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2/3/2002
Kim Sidelined with Injury
World number five Kim Clijsters will be sidelined for at least three weeks due to a stress fracture in her arm.
The 18-year-old has pulled out of the Diamond Games tournament after developing the fracture in her upper right arm during her Australian Open campaign early this year.
She reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open before losing in three sets to Jennifer Capriati, who went on to win the tournament.
Australian doctors have told Clijsters to rest, but she is expected to attend the tournament to support her boyfriend Lleyton Hewitt and 17-year-old sister Elke, who is making her debut.
Top 10 players Serena Williams, Belgian Justine Henin, Amelie Mauresmo and Jelena Dokic will compete in the Diamond Games.
Any player who wins the Diamond Games three times in any five-year span will get to keep the golden trophy, which is studded with 1,650 of the gems.
Kim Out Indefinitely
ANTWERP -- Kim Clijsters is out with a stress fracture for an indefinite period. Her withdrawal from the Diamond Games in Antwerp is therefore finally beyond any doubt. "Kim had a bone scan of her upper arm in Australia," tournament organiser Bob Verbeeck (Octagon) said yesterday.
"That proved that she has a stress fracture in the upper arm. So far it is only a very thin one, but if you continue to play with it, it could become a real fracture. The Australian doctors have ordered her to rest for an indefinite period."
How fast such an injury will heal is hard to say. The most optimistic prognosis speaks of three weeks, but in the worst case it might be also three months. In that case her whole American campaign would be in jeopardy and Kim has a lot of points to defend there.
As soon as Kim will be back in Belgium she will have a new bone scan to check how the healing of this fracture is going.
During the Diamond Games Kim will give a tennis clinic though, together with sis Elke and coach Carl Maes. 500 children have already listed up for the event.
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Kim Sidelined with InjuryWorld number five Kim Clijsters will be sidelined for at least three weeks due to a stress fracture in her arm. The 18-year-old has pulled out of the Diamond Games tournament after developing the fracture in her upper right arm during her Australian Open campaign early this year. She reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open before losing in three sets to Jennifer Capriati, who went on to win the tournament. Australian doctors have told Clijsters to rest, but she is expected to attend the tournament to support her boyfriend Lleyton Hewitt and 17-year-old sister Elke, who is making her debut. Top 10 players Serena Williams, Belgian Justine Henin, Amelie Mauresmo and Jelena Dokic will compete in the Diamond Games. Any player who wins the Diamond Games three times in any five-year span will get to keep the golden trophy, which is studded with 1,650 of the gems.
Kim Out Indefinitely
"That proved that she has a stress fracture in the upper arm. So far it is only a very thin one, but if you continue to play with it, it could become a real fracture. The Australian doctors have ordered her to rest for an indefinite period." How fast such an injury will heal is hard to say. The most optimistic prognosis speaks of three weeks, but in the worst case it might be also three months. In that case her whole American campaign would be in jeopardy and Kim has a lot of points to defend there. As soon as Kim will be back in Belgium she will have a new bone scan to check how the healing of this fracture is going. During the Diamond Games Kim will give a tennis clinic though, together with sis Elke and coach Carl Maes. 500 children have already listed up for the event.
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