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Kim Clijsters starts second career 26-03-2009
In August Kim Clijsters will return to the world of professional tennis and participate in three official tournaments: the US Open and the WTA tournaments of Cincinnati and Toronto. In the period leading up to that, several exhibition matches have been scheduled. Kim will play in Belgium only once, at the Diamond Games. The event has been reshaped and the 'new formula' will take place in Antwerp from 10 to 13 December.
Kim Clijsters started the year eager to be training again on a frequent basis and her initial aim was to take part in a few exhibition matches. Her hunger for competition has proven bigger than assumed and she still enjoys thorough and strenuous training sessions. Which is why she decides to see what would be feasible, combined with her family life.
On 10 August Clijsters will be playing her first official match in Cincinnati, her first competition since she retired on 3 May 2007. The subsequent week Kim starts the Toronto tournament. On 31 August she returns to the US Open, the Grand Slam tournament she won in 2005.
"It all started with preparing for the gala match at Wimbledon, all pretty laid-back. I liked it that much I was onto my training schedule from my pro days and then the hunger for more comes automatically," Clijsters says. "I am look at this as a second career, not as a comeback as I am now in a situation where not everything evolves around tennis 24 hours a day. We'll see how I, Jada and the others in my environment respond to this."
On 17 May, Clijsters will be playing her first matches, during A Centre Court Celebration, the official opening of the retractable roof at Wimbledon. In June an exhibition match in Rosmalen awaits, followed by two more in the US in July. Kim will take stock after the official tournaments in August.
---------------------------------------------------- 复出赛程表： 17 May:
Wimbledon: A Centre Court Celebration: exhibition match against Steffi Graf and doubles with Tim Henman against Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi
14 June:
Rosmalen: Ordina Open: : exhibition match against Michaella Krajicek
21 July:
Saint Louis: WorldTeam Tennis Pro League with Saint Louis Aces tegen Springfield Lasers
22 July:
Philadelphia: WorldTeam Tennis Pro League with Saint Louis Aces tegen Philadelphia Freedoms
10-16 August:
WTA Cincinnati: Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
17-23 August:
WTA Toronto: Rogers Cup
31 August - 13 September:
New York: US Open
10 - 13 December:
Diamond Games, Lotto Arena, Antwerp | 
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