Tennis
Clijsters loses badly at Australian Open
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-22 17:31
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MELBOURNE, Australia: US Open champion Kim Clijsters has lost - badly - in her third-round match at the Australian Open, a 52-minute, 6-0, 6-1 defeat to Nadia Petrova.
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 Belgium's Kim Clijsters reacts during her match against Nadia Petrova of Russia at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 22, 2010.[Agencies]
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Clijsters, who won at Flushing Meadows last year in only her third tournament back from retirement after getting married and having a daughter, lost the first set in just 18 minutes. She won only five points in the first seven games.
The loss ends any chance of a Clijsters quarterfinal matchup with fellow comeback Belgian Justine Henin, who advanced to the fourth round earlier Friday with a three-set win over Alisa Kleybanova.
