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Clijsters suffers loss to No 258 player
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-04-10 07:30
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MARBELLA, Spain - US Open champion Kim Clijsters, who celebrated her Miami title by returning to the top 10 this week, crashed out of the Anadalucia Open on Thursday to a player ranked 258 in the world.
Clijsters, playing her first claycourt tournament for three years following her retirement to start a family, lost 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 to Spanish qualifier Beatriz Garcia Vidagany.
Seeded third, Clijsters had ground out a three-set win over Alexandra Dulgheru in the first round on Wednesday and looked like cruising into the last eight at one stage.
She squandered three set points late in the first set and also had her chances in the third before Garcia Vidagany won 11 of the last 14 points of the match.
Garcia Vidagany, a 21-year-old left-hander, is playing in her first main draw and won her first Tour-level match in the first round against Kristina Barrois.
Italy's Sara Errani defeated Spanish seventh seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 7-6 (7/1).
Agence France-Presse
(China Daily 04/10/2010 page15)
