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And then the finals
January 29, 2004 -- Oh oh oh! We're on the edge of our seats.
The Australian Open finals are upon us and, as we expected, our
favorite Belgian belle of tennis, Kim
Clijsters, is in. In the semis, Kim, the Aussie Open's number
two seed, took on the tourney's number 22 seed, Switzerland's
Patty Schnyder and she defeated her 6-2 7-6.
Kim's road to the
semis has been paved with straight set wins. Her quarter final win
was over the woman she defeated in the 2003 quarters, Russia's
Anastasia Myskina. In the tourney's early rounds Kim defeated
Germany's Marlene Weingartner, Italy's Elena Camerin, Russia's
Dinara Safinam and Italy's Silvia Farina Elia.
Unfortunately, things didn't go quite as well for our favorite
player on the men's side: a finalist at the 2003 Australian Open,
Rainer Schuettler
lost his first round match at the 2004 tourney.
Style under the Aussie sun
While in Australia, Kim has suited up in slamming new styles from
the spring/summer 2004 Freestyle
collection. Kim's outfits of choice for Australia include
the Freestyle dress in bijou blue, and the tank and skirt in bijou
blue or white. She'll lace up the X-point
throughout the tourney. Rainer suits up in the Performance
polo and short in the hottest red around, Rosso Corsa, and
he laces up the men's X-Point in white and Fila navy.
Where's Jennifer?
Unfortunately one of our other superstars (and a two-time Aussie
Open winner), Jennifer
Capriati, had to bow out of the tourney this year because
of back problems. But we're sure she'll be keeping close track
of the Aussie action. After all, she'll be back in action very
soon.
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Kim
captures the Italian open
