Fresh Off Win in Miami, Clisters Looses on Clay in Marbella

Kim Clijsters lost to qualifier 258th-ranked Beatriz Garcia Vidagany of Spain 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Andalucia Open on Thursday. This was her first match on the European clay. She accepted the tournament wild card to help prepare her for the French Open. Now that Justine Henin is back do you think will win the French Open?

Kim tweeted:

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Melanie Oudin Advances at MPS Group Championship in Florida

Atlanta native Melanie Oudin has made it through to the 2nd round of the MPS Group Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida defeating veteran Rossana De Los Rios 7-5, 6-2. She was able to fight off 2 break points and eventually won the set 6-2. "It's weird because when I'm down a break point or something, I know exactly what I'm going to do in that point, because I know that I'm not going to give them anything," Oudin said. "I already know where my ball's going to go. I'm not going to go for anything huge, but I play aggressively because I'm confident in my shots, going for it." Question (for those of us who are tennis players)...How do you approach a break point? Do you have a plan? Do you play aggressive, tentative, confident, or just hope that it goes in and your opponent has an error?

Melanie is the No. 8 tournament seed and is currently ranked No. 41 on the Sony EricssonWTATour. In her 2nd round match she is scheduled to play Shuai Peng of China. Anyone traveling to Florida to check out the tourney?

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Mommy Kim Takes The Title in Miami

Congratulations to Momma Clijsters on her Sony Ericsson Open win! I always get a little weepy when I watch her matches and they show her 2-year old daughter smiling while watching mommy play tennis. While Kim played a great match to beat Venus 6-2, 6-1 in the finals, it was obvious that Venus had not brought her A, B or C game to the stadium, today. Wondering if it was her sore knees - she always seemed a couple of steps slow trying to get to the ball and her timing was way off. Still, a great tournament for Venus. Hoping she (or Serena) will play for the U.S at Fed Cup against Russia in Birmingham, AL at the end of the month!

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Venus & Kim Battle Into Final

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Did anyone see these matches? Was the Clijsters/Henin match televised? Looks like it was another incredible match!

Keep Up With Your Favorite WTA Players

The WTA Tour and Sony Ericsson jointly announced the launch of SuperFans (www.WTASuperFans.com) – a groundbreaking social media channel that will live online across the Tour, player, tournament and Sony Ericsson digital and mobile platforms and will become the destination for women’s tennis fans across the globe to get closer than ever before to players.

“The social media revolution has enabled professional athletes like myself to have a more meaningful two-way dialogue with fans,” said Maria Sharapova, the most followed female athlete in the world. “I love the SuperFans concept, as it makes it easy for fans of women’s tennis to hear from us and talk to us.”

The Tour’s top social networkers – Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova – have close to 5 million combined followers on the internet.

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