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Krumm Pulls Off Comeback of the Ages

By Greg CouchSep 27th 2009 – 9:30PM

For tennis players, things can hurt at 19, but the body heals in about 15 minutes. At 29, "Well, I'm probably going to groan when I get up out of this seat,'' said James Blake, describing it."You feel the knees a little more. You feel the back. I can't roll out of the car and hit anymore. I need to be in there stretching,...

Aged Venus Williams Will Compete Again

By Greg CouchSep 6th 2009 – 10:01PM

NEW YORK -- It's amazing how fast you get old in tennis. Not that it comes too soon, though there's that, too. But it comes in a hurry, out of nowhere.In the real world, it comes gradually. On the tennis court, the tiniest of precision goes, and, snap, you are old.And that brings me to what we saw from Venus Williams on...

Kim Clijsters Is Making a Comeback

By FanHouse NewswireMar 27th 2009 – 8:45AM

BREE, Belgium (AP) -- Kim Clijsters will return to professional tennis after two years in retirement, saying she has regained the competitive hunger that led to the No. 1 ranking."I still have that craving," the 25-year-old Belgian said Thursday. "I look forward to the challenge."Clijsters, who retired in May 2007 to get...

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One Year After French Open Triumph, Li Na Is A Global Icon

May 28th 2012 - 10:21AM

Li Na was a relatively undistinguished 28-year-old tennis player before 2011.

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Kim Clijsters Will Skip French Open, Still Injured

By The Huffington Post News Editors Apr 17th 2012 - 02:33PM

Kim Clijsters will skip the French Open and clay-court season to focus on adapting to grass ahead of the London Olympics and Wimbledon.

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  • 05/28/12 One Year After French Open Triumph, Li Na Is A Global... Source: The Huffington Post Li Na was a relatively undistinguished 28-year-old tennis player before 2011.
  • 05/23/12 Clijsters to retire again after US Open Source: Daily Times - Pakistan Former world number one Kim Clijsters has confirmed that she would bring down the curtain on her second career at the end of this year's US Open, Belgian news agency Belga has reported.
  • 05/23/12 Pe'er falters in last match before French Open Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel Shahar Pe'er will enter Roland Garros on the back of yet another disappointing defeat after falling 4-6, 6-4, 6- 0 to Alize Cornet in the second round of the Strasbourg International on Wednesday.
  • 05/23/12 Sports Line: I'll Have Another recovering well after... Source: Maryland Gazette - Glen Burnie MD Triple Crown contender I'll Have Another is recovering well from Saturday's Preakness victory.
  • 05/23/12 Tuesday's Sports in Brief Source: The Garden Island - Lihu'e HI The NFL made thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season, a move that drew criticism from the players' union and some of the players.

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11947 Kimclijsters (1993 PK7) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.

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