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 | Clijsters is the victory of first place in world rankings10-02-2011 |
Champion U.S. Championships and Australia Kim Clijsters (Belgium) qualified for the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Paris and walked only victory in the first place in the world rankings.
Vodachkata scheme and winner of the race in 2004, Clijsters started hard against Germany's Kristina Barrois, but eventually won with 4:6, 6:2, 6:0.
Belgian conceded early retardation of 0:4, which proved fatal to the outcome of the first set. But then she needed only a further 53 minutes to reach full twist, after having last nine games of the match.
When victory in the quarterfinals will replace Clijsters Karoline Voznyatski from Denmark of leadership in the WTA rankings.
The last Belgian was No. 1 in the world in 2006. "It never went through my mind. ... One more game will be difficult. I expected a serious rival," said Clijsters, who will play the winner of the match between No. 5 Nadia Petrova (Russia) and qualifier Jelena Dokic (Australia ).
"For Christina not started well, but it has a different style than normal in women and why I needed time to adjust to her game is not worried, after losing the first set. Sometimes I want to rush and get on with less to hit the winning point. But when grips, I feel confident that I can win any acting out, "said Clijsters.