Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters

[ivy]

but then again they were raising money for charity!
-ivers

[sirius]

yeah i know... that's why i said it was sweet. hehe.... otherwise, i'd have said it was totally ridiculous and left it at that.

ahhh...don't mind me... i'm a little crabby. sorry

[ivy]

Everyone's crabby

-->ivers

[me]

tennisfan19 said:

Everyone's crabby

-->ivers

who else is craby then, I'm not.

-xxx-jes me

[Carolineonline]

me said:

who else is craby then, I'm not.

-xxx-jes me

You are more like shrimpy uhh... yeah, dets what i was thinking..
;)Caroline

[me]

Carolineonline said:

You are more like shrimpy uhh... yeah, dets what i was thinking..
;)Caroline

ROTCL!!!!!!!!!!
shrimpy, okay I'm small (for Dutch standards) but I'm not THAT small.

-xxx-jes me

[AnaCarolina]

Call me nuts, but sometimes Lleyton looks like Roger Daltrey from The Who... but better, of course!

and about Guga, he has this thing called the Guga Kuerten Institute or something like that. If I'm not mistake it workd with kids that suffer from some sort of deficiency, but I'm not sure. I'm not sure at all BTW, but i think that's it! there's info about it on his website www.guga.com.br you can choose the language.

[sirius]

me said:

ROTCL!!!!!!!!!!
shrimpy, okay I'm small (for Dutch standards) but I'm not THAT small.

-xxx-jes me

hmmmm.... maybe u're fishy then??
i'm definitely more crabby than fishy....... ahah... (what the hell am i talking about??)

[Damita]

you probably all have heard that but for those who haven't: Kim and Lleyton announced earlier this week that they're getting married on february next year

[MariaV]

Yeah Damita, I`ve heard, they make such a sweet couple!

[Magda]

Speaking about Kim.... I've read somewhere that she wants to have a first child at the age of 24 or 25... That would mean the end of her career I guess....

[sirius]

Magda said:

Speaking about Kim.... I've read somewhere that she wants to have a first child at the age of 24 or 25... That would mean the end of her career I guess....

awwww........ sweet. *imagines kim in a gown* ahh...cute. lol

[tall_one]

Magda said:

Speaking about Kim.... I've read somewhere that she wants to have a first child at the age of 24 or 25... That would mean the end of her career I guess....

maybe she plays on having a kid and coming back, that is why she is having it early, as opposed to having it a 29/30. It would be nice if she would try, there was a been a GOOD mom playing in a while, although there are a few moms running around Testud and... and... bah i can't remember her name, i think it is Rossana something, whatever but they don't do very good, okay, but not as good as they were

Anyway, I'm babbling, my point is Kimmy should have a kid and then come back and win a slam like Evonne Goolagong did ;D



(and for those of you who have no clue who Evonne Goolagong is, here is the link to her profile on the wta website www.wtatour.com/players/playerprofiles/PlayerBio2.asp?PlayerID=70120 )

[Magda]

Here's the article I was talking about. Found it on dina.com

Clijsters And Hewitt To Wed In February
By Tennis Week
09/16/2004

Kim Clijsters was at fiance Lleyton Hewitt's side during his run to the U.S. Open final last week. In February, the former top-ranked pair will take another trip together — a walk down the aisle. The 21-year-old Clijsters and 23-year-old Hewitt will marry in February in Australia, Clijsters announced on her web site today.

"In December 2003 Kim and Lleyton Hewitt got engaged," a statement on Kim Clijsters.com said.
"A year later the beautiful love story will have its logical extension with a marriage in February in Australia."

The wedding ceremony will be followed by a celebration for family and close friends at a Belgian chateau.

When they do tie the knot, the pair will share plenty of closet space as they plan to maintain homes in both Hewitt's hometown of Adelaide in Bree, Belgium where Clijsters owns a house.

"I've always been in Australia at the end of the year so that might be our base, but I've got a house here in Belgium as well and that's where we're at now and so both," Clijsters said. "For me Belgium that's still my home and when I got to Australia it still seems like a big holiday every time I go there. I don't know how we're going to divide everything, but we'll just wait and see I guess."

Marriage isn't the only life-changing event on Clijsters' schedule. Currently continuing her rehab after wrist surgery, Clijsters is eager to explore a new role — motherhood — within the next five years.

"I would like to have (children) before the age of 25, I think, but maybe 24," Clijsters said. "That's what I'm thinking now, but who knows if I'm still going as well as I am now then you never know what's going to happen. But that's what I'm thinking now at the moment."

Family has long been a central force in Clijsters' life. Her father, Leo "Lei" Clijsters was the 1988 Belgian soccer player of the year and a member of Belgium's 1990 World Cup soccer team, her mother Els was a national gymnastics champion and her younger sister, Elke, is also a tennis player who has played doubles with Kim in the past. The Clijsters' are a close family who leaned on each other for support when Els Clijsters underwent a liver transplant in March of 1999. The fact that mother and daughter are so close has heightened Kim's desire to have children while she's still young and build a bond with her child similar to the one she's shared with her own mother.

"I have a very, very good relationship with my mom and she's really young and that's something I would like to have with my kids as well," Clijsters said. "I would like to have a kid before 25 and that's something I'm thinking now, but who knows what I'm doing with my tennis career (then); it's something you have to feel at that time."

The four-time Grand Slam finalist has begun hitting with a soft ball as she continues efforts to rebuild strength in her surgically-repaired left wrist. Clijsters underwent surgery to remove the cyst from her wrist on June 12th at Wilrijk hospital near Antwerp, Belgium. Clijsters initially sustained a torn tendon in her left wrist during the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells in March. The injury forced the defending champion to pull out of Indian Wells. Clijsters, who competed in Belgium's Fed Cup tie in April, has played just one WTA Tour match since her injury, scoring a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Spanish qualifier Marta Marrero in the second round of the Ladies German Open while sporting a six-inch brace on her left wrist. The day after her May 6th win over Marrero, Clijsters was forced to withdraw from the Berlin event with a recurrence of the wrist pain.

According to her web site, Clijsters' wrist has improved and plans to return to tennis at a local tournament in Belgium.

"For the time being that wrist would still be somewhat stiff, which is fairly normal and nothing to worry about," said a statement on Clijsters' web site. "Nothing seems to be in the way of a return on the tennis courts of the Gaz de France Stars in Hasselt."

[Damita]

tall_one said:

maybe she plays on having a kid and coming back, that is why she is having it early, as opposed to having it a 29/30. It would be nice if she would try, there was a been a GOOD mom playing in a while, although there are a few moms running around Testud and... and... bah i can't remember her name, i think it is Rossana something, whatever but they don't do very good, okay, but not as good as they were

Anyway, I'm babbling, my point is Kimmy should have a kid and then come back and win a slam like Evonne Goolagong did ;D

Rossana Neffa de los Rios
she won a tournament after she just came back on tour, but since then it's true that she has done nothing.... but i'm not sure she was such a good player before the pregnancy anyway...
And Sandrine Testud isn't doing as well as she used to, but you have to admit that she is not very young anymore (in tennis age i mean)

Kim is still young, she could have a baby, then come back and achieve great things! About winning a Grand Slam i dunno, that would be great for sure... but winning one even before she has a kid would be good too! don't forget she lost every GS final she played until now...