today her involvement in the game might be reduced after this year.

"I know this is probably going to be my last full season on the tour, and
then we'll see," she said. "You know, it's nice that I'm in this spot to
reach the final, to play for the title."

Clijsters, who will be playing for her fourth grand slam title against
China's Li tomorrow, originally retired in 2007 after suffering a string of
injuries.

She returned in August 2009 and won her second U.S. Open in her third event
back, going on to secure her third title at Flushing Meadows last year.

Inspired by Clijsters, her compatriot Justine Henin also made a comeback for
last year but the seven-times grand slam champion retired for a second time
this week on medical advice because of an elbow injury.

Clijsters, who lost to Henin in the 2004 Australian Open final, said she
accepted injuries as part and parcel of being a top athlete.

"I had injuries before, so I knew when I started again I knew that that could
be part of the second career as well," she said.

"It's not just all the beautiful things that I thought of when I started
again."

The former world number one has also made it quite clear, however, that her
family -- she had daughter Jada during her two years off -- were now her
absolute priority with tennis coming a very poor second.

Clijsters' defeat of Russian Vera Zvonareva in the Melbourne semi-finals on
Thursday ensured that she would replace the Russian as number two in the
world.

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