World No. 5 Kim Clijsters is set to skip the US Open in August
so she can go on honeymoon.
"It is difficult to know whether I will be able to make it to
the US Open," Belgian Clijsters said on her Web site.
"I am sure about Luxembourg [in September] and Stuttgart [in
October] ... these tournaments will be the last chance to see me
play one more time and then tennis will be over and I'll finally be
starting the new part of my life I have been longing for."
Clijsters plans to retire this year and should the 2005 US Open
champion miss Flushing Meadows, Wimbledon will be her only
remaining Grand Slam event following her decision not to play at
the French Open.
The 23-year-old will marry US basketball player Brian Lynch in
Belgium on July 14. The US Open runs from Aug. 27 to Sept. 9.
(China Daily via Reuters March 21, 2007)