The good news for Belgium after their 3-2 win over Estonia in their World Group Play-off tie is that they’ll be back among the Fed Cup elite next year. The bad news is that their chances of cheering Kim Clijsters on to a French Open title this year just got a whole lot slimmer.
The world No. 11 faces up to six weeks on the sidelines after suffering a ruptured muscle in her left foot during her singles rubber against the little-known Maret Ani on Saturday. The injury occurred during the second set against in the opening rubber of the tie, but Clijsters played on to take the match 6-4, 6-2 and provide her team with a 1-0 lead, before heading to hospital for scans.
It doesn’t take any complex mathematics to work out that a six-week recovery period means Clijsters is in real doubt of being fit, let alone match-fit, when Roland Garros begins on May 23rd.
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