Clijsters opens with straight-sets rout

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    Nice return, Kim Clijsters.

    Back at Wimbledon for the first time since 2006, Clijsters easily won her opening match Monday, repeatedly ripping service returns to beat Maria Elena Camerin 6-0, 6-3.

    Clijsters ended a 2½-year retirement last August and won the U.S. Open in September. She has been sidelined since late April with a left foot injury, but had plenty of spring in her step playing the opening match on Court 2.

    Seeded eighth, Clijsters dominated from the baseline and with her return. She never faced a break point and won 12 of 15 points on Camerin's second serve.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon10/news/story?id=5310032
     

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