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Julia Reed interviewed
Serena Williams last week, and here's what she had to say.
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"I just have to say
that I really, really, really do not think that Kim
Clijsters winning the U.S. Open is some great step for
motherhood," my friend N. said as soon as I answered the phone
this morning. She did not bother with a hello. She did not wait for
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That was one costly tirade on the tennis court in Flushing Meadows.
AFP via Yahoo! News/Timothy A. Clary
Serena Williams may lose more than the U.S. Open women's semi-final match to Kim Clijsters because she lost it following a line judge's double-fault call. Convinced she didn't step on the line, Serena had some choice, bleep-able words for the line judge, and, it seems, some more words that could be taken as a threat. The immediate result: a penalty, which cost her the point, which happened to be match point, delivering the win to the returning, unseeded Clijsters. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (34) | Blog
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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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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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