Tuesday, 16 October 2012

About Tennis Player Kristen Flipkens

During her career on the junior circuit, in 2003, Flipkens won the Girl's singles event at the US Open and at Wimbledon. That year she was honored by being named the ITF Junior world Champion. There was big talk and everyone expected great things from Ms Flipkens, she delivered by playing her first Grand Slam at the '06 at the French Open. That year in the French Open and the US Open she made it to second place. In the US open she was bested by Jelena Jankovic. She then paired at Wimbledon with the then number 2 ranked Andy Murray for the mixed Doubles match. In 2009 Flipkens did a repeat of the 2006 season making it to the second round of the Australian and French Open.
Flipkens is an experienced player which is evident every time she takes the court. But in June for the US open she was not at 1005 and it showed early on. She entered her match against Stosur without a win for over 12 months. The first rounds saw her trying to get her bearings and by the second round you could not tell that she hadn't been on grass for over a year.
Just recently US Open champion Sam Stosur lost in the opening round to Flipkens, who served up an impressive 7-6 (7), 6-3 performance. The top seeded Stosur double faulted seven times while Flipkens served up 9 aces. This was a great win for the young tennis player. She told interviewers later "In the beginning I wasn't feeling totally confident and fell behind. But once I started to feel comfortable I began to enjoy myself and at the end I was playing really well." It seems she was as surprised as the rest us when she won. It was no doubt a major upset to the form book as were many other such matches that day. No one was more surprised than me, I was sure her recent wrist injury would keep her from winning against such a strong player.
In a year that has been plagued with injuries this rising talent rebounded well for this event, only to announce later that she would be taking time off due to serious blood clots in a calf muscle. This leaves team Belgium down three of its best players since Kim Clijsters and Yanina Wickmayer are already Flipkens loss leaves Belgium dependent upon the #210 ranked Tamaryn Hendler to lead its charge. There hasn't been any word from her trainers as to when she will return, but we are waiting as are you to see what the future holds for Kirsten Flipkens. If she can come back strong and stay away from injuries she just might become a contender.

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