Kim Clijsters's fairytale return to grand Australian Open slam tennis

Tennis star Kim clijsters is a most favourit tennis player in the world.Unfortunately Kim Clijsters's fairytale return to grand Australian Open slam tennis came to a shuddering halt at the  Australian Open on Friday just as Justine Henin's own comeback started to gather momentum. Kim Clijsters makes early exit at Australian Open Clijsters was dumped from the first grand slam of the year after losing 6-0 6-1 to Russia's  Nadia Petrova. The result was shocking enough but the scoreline defied all expectations,  coming just four months after the Belgian won the U.S. Open. Statistics can sometimes be misleading but the numbers in this match accurately summed up  the thrashing. Clijsters won just five points in the first set and 17 in total. It was all  over in 52 minutes. "She was good but I made all the mistakes and she didn't have to do that much. It just  sucks it has to happen at this stage of this tournament," Clijsters told reporters.

Kim Clijsters crashed out of the Australian Open in a shocking

Tennis star Kim Clijsters crashed out of the Australian Open in a shocking  6-0, 6-1 loss to No. 19-seeded Nadia Petrova on Friday. Clijsters, who won the U.S. Open in September in only her third tournament  back from two years off to get married and have a baby, seemed distracted  as she won only five points in an 18-minute first set in her third-round  match at the Australian Open. It barely got better for her in the second, when she held serve only once.  Clijsters made the match last 52 minutes by saving two match points, but was never  in contention.