US Open 2010; Kim Clijsters, the second favourite behind Serena Williams
The injury problem with the top ranked American tennis sensation, Serena Williams may result in lessening the betting odds of Kim Clijsters.
Kim Clijsters stands at the number two position in the future markets with Serena leading the list.
The odds of the futures market for the top five contenders are given below:
Serena Williams +200 by Coral, Kim Clijsters +490 by Bwin, Maria Sharapova +800 by Bodog, Venus Williams +by Ladbrokes as well as Caroline Wozniacki +1700 (17/1)by Bwin.
However, the Belgian tennis ace, Kim Clijsters who was born on 8 June 1983 in the city of Bilzen is likely to climb up the list in case the top seeded Williams will not be playing. She has been ranked as a top ranked tennis player in the past in both doubles as well as singles.
Clijsters has grabbed a total of thirty seven singles trophies as well as eleven WTA doubles crowns. The twenty seven years old tennis ace triumphed at the United States Open singles championship back in 2005 as well as 2003. As far as her doubles record is concerned, Clijsters has grabbed both the French Open as well as the grass court Grand Slam title back in 2003. Moreover, the Belgian tennis player was also a singles runner up on two occasions at the French Open and one time at the hard court Australian Open Championship. Kim has also managed to make her way into a total of two grass court Grand Slam semi finals so far in her professional tennis career.
The 1.74 meters tall Kim Clijsters decided to say good bye to the game of tennis back in 2007 during the month of May. However, her never ending love for the game of tennis brought her back in 2009 and she publicly announced her return to the WTA championship for the last year’s summer hard court competition. In just her third championship back, Kim grabbed her second United States open trophy, thus registering her name as the very first tennis ace from the women’s side to win the championship being a wild care, unseeded entry.
Kim is known for her multifaceted, strong, well smashed ground strokes, along with her court wide attack combined by pace and strength. She along with Svetlana Kuznetsova as well as Jelena Jankovic is one of the few contenders on either the Women’s Tennis Association or Association of Tennis professional who can play on sorts of courts.
As far as the third ranked Maria Sharapova is concerned, her odds seems to be almost perfect, neither too less nor too much. However, with Serena Williams missing the US Open 2010 at the Flushing Meadows, there is every possibility that the odds of Sharapova as well as Kim Clijsters would shorten as a result.
According to the recent news, the top seeded as well as the top ranked American tennis ace, Serena Williams’s participation in the upcoming United States Open tournament is uncertain at the moment as a result of her foot injury.
Therefore, in the current scenario, there is certainly no doubt about the fact that the Belgian tennis sensation, Kim Clijsters is the hot favourite to climb up the list and take charge of Serena’s position for the US Open 2010.
As far as her recent form is concerned, Clijsters did play pretty well at the grass court Grand Slam tournament last month where she was seeded number eight. She knocked down Maria Elena Camerin, Krolina Sprem as well as Maria Kirilenko while reaching the round number four of the tournament. However, unfortunately, the Belgian tennis player was hammered down at the quarter final stage by the seeded twenty one tennis ace, Vera Zvonareva with a final match score as 3-6, 6-4, and 6-2.
Therefore, we all hope to see her playing even better in the upcoming hard court Grand Slam tournament starting from the end of August this year.
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