Data map: In order to thank the people in their hometown for their support, Kristels held a farewell match in Antwerp, Belgium, and invited the old rival David. In the end, Kama defeated each other 6-2. This game attracted more than 13,000 spectators.
Chinanews.com, March 3rd. Two weeks ago in Dubai, Belgian star and former female net No. 1 Christian Stels officially returned to professional tennis after more than seven years of truce. This week, the four-time Grand Slam winner will also play in Monterrey, aiming to continue to restore the level of competition.
Kristels was born in 1983. In 2005, she won her first Grand Slam at the US Open. In 2007, Clijsters announced his retirement due to injury, then married basketball player Brian Lynch, and gave birth to a daughter in 2008.
Two years after retiring, Kristels returned to the game as a "Mom Player" and won the 2009 US Open, 2010 US Open and 2011 Australian Open three Grand Slam titles.
Data map: In order to thank the people in their hometown for their support, Kristels held a farewell match in Antwerp, Belgium, and invited the old rival David. In the end, Kama defeated each other 6-2. This game attracted more than 13,000 spectators.
After the 2012 US Open, Clijsters announced his retirement again. At that time, she won 41 singles titles in her career, including 3 WTA Finals titles, ranking first in the world for a total of 20 weeks.
On February 17, 2020 local time, in the first round of the WTA Dubai station, Kristels lost 0: 2 to this year's Australian Open runner-up Muguluza, returning to the first battle and losing.
In the game, Crystals was only two points away from winning the second set, but ended up losing ground. However, she has seen a lot of positive signals in the past month.
Data sheet: Crystals.
"From the state of this period of time, I feel like I'm constantly improving. I still maintain a good level and I'm still in the stage of looking for the rhythm of the game," Kristels said.
"So far, I have played an official game and some practice games. I want to participate in more games so that I can train on the problems reflected in the actual combat."
"During training, my movement and reaction speed are improving, and I can make better judgments. Now I must move these into the game. I think the more I play, the faster I will improve, look at me How far can you go. "
Clijsters received a wild card issued by the Monterrey Station Organizing Committee, and in the first round will be opposed to the No. 2 seed tower. Confused by a knee injury, Conta ended the 2019 season ahead of the U.S. Open, and is now looking for competition status. This year's singles record is 0 wins and 3 losses.
Data map: In order to thank the people in their hometown for their support, Kristels held a farewell match in Antwerp, Belgium, and invited the old rival David. In the end, Kama defeated each other 6-2. This game attracted more than 13,000 spectators.
This first round game is also a fresh experience for Kristels. She and Conta have never played before. "I don't have many players at the moment. After all, I have only played one stop. I'm focusing on doing my own thing and recovering my fitness, so I don't care too much about it," Kristels said.
Regardless of the Monterrey station, the comeback journey will continue. She received a wild card from Indian Wells last week and will return to California as a two-time championship.
"When I lost in the past, I was frustrated, but after a period of time, my perception changed and I learned how to use it, which is why I became stronger. I think it is to maintain this Mindset, it is important not to be discouraged by failure, but to use it to motivate yourself to become stronger. "Kristels said. (Finish)