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Clijsters wins womens US Open in return from retirement LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScheduleResultsRankingsMoneyWinnersATP ScheduleResultsRaceRankingsMoneyWinnersWTA Tennis on TSNeotText SizeNEW YORK Kim Clijsters cradled the baby in one arm the trophy in the otherThe joy of motherhood The joy of winning the US OpenClijsters made history Sunday night capping a comeback from two years out of tennis to become the first unseeded woman to win the Open and the first mom to win a major since 1980 with a 75 63 victory over No 9 Caroline WozniackiWhen it was over Clijsters collapsed to the ground and started crying tears of joy probably mixed in with a little bit of shock too Her 18monthold daughter Jada watched from a suite with a pacifier in her mouth but later came down to the court to take part in the celebrationIt still seems so surreal Clijsters said Because it wasnt in the plan I wanted to come back here get a feel for it play a Grand Slam so I wouldnt have to come back next year and learn the new experiences all overTalk about your quick transitionsIt was all quite a different scene from the night before when Clijsters semifinal win over Serena Williams was closed out on a foot fault an outburst and a point penalty and the 26yearold Belgian stood behind the baseline looking bewildered as Williams ran over to shake her handWilliams tirade may have been the talk of the US Open But Clijsters was the winnerThis was her second US Open title the other coming in 2005 her last appearance at Flushing Meadows and before a spate of nagging injuries eventually drove her out of the sport and led her to start a family These days she has her babys name tattooed on her left wrist near the scar from an operation she needed back in her first careerWhen she came back she was starting from zero she said The work to get back in shape was not prettyNo swear words like Serena yesterday but a lot of swearing at home Clijsters saidSome might have called this the mother of all upsets but by the time she reached the final against the resilientbutstilllearning 19yearold from Denmark it was hard to view it that wayClijsters beat both Williams sisters and two players seeded in the teens She matched Venus and Serena power shot for power shot and showed she could play Wozniackis patient game and play it betterShes playing because she thinks its fun and because she likes it said Wozniacki who is too young to have played Clijsters during her first career I really think she might be a ...