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Super mom Clijsters comes back with a big win

AFP American Edition 68 days ago

Super mom Kim Clijsters scooped up her US Open champion's trophy in one arm and her 18-month-old daughter Jada in the other Sunday night, overjoyed by both treasures but still stunned at her title. Clijsters made history with a 7-5, 6-3 victory ...

Kim-possible dream brings mom-entous title

AFP American Edition 68 days ago

Super mom Kim Clijsters scooped up her US Open champion's trophy in one arm and her 18-month-old daughter Jada in the other Sunday night, overjoyed by both treasures but still stunned at her title. Clijsters made history with a 7-5, 6-3 victory ...

Tennis: Kim-possible dream brings mom-entous title

AFP American Edition 68 days ago

Super mom Kim Clijsters scooped up her US Open champion's trophy in one arm and her 18-month-old daughter Jada in the other Sunday night, overjoyed by both treasures but still stunned at her title. Clijsters made history with a 7-5, 6-3 victory ...

One Grand Slam-winning mother to another: Go Moms!

AP News 68 days ago

Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Grand Slam-winning mom, congratulates Kim Clijsters on US Open win Evonne Goolagong Cawley didn't get to watch the moment when Kim Clijsters emulated her achievement of nearly 30 years ago by winning a tennis major after having a child. ...

Guernsey girl Watson wins junior title at US Open

AFP Global Edition 69 days ago

Channel Islander Heather Watson became the first British winner of the junior girls title at the US Open on Sunday when she defeated Yana Buchina of Russia 6-4, 6-1 in the final. The 17-year-old hails from Guernsey off the northern coast of ...

Tennis great Jack Kramer dies at 88

AP News 69 days ago

Jack Kramer, tennis champion and promoter, dies in Los Angeles at 88 Jack Kramer, a tennis champion in the 1940s and '50s and a promoter of the sport for more 60 years, died at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. ...

Forget rivals, rain turns out to be Nadal's No 1 enemy

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 70 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal ducked out of his courtesy car on to the soggy grounds of Flushing Meadows at 11.30am, looked skywards to inspect the menacing clouds, shook his head and then dashed into the U.S. Open players' lounge. Unfortunately ...

Serena sets up Clijsters clash at US Open

AFP Global Edition 74 days ago

Defending champion Serena Williams will play comeback queen Kim Clijsters for a place in the US Open final after both scored straight sets wins in their quarter-finals. Williams, seeded second despite being widely regarded as the best player in the world, defeated ...

China's Li upbeat despite US Open defeat

AFP Asian Edition 74 days ago

Li Na's bid to become just the second Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam semi-final was thwarted on Tuesday when she lost 6-2, 6-4 to comeback queen Kim Clijsters. But the 27-year-old from Wuhan said that her run into the quarter-finals ...

Tennis prodigy Oudin roars into US Open's last eight

AFP Global Edition 74 days ago

US teen giant-killer Melanie Oudin continued her astonishing US Open run on Monday, the 70th-ranked blonde pixie ousting 13th seed Nadia Petrova 1-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals. The tenacious pint-sized American dynamo, who turns 18 on Septmeber 23, has ...

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