‘Takes a lot of energy’: Clijsters trying to juggle tennis, motherhood in 1st full year back
By Howard Fendrich, APTuesday, March 9, 2010
Clijsters juggling motherhood, tennis in return
Kim Clijsters is still adjusting to her second career as a tennis player.
The first full season of the U.S. Open champion’s comeback is presenting new challenges: figuring out a balanced schedule, needing extra rest, traveling with a 2-year-old daughter.
Nowadays after practice, the 26-year-old Belgian makes sure she picks up something at the supermarket to make lunch at home for the family. Clijsters says, “It takes a lot of energy.”
Her surprising victory at the final Grand Slam tournament of 2009 makes Clijsters a Laureus World Sports Awards nominee for Comeback of the Year. Winners will be announced Wednesday in a ceremony in the United Arab Emirates.
Other comeback nominees include Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre and cycling’s Lance Armstrong.
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