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Does Clijsters deserve exemption into year-ender?

By Sandra Harwitt, ESPN.com

Monday, October 26, 2009

If Kim Clijsters played tennis on the men's tour, she'd be guaranteed a spot in the season-ending championships as the reigning U.S. Open champion. On the ATP Tour, up to two players who win a Grand Slam tournament, but aren't among the top eight in the points race during that year, will be given automatic admittance to the season-ender. But the WTA Tour has different rules. The women don't have this Grand Slam champions special-exception clause, but wisdom suggests they should. The Son ...

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