Kim Clijsters wins 1st match since US Open triumph, beats Meghann Shaughnessy

October 13th, 2009 6th-seeded Cirstea of Romania loses in AustriaLINZ, Austria — Sixth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania struggled with her serve Tuesday, losing to Julia Goerges of Germany 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the Generali Ladies. The 79th-ranked Goerges converted six of 13 break points.

October 13th, 2009 Top-seeded Pennetta beats Shaughnessy in AustriaLINZ, Austria — Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy routed Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday in the opening round of the Generali Ladies. Pennetta had lost both previous matches to Shaughnessy.

September 24th, 2009 Kasparov beats Karpov in exhibition chess matchMADRID — Garry Kasparov has defeated Anatoly Karpov in an exhibition chess match marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout. On the last of three days of play, Kasparov won five games of speed chess, while Karpov took one game and two others ended in a draw.

September 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Kim Clijsters capped her return to Grand Slam big stage after a two-year absence for marriage and motherhood, picking up where she left off at the US Open with a 2009 title to add to her 2005 trophy honours. The first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980, wept tears of joy as she buried her face in her towel after defeating Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 7-5.

September 13th, 2009 Clijsters wins US Open in return from retirementNEW YORK — Kim Clijsters made history Sunday night, capping a comeback from two years out of tennis to become the first unseeded woman to win the U.S. Open — and the first mom to win a major since 1980 — with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No.

September 13th, 2009 US Open reviewing end of Williams matchNEW YORK — The U.S. Open is reviewing Serena Williams' tirade at a line judge at the end of her semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters.

September 12th, 2009 Clijsters stuns S.Williams in US Open semifinalsNEW YORK — Kim Clijsters has upset Serena Williams in a U.S. Open semifinal that ended when the defending champion was docked a point for yelling at an official who called a foot fault.

September 12th, 2009 Bizarre ending to Williams' title defense at OpenNEW YORK — Serena Williams' U.S. Open title defense ended in bizarre, ugly fashion Saturday night, when she was penalized a point on match point after yelling and shaking her racket in the direction of an official who called a foot fault.

September 8th, 2009 Serena Williams sets up SF against Kim ClijstersNEW YORK — Defending champion Serena Williams has advanced to the U.S. Open semifinals, setting up a showdown against Kim Clijsters.

September 8th, 2009 Clijsters comes through again, reaches Open semisNEW YORK — Kim Clijsters pulled off another upset that didn't really look like one. Now, she's only two wins from a U.S.

September 4th, 2009 Venus Williams into fourth round at US OpenNEW YORK — This is why Kim Clijsters came back: a match against Venus Williams at the U.S. Open. This is precisely the sort of occasion Clijsters missed while she was away from the tennis tour for two years.

August 31st, 2009 Clijsters wins easily in return to US OpenNEW YORK — The recently unretired Kim Clijsters has easily won her first match at the U.S. Open since taking home the 2005 title.

August 21st, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian tennis player Alicia Molik, who retired in September last year, is making a full-scale comeback after being a year out of the game. Molik, who was ranked number eight and had also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, will make a comeback at next week's WTA tournament in New Haven.

August 15th, 2009 CINCINNATI - World number one Dinara Safina cut short the run of Kim Clijsters in her comeback tournament, the Cincinnati Open, beating the 26-year-old 6-2, 7-5 in the quarter-finals. Clijsters twice lost leads - she was ahead 2-1 in the first set and 4-1 in the second - to go down to the Russian here Friday.

August 14th, 2009 CINCINNATI - Kim Clijsters reached a Women Tennis Association (WTA) quarter-final for the first time since early 2007 as her comeback to tennis continued full throttle at the Cincinnati Open. The 26-year-old Belgian, who retired in May 2007 to get married and have a baby, has shown that her form has not deserted her, defeating current French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 here Thursday.