Everybody was very excited to see Kim Clijsters play tonight. She is planning to make a comeback and her 1st match would be in World Team Tennis. Martina Hingis also used WTT to see if she was ready to play on the WTA Tour again. Kim is probably the nicest girl out there. You would never say that she was the number 1 player in the world. There is no fuss or ego with this girl. She was out of tennis for more than 2 years. Got married , had a kid and took time away from tennis. I was very surprised when I saw her tonight. She is in great shape and looks very strong. Her trainer told me she is fitter and stronger now than when she was playing on the tour.
Tonight was the 4th time we played against the St Louis Aces in the season. We won the last 3 times but with Kim playing for them we knew it will be a new ball game. Martin and Liezel won the mixed 5-4. Women's doubles was next and the girls have not lost this season. They where up 2-0 but lost it a bit and lost the match 5-2. Men's Doubles was next and played solid. With the score levelled at 4-4 it started raining and we had a 1 hour delay. The boys came back and won the tie breaker 5-4. Raven started off great but at 3 all he played 2 loose shots and got broken. He lost 5-3. Kim was up next against Vania and we all knew this was going to be very tough for Vania. I thought she played great. Kim was really hitting the ball great. She moves well and she has really improved her serve. It is a weapon now and won lots off free points tonight. I think she will be a force to reckon with and she will be back in the top 10 in the world.Vania lost 5-4.
Tonight was our 1 st lost of the season. We are off to Washington tomorrow where we play the Kastles. They have decided to get Nadia Petrova to play 2 matches for them . It will be a difficult match tomorrow.
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