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Kim Clijsters will not defend his title on the US Open19-08-2011 |
Three time champion of the US Open Kim Clijsters will not defend his title after failing to recover from a muscle injury in the stomach. The entire season of world No. 3 was marked by injuries, she missed most of the season on clay and Wimbledon.
"Unfortunately I can not defend his title from last year's US Open because of injury. Two weeks were not enough to recover from it. I'm disappointed, of course. I trained very hard during the summer and felt in good shape before, "said Clijsters.
It will not play tournaments and female tennis circuit in Tokyo and Beijing in late September and early October.