Kim Clijsters defeats longtime rival Justine Henin 6-1, 3-6, 10-5 (super tiebreaker) at an exhibition in Antwerp. Henin has not played a tour-level match since injuring her elbow at Wimbledon, but appears to have mostly recovered.
"I have stopped telling myself the last weeks that I am getting old, I prefer to think that I am getting more mature," said the 28-year-old Henin. "I think that if on the health level everything goes as planned, there is still a lot of potential for me. I have regained some freshness in the last two weeks…For sure, I’m still not 100 percent. But I realize where I came from; I am lucky and happy to be where I am now."
The Belgian Fed Cup teammates also floated the idea of teaming up at the 2012 Olympics.
"Obviously for the Olympics, it would be beautiful," said the 27-year-old Clijsters, who added 2012 may be her last full competitive season. "It would be nice to go out in such a way."—Matthew Cronin