Clijsters crashes to heaviest ever defeat

REIGNING US Open champion Kim Clijsters had a day to forget as she crashed out of the Australian Open yesterday.

Clijsters crashes to heaviest ever defeat
Sat, 23 Jan, 2010 - 00:00
Matt Somerford, Melbourne

The 26-year-old Belgian suffered the worst loss of her professional career as she was thrashed 6-0 6-1 by 19th seed Nadia Petrova under the lights of the Hisense Arena.

There was better news for Justin Henin and Yanina Wickmayer, who both secured victories to set up an all-Belgian fourth-round tie.

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CourtsPlace: Hisense ArenaPlace: Rod Laver ArenaPlace: MelbournePerson: ClijstersPerson: Kim ClijstersPerson: Nadia PetrovaPerson: Justin HeninPerson: Yanina WickmayerPerson: Dinara SafinaPerson: Elena BaltachaPerson: Svetlana KuznetsovaPerson: Angelique KerberPerson: Jelena JankovicPerson: Alona BondarenkoPerson: Clijsters’Person: PetrovaPerson: HeninPerson: Alisa KleybanovaPerson: BondarenkoPerson: JankovicPerson: SafinaPerson: Serena WilliamsPerson: Rafael NadalPerson: Philipp KohlschreiberPerson: NadalPerson: Ivo KarlovicPerson: Ivan LjubicicPerson: Juan Martin del PotroPerson: Florian MayerPerson: James BlakePerson: MayerPerson: Del PotroPerson: Andy MurrayPerson: Florent SerraEvent: US OpenEvent: Australian Open
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