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Clijsters beats Venus to win Stanford Classic
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-01 08:45
Kim Clijsters won her third Stanford Classic title with a 7-5 6-2 victory
over an exhausted Venus Williams on Sunday, Reuters reported.
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| Kim Clijsters of Belgium hits a forehand to Wimbledon champion
Venus Williams of the U.S. in the finals of the Stanford Classic tennis
tournament at Stanford University in Palo Alto July 31, 2005.
[Reuters] | Wimbledon champion Williams, playing
for the fifth consecutive week, was clearly slower than the fourth-seeded
Belgian and littered the court with unforced errors.
For her part, Clijsters played efficiently, stretching out the number two
seeded American in long rallies and making sure she did not over play the ball.
"It's always good to come up with such a good tournament victory," said
former world number one Clijsters, who secured her third career win against
Williams in nine meetings.
"She's a great player and I knew I'd have to play my best to beat her. I
stayed patient and did a lot of things right. In the past, I think I tried to do
too many things against her and I got out of my normal rhythm.
"I was mixing and defending well," added the Belgian, who on Monday will
re-enter the top 10 for the first time since October 24, 2004. "I think I put
her off a few times."
After a sloppy first set, Clijsters completely controlled the second and
clinched victory when she struck a fierce forehand cross-court return of serve
winner.
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