Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Kim Clijsters' Rise to Top Exposes Women's Game

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Alec Baldwin is hot for her sweaty body. Todd Woodbridge is focusing on her breasts. Serena Williams' mom thinks she has a scary, Medusa eye.

Not only that, but Kim Clijsters also has won the past two major tennis championships. And when she officially reached No. 1 in the rankings Monday, she became the first Mommy to get there.

Clijsters has already done much more than I thought she could during her comeback, not so much on the court, but off, bringing attention to women's tennis. Her play, and now her ranking, has brought credibility.

Did she just solve women's tennis No. 1 problem? She is more like a Band-Aid, temporarily covering up the real issues of women's tennis:

The game is moving backward. And Serena Williams, who had been holding up the sport during majors when most people are watching, suddenly is completely unreliable.

"I am proud that I was able to achieve it (No. 1) in my second career,'' Clijsters wrote on Twitter. "Never expected it to happen.''

She has restored an order to the game, finally bumping out Caroline Wozniacki from the No. 1 ranking. No one thought Wozniacki, who hasn't won a major, was deserving.

John Banks Mark Barnett Jonathan Barragan Andrea Bartolini Willy Bauer

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