Clijsters serves up €130,000 bubbly treat

WORLD No 1 Kim Clijsters picked up a reported €130,000 champagne tab after offering each of the 10,000 spectators watching her second round match at the WTA event a bottle of bubbly.

Clijsters, the US Open champion, was keeping a promise she’d made last autumn when she told the Antwerp crowd that if she returned there this week having regained top spot in the WTA rankings she would buy a bottle for each fan.

“Kim insisted on paying for it herself without the help from the organisers or sponsors,” said tournament director Bob Verbeeck on Thursday.