Rus pulls upset over Clijsters

Arantxa Rus A 20-year-old wild card, Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, took out No. 2 seed, Kim Clijsters of Belgium Thursday in the 2nd round of the French Open, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.

In the biggest win of her career, Rus scored on 7 of 13 break points, while Clijsters converted only 5 of 17 break point chances.

Clijsters injured her right ankle badly offcourt in April and had not played since then. However, she said her ankle was fine in the match.

May 27th, 2011
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