Kim Clijsters is todays featured sports celebrity. She happens to be the 6th mostly searched phrase/word/article/person in Yahoo on the 3rd of April 2009. Although the number 1 searched person was JLo and the second was Jesse James, I chose Clijsters to be here. One reason might the fact that I live just a few kilometers away fromBelgium. So who is this Kim Clijsters anyway? She used to be very popular in the world of tennis until she retired in 2007...

As stated in wikipedia, Clijsters is recognized for her deep, powerful, well-placed groundstrokes, as well as her court-wide defense, characterized by speed and athleticism. Clijsters, along with Jelena Janković and Svetlana Kuznetsova is among the few tennis players on either the Association of Tennis Professionals or Women's Tennis Association tours who can slide (known as the straddle) on all surfaces.

Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (Dutch pronunciation: [kɪm ˈklɛistərs] born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. As of April 3, 2010, Clijsters is ranked World No. 10.

Clijsters has won 36 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She won the US Open singles title in 2005 and 2009. She has also won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002 and 2003.Retired 6 May 2007 and returned 11 August 2009