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Clijsters, facing match point, rallies to beat Jankovic

Associated Press

Thursday, January 11, 2007

SYDNEY, Australia -- Kim Clijsters began her retirement year with a victory, beating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the Sydney International final Friday. Third-seeded Clijsters, who is expected to retire at the end of 2007, broke a nine-match winning streak by Jankovic, who won the Auckland WTA title last week. Clijsters, who had to save a match point in the second set Friday against Jankovic, beat Australian Open No. 1 seed Maria Sharapova in a Hong Kong exhibition to ...

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