Clijsters gets engaged
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ByEurosport
Published 05/04/2006 at 14:01 GMT
Kim Clijsters has announced that she is now engaged to her boyfriend Brian Lynch, a professional basketball player. The news was broken over the US Open champion's internet site, but as yet the couple have not set a date for the ceremony.
TENNIS Clijsters Lynch
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"Brian and I are engaged! We don't have a specific date for the marriage yet, but we'll think about it later this year. But most likely this should be somewhere next year."
The former world number one hit the headlines back in October 2004 when she split with long-time boyfriend Lleyton Hewitt. The pair had been an item on the main tennis tours for years and were in fact engaged at the time of the separation.
"After my relationship with Lleyton, I was not really interested in men," said Kim. "I didn't look for a new companion, I just wanted to rest at home and pass the time with my family and dogs."
Through all this she met the new love of her life, Brian, and immediately felt comfortable.
"All was easy," she said of their meeting. "I felt at ease as of the first day."
For his part, Brian admitted that he didn't really know who Kim was when they first met.
"I knew the name but did not connect it to tennis."
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TENNIS 2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Mauresmo A. - Clijsters K. 1/2 final
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Through much of their time together, Kim has struggled with a raft of injuries, that have hampered her progress, not least a wrist problem that threatened to cut her career short before she could claim that elusive first slam last summer.
"I have the feeling that the sabbatical she took due to the wrist is the best thing that could have happened," said Brian.
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