Clijsters had quit tennis in May 2007 and became a mother the following year.
Kim Clijsters won the US Open in 2010 after stepping out of retirement the previous year The former world number one, then aged 25, said she would make her grand slam comeback at the US Open.Kim Clijsters lost to Venus Williams in the 2003 Wimbledon semi-finals
Clijsters then successfully defended the title in 2010, before adding an Australian Open victory to her CV the following year. She won a career total of four grand slam singles titles – her first US Open triumph was in 2005 – and reached the singles semi-finals at both Wimbledon and the French Open twice.
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