Clijsters bids farewell to her 'Disneyland'
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July 4, 2012, Wednesday
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WHEN Kim Clijsters first came to Wimbledon as a junior she described the All England Club as "Disneyland to another child". But on Monday the Belgian bid a poignant farewell to the tournament in the worst possible way, taking just two games off German Angelique Kerber in a 1-6, 1-6 fourth-round defeat.
One of the most popular players on the circuit, who is retiring for a second time after the US Open, was certainly not wallowing in nostalgia and self-pity. "Not at all," she said. "I just had the feeling that there was absolutely nothing I could have done today to win the match."
The memories flooded back as she recalled how her father always sat in the same seat every day because he thought it would bring her luck, but the English weather spoiled the fairy story.
"He was here for three or four days and I don't think he saw me play for one minute because it rained for three days in a row," she said.
Those first matches at Wimbledon as a junior certainly ranked as treasured souvenirs. "I think the first year that I played here, I was here just to take it all in," she said. "This was like Disneyland to another child. So it was such a beautiful thing. Playing Steffi (Graf) here was for me definitely one of the my dreams come true as a young up-and-coming player. To be playing Steffi in her last Wimbledon was very, very special."
One of the most popular players on the circuit, who is retiring for a second time after the US Open, was certainly not wallowing in nostalgia and self-pity. "Not at all," she said. "I just had the feeling that there was absolutely nothing I could have done today to win the match."
The memories flooded back as she recalled how her father always sat in the same seat every day because he thought it would bring her luck, but the English weather spoiled the fairy story.
"He was here for three or four days and I don't think he saw me play for one minute because it rained for three days in a row," she said.
Those first matches at Wimbledon as a junior certainly ranked as treasured souvenirs. "I think the first year that I played here, I was here just to take it all in," she said. "This was like Disneyland to another child. So it was such a beautiful thing. Playing Steffi (Graf) here was for me definitely one of the my dreams come true as a young up-and-coming player. To be playing Steffi in her last Wimbledon was very, very special."
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