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MELBOURNE, Australia -- With a quick wave and a smile, Kim Clijsters walked out of Rod Laver Arena for probably the last time in her professional career on Thursday, leaving behind a crowd that has come to view her as their own. Nike Air Max 90 Essential Print Női Trainning cip...hér . Clijsters, who plans to retire at the end of the season, was adopted by Australian fans when she began dating Lleyton Hewitt in 2000 and the affection didnt wear off after the couple split in 2004. Playing on the Australia Day national holiday, Clijsters every winner was raucously cheered against Victoria Azarenka, but the Belarusian maintained her composure to win a seesaw semifinal 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. One of the biggest cheers came when Clijsters walked off court and disappeared from view. The Belgian, though, has never been the sentimental type. "I mean, you dont think about it," she said of her emotions when leaving Rod Laver Arena. "The loss is too fresh I think to think about something else. So Im sure that will sink in in the next couple of days." By that time, she will back at her home in Belgium, where she lives with American husband Brian Lynch, a retired basketball player, and their 3-year-old daughter Jada. Lynch sat nervously courtside on Thursday to watch an absorbing semifinal, one of the best womens matches of the tournament so far. "Im sure I lost a few days of my life in that box but it was all worth it. Wifey is a true champ!" he tweeted afterward. Spending more time with her husband and daughter is one of Clijsters priorities after she ends her career, but she says she isnt in a hurry to leave tennis behind. "I enjoy being at home. But I still enjoy playing tennis very much. I enjoy the challenge," she said. "Im lucky enough that Im capable of being in this position where Jada and my husband, theyre capable of travelling with me, because otherwise it would be too hard to do that. "Tennis has given me so many great memories and emotional rollercoasters. I dont think you can experience that again in any other thing in life, maybe except giving birth." Clijsters has already retired once -- in 2007 -- but was tempted back in 2009 and has since won three Grand Slam titles. She won the Australian Open a year ago but the remainder of the season was marred by shoulder, wrist and abdominal injuries. A twisted ankle almost curtailed the defence of her title here. Playing Li Na in the fourth round, she stumbled and turned her left ankle midway through the first set and needed immediate treatment. As her opponent struggled with nerves, a hobbling Clijsters somehow came from four match points down to win in three sets. She had considered quitting, but didnt want to retire from her last match at the Australian Open. It was that sort of fighting spirit that endeared her to the sport-loving Australian public and it was in evidence again against the 22-year-old Azarenka. Scampering from side to side, retrieving balls that most players would not have got close to let alone returned, Clijsters didnt seem at all bothered by her ankle. Several times, she almost did the splits as she stretched out wide to force her opponent to play one more ball. Trailing 4-2 in the deciding set, Clijsters recovered from 40-0 down on her opponents serve, saved another three game points and broke back -- to elicit what must have been one of the loudest cheers of the fortnight. "She made me run so much, I felt like I was running like a marathon out there," Azarenka said. It wasnt enough. Azarenka broke straight back and served out the win to reach her first Grand Slam final. "Its unfortunate when you get so close," Clijsters said. "I know Im capable of beating all these girls, but its whoevers better on the day wins and gets to go through. "But I could have been home already two days ago. I feel that I really gave it 200 per cent, so in that way I really dont feel like I could have done anything differently these last two weeks." Clijsters didnt reflect on her loss for long before looking ahead to her next target: the French Open, where she was the beaten finalist in 2001 and 2003. "It is a challenge," she said. "Its one of the goals that I have this season, to give myself a really good preparation on the clay courts and try to be close to my best level when I get to the French Open." Trainning cipők Férfi Nike Air Max 90 Anti...den fekete . QUARTERBACKS Nick Foles (vs. Dallas)Last week: 22/31, 296 yards, 3 TDs; 1 rushing TDFoles is owned by less than 20% of teams heading into Week 7 meaning a lot of fantasy teams – and surely some in need of QB help – missed out on a Top 3 performance at the position last week. Női Nike Air Max 90 Engineepiros Mesh Trainning c.../Iris lila . The Londoner was set to meet Fury in Manchester to contest the European belt and the vacant British title on Saturday night but the fight will now be rescheduled with a new date to be announced shortly.SALT LAKE CITY - Just four days after becoming one of the most disputed all-star omissions, Kyle Lowry received his consolation prize from the NBA. The Raptors point guard has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Jan. 27, through Sunday, Feb. 2, the league announced ahead of Torontos meeting with the Jazz on Monday. Lowry led off the week topping 30 points in back-to-back games for the first time in his career - including a season-high 33 points in Wednesdays win over the Magic - carrying his team to a pair of victories without injured leading scorer DeMar DeRozan. Overall, the eighth-year guard averaged 25.0 points and 8.0 assists as Toronto finished the week with a 3-1 record. For Lowry, the recognition is long overdue. "He is one of the best point guards in the league right now," Dwane Casey said in Denver Thursday evening, hours after the all-star reserves were announced and Lowry, despite his body of work this season, was left off the list. DeRozan, a first-time all-star, was voted in by the coaches and will deservedly represent the Raptors in New Orleans later this month but Lowrys case should have been just as, if not more, compelling. Since the early-December trade of Rudy Gay, Lowry has come out of his shell, emerging as the teams leader. Hes been the Raptors most reliable contributor and a big part of the post-trade resurgence. Toronto has won 19 of 29 games since moving Gay, recording 20 or more assists in 23 of those contests. "Me personally, I thought he should have made [the All-Star team]," DeRoozan said Thursday. new balance 574 ár. "Especially [with] what he means to this team. There are not too many players that are doing the things he is doing." Lowry, sincerely happy for his teammate, shrugged off the coaches oversight, concerning himself with team success over individual accolades. Similarly, he downplayed a couple nominations for earlier Player of the Week awards and will likely do the same after winning one, but after putting the team on his shoulders this past week, the honour comes well deserved. With DeRozan sidelined for the first time this season, nursing an ankle injury, Lowry engineered a thrilling victory over the surging Nets in Brooklyn to begin the week. In that game, Lowry become the first player this season to record at least 30 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals, something only LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant accomplished last year. The 27-year-old is also having a career year from beyond the arch, connecting on 16 of his 36 attempts from three-point range last week. Lowry goes into Mondays game in Utah needing nine more threes to match his career-high for treys in a season (129). Hell also chase down Morris Petersons franchise record for most three-pointers made in a single campaign (177). Lowry became the fifth Raptor to win Player of the Week, joining Chris Bosh, Vince Carter, Mike James and Jalen Rose. Also left off the All-Star squad, Suns guard Goran Dragic - Lowrys former teammate in Houston - captured the award in the West. Cheap China Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China China NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China ' ' '
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