KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- Playing for the first time in more than a month, Kim Clijsters said she felt rusty, and it showed.
The defending champion at the Nasdaq-100 Open squandered leads in the first and final sets and lost Saturday to Jill Craybas, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.
Clijsters became the first woman in the tournament's 22-year history to lose her opening match the year after winning the title. She double-faulted 11 times and committed 78 unforced errors.
78 unforced errors is a good deal of rust...But I should not make fun, I once tried to return serve against the 50th rank women's player in the world...and it was not even close...So I imagine even a very rusty Kim would clean my clock...