WTA Chicago: Kim Clijsters meets Hsieh on comeback
The Belgian Kim Clijsters got a rather unpleasant task at her comeback tournament in Chicago.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Sep 26, 2021, 10:30 pm
Clijsters will face Su-Wei Hsieh from Taiwan in Round 1 of the WTA 500 tournament. The world rankings 81. is known for her tricky game. Crazy: Even if Clijsters (38) and Hsieh (35) are not that far apart in terms of age, they have never met before.
Clijsters wants to know again: The former world number one had already resigned twice, most recently in 2012. At the beginning of 2020, she made her comeback, but lost all - with Garbine Muguruza, Johanna Konta and Ekaterina Alexandrova, however, against strong competition. And after a good performance. Clijsters then had to postpone further appearances due to injury.
WTA Chicago: Svitolina top placed, including Bencic and Petkovic
Top seed in Chicago is Elina Svitolina ahead of Garbine Muguruza, Belinda Bencic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Andrea Petkovic is also at the start, she meets a qualifier.