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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Track'd)
There’s been a lot of hoopla in the world of mothers and athletes ever since tennis player Kim Clijsters — her husband and 18-month-old…
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As one who chronicles return to work stories in every field, I was particularly inspired by Clijsters "relaunch," as my co-author Vivian Steir Rabin and I call the process of transitioning from home to work after a career break. Most of us don't relaunch our careers at Arthur Ashe Stadium before over 23,000 people, and Clijsters explained afterward she expected her comeback to be a bit more gradual. "I just wanted to start these three tournaments and get back into the rhythm of playing tennis and get used to the surroundings again."- Let’s talk: Comment (1) | Blog
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Clijsters had a historic win yesterday when she beat Serena
Williams and became only the second mother to reach a Grand Slam
final. But after Williams’ controversial outburst the match won’t
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by Carol Fishman Cohen
Update: Kim Clijsters won the U.S. Open, beating Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-3 to become the second mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 at Wimbledon.
Last night's U.S. Open Semi Final match between Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams may have ended on a controversial note, but there was no mistaking Clijsters' strong and stunning performance following a two-year break from the pro circuit after the birth of her daughter. We've been tracking her progress closely as she's been winning her way through the U.S. Open's earlier rounds, including her victory over tennis great Venus Williams.
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The big story out of the U.S. Open tennis tournament has been the winning 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., who has worked her way to the quarter finals with heart, perseverance, and those standout purple and yellow sneakers with the inscribed word "Believe." And what an inspiration Melanie Oudin is for young girls, for all Americans, really, who are proud of how well she is doing by working every point so hard. The commentators are all nostalgic, talking about how she reminds them of Tracy Austin and Chris Evert, who also took the majors by storm as teenagers. I couldn't be more thrilled for my teen and near-teen girls to be watching her fleet-footed rise up the Open ranks.
AP via Yahoo! News: Melanie Oudin
But there's another woman I want them to watch just as closely: Kim Clijsters. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (2) | Blog
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