Tennis: ‘Olympics too big an event for farewell’
Kim Clijsters shot down talk of retiring after next year’s London Olympics.
TORONTO:
Belgium’s world number two Kim Clijsters shot down talk of retiring after next year’s London Olympics and said she would rather have a much lower-key farewell. The four-time grand slam winner, who returns to action at Rogers Cup in Toronto after missing Wimbledon with a foot injury, said the Olympics were the last big event she is focused on. “I am not saying I am done after the Olympics but that’s where so far I have set my schedule towards and what I am building towards and then we’ll see what happens from there,” said Clijsters. “I might choose to end my career in a smaller tournament.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 10th, 2011.
Belgium’s world number two Kim Clijsters shot down talk of retiring after next year’s London Olympics and said she would rather have a much lower-key farewell. The four-time grand slam winner, who returns to action at Rogers Cup in Toronto after missing Wimbledon with a foot injury, said the Olympics were the last big event she is focused on. “I am not saying I am done after the Olympics but that’s where so far I have set my schedule towards and what I am building towards and then we’ll see what happens from there,” said Clijsters. “I might choose to end my career in a smaller tournament.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 10th, 2011.