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Kim Clijsters declined an offer from the Belgian Olympic Committee on Tuesday to compete at the 2008 Beijing Games, insisting she will retire from tennis next year. ``It is a superfluous question,'' she said on her website. ``When I take a decision, I stick to it.'' Clijsters has long said 2007 will be her final year on the WTA Tour as she is eager to start a family. The 23-year-old ...

Kim Clijsters beat Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Gaz de France. The top-seeded Clijsters, in her comeback tournament at home after being sidelined 10 weeks with a left wrist injury, will defend her title Sunday against first-time finalist Kaia Kanepi of Estonia. Kanepi, a qualifier, reached the final by beating Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals. ``Unbelievable,'' Kanepi said of her week. ``I'm ...

Defending champion Kim Clijsters played her first match since August, coming back from a wrist injury by beating Luxembourg's Anne Kremer 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday in the first round of the Gaz de France Stars. Clijsters sprained her left wrist in Montreal and missed the U.S. Open. She later bruised her back after stumbling over her dog while playing soccer. The 23-year-old Belgian has dealt with assorted ankle, knee and back ...

Kim Clijsters has bruised her tailbone after stumbling over her dog while playing soccer. Despite the injury, Clijsters said Tuesday she's still on course to return to the WTA Tour next week. Clijsters was forced to stop training for two days because of the accident but said she will play at the Gaz de France Stars, which starts Monday in Hasselt. The sixth-ranked Belgian star was kicking a soccer ball ...

Kim Clijsters expects to return from a long injury layoff at her home tournament in Hasselt later this month. Clijsters, who has been out with a wrist injury for two months, has resumed practising and plans to play in the Oct. 30-Nov. 5 Gaz de France tournament in northern Belgium. ``For the moment, my wrist gives me no trouble,'' she said on her website Thursday. The sixth-ranked Belgian still hopes to qualify for the Nov. 7-12 season-ending WTA Tour ...

Kim Clijsters hopes to return to the WTA Tour at the end of month because her injured wrist is healing faster than expected. The fifth-ranked Belgian initially planned to return at the Oct. 30-Nov. 5 Gaz de France tournament in her home city of Hasselt. Now Clijsters may play at the Generali Ladies Linz event in Austria a week earlier. ``We will have to wait and see how my first ...

Kim Clijsters of Belgium will miss the Fed Cup tennis final against Italy because of a lingering wrist injury. Justine Henin-Hardenne will play for host Belgium with Kirsten Flipkens, Caroline Maes and Leslie Butkiewicz on Sept. 16-17, the International Tennis Federation announced Wednesday. Italy will be represented by Francesca Schiavone, Flavia Pennetta, Mara Santangelo and Roberta Vinci. The third-ranked Clijsters said in August that her wrist injury would sideline her ...

  MONTREAL (CP) _ Kim Clijsters of Belgium won't be able to defend her U.S. Open title because of a wrist injury suffered at the Rogers Cup, her website reported Thursday. ``The injury to the (left) wrist that occured in the Montreal tournament seems more serious than thought,'' it said. ``That was what an MRI and radiology revealed in consultation with a doctor. ``Because of ...

LONDON (AP) _ Belgium completed an easy first win over the United States on Sunday and will play for the Fed Cup against first-time finalist Italy. Kim Clijsters overpowered Vania King 6-0, 6-1 to clinch the semifinal in the first reverse singles of an eventual 4-1 victory in Ostend. ``For any tennis player it's the most beautiful situation to be ...

By Steven Wine LONDON (AP) _ When a match ends, genial Kim Clijsters greets her opponent at the net with a smile and a kiss on each cheek, win or lose. She puts friendships ahead of championships. ``To me, results don't matter at all,'' the Belgian said. ``I like to make friends on the tour, knowing that if I stop, I ...