Clijsters crushes Mauresmo
ByReuters
Published 01/04/2005 at 06:23 GMT
Former world number one Kim Clijsters crushed top seed Amelie Mauresmo 6-1 6-0 on Thursday to reach Saturday's final in Miami, where she will meet Maria Sharapova who earlier beat Venus Williams 6-4 6-3.
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Unseeded Clijsters whipped past Mauresmo in little more than an hour to extend her winning streak to 13 matches and stay on course for back-to-back titles following her victory at Indian Wells 13 days ago.
Clijsters has lost just one match since returning to the tour in February after missing most of the 2004 season with a wrist injury.
"Things have clicked into place really quickly," said Clijsters. "In Indian Wells it was like a dream and now it's even more amazing. I'm enjoying myself and everything is in place at the moment."
Looking sprightly and fleet-footed, Clijsters signalled her intent by breaking Mauresmo's serve early in the first set and from then on was never troubled by the Frenchwoman.
"She just played unbelievable tennis," said Mauresmo. "She's in huge confidence, so everything that she goes for is in."
Clijsters said: "I played a really good match against her. Today I played the important points well and it feels really good to be doing that again."
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