Kim Clijsters Good Quotations

Obviously I'm very disappointed. I trained very hard this summer and felt in a good shape to play the U.S. Open.

So far, and today, everything felt really great. Now I am good to get on the plane and fly to Australia.

There are a lot of good players here this week, but Amelie is in form and playing well so she will be tough to beat.

She's a good friend of mine, ... It's going to be fun out there tomorrow.

My injury's not gone. The pain is gone because of the tablets I'm taking. So that's a good sign that I can be out there and play without feeling the pain. But I know that once I get home there's going to be some work to do.

I have been good in practice but not like that.

I have been getting stronger as the tournament went on and I felt good today in the second set again.

I felt like I played well and did everything that I could, and it just wasn't good enough at the end.

I felt like I got a really good workout and I had some good rallies even though I wasn't on the court very long but that's to my advantage.

I felt good and did what I had to win, and that's important in these kind of matches.

I always have really good matches against her. I always look forward to playing against her because you always have -- she's not a girl who's going to hit you off the court. She's not a girl who hits as hard as, let's say, Lindsay Davenport. But she is a girl that moves incredibly well, can come up with really good shots and never gives up. That's fun to play against someone like that. You can really go for your shots. You always have to expect every ball back again. It's fun to play these kind of matches.

Having this momentum coming in is good for my confidence, it's helped a lot,

I think it was going to be a close one. It's a shame it had to happen. I think Amelie played a really good second set. From the start, I felt that she was a little bit more aggressive on the second, third ball straight away...Yeah, very frustrating week.

I will have an extra incentive of course to win because of the way it ended in Melbourne. But I just hope we both play a good aggressive game like we've done in the past.

Especially for such a big event, with so many good players, yeah, it was a quick one.

I've been playing well. I've won a lot of good matches here in the past. I'm just glad I'm healthy,

It was tough to find a good rhythm out there tonight, ... She went for everything and either hit the lines or made unforced errors. But I did everything I had to do to win to win in straight sets.

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you too nice to win tournaments?' I mean, you know, I'd rather be known as a nice person who was a good ambassador for the sport of tennis. But, I mean, it doesn't really bother me too much what the people are talking about.

I started off better tonight than in the first match. I had three really good games, but then I couldn't keep it going. I'm still not consistent enough, and I haven't been getting enough first serves in. I'm still suffering from a bit of a cold, which hasn't helped.

I'm sure I was in good hands up there. Luckily I made it back.

I know that I didn't play bad points there, ... She had to come up with good shots, and she did. Obviously, it was a little frustrating. I was saying to myself, she came up with those shots at the last minute. Let her do that again if she wants to beat me.

I know that I'm not going to get tired if I have to play a third set, and that's a great feeling to have -- knowing that that's not going to be a problem for me. I can go out there and play that third set, knowing that it's going to take my opponent to play good tennis to beat me.

I'm happy with the win but my body doesn't feel too good at the moment. I'm happy to get through and give myself another day off tomorrow and hopefully I'll recover better.

I'm happy with the win, but my body doesn't feel too good at the moment. As long as (the hip) doesn't get worse, I'll keep fighting and see how I go. I'm not someone who's going to give up.

I just got back from the doctor with good news. If everything continues as is, there is a greater chance that I will play in Antwerp (starting February 13).

I haven't seen what shape she's in, but I've heard she's in really good shape. I'm very excited. She's a great girl, too. She's a lot of fun.

(In the) third set, I was hoping to keep the rallies a little shorter again and it worked. I still made a lot of unforced errors, but went for some good winners at important times, at important moments.

In my mind as well I was positive, focused, and it was definitely a big step forward compared to yesterday. My serve was on most of the time. I felt good and was hitting the lines.