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קים קלייסטרס הורידה את הרגל מהגז ומשחקת בפחות טורנירים העונה, בין היתר לקראת חתונתה לבריאן לינץ'. את התשלום על כך היא מקבלת במזומן, כשהאוקראינית יוליה ואקולנקו נתנה לה בראש 6:7, 3:6 בסיבוב השני של טורניר ורשה.

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Fourth seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic and unseeded American Venus Williams, who upset seventh seed Elena Dementieva of Russia, also went through.

Clijsters, after playing no matches in nearly a month, has scheduled no other clay court events this year and played in Warsaw only because she is the defending champion and had promised to return.

But the number two seed was never able to get the upper hand against an enterprising opponent that she beat easily at the same stage a year ago.

"The big difference was the serve," Clijsters told reporters. "She hit a lot of aces and good second serves and she kept me on my back foot a little bit. She hit really aggressively and kept me defending all the time.

"A couple of times I tried to step into the return a little bit and be more aggressive, but I felt she was stepping in even more and she went for her shots a lot," she added.

"She was really going for it and hitting a lot of lines and she just played a really good match."