The Belgian first injured her wrist
in March of 2004, had surgery in June
but tore the tendon again in the autumn
- meaning she was out of the sport for
almost a year.
Clijsters returned to the court in
February at Antwerp and swept to the
quarter-finals.
And there was no looking back as she
raced to successive titles at Indian
Wells and Miami - a double only previously
achieved by Steffi Graf.
The encouraging news for Clijsters
is that she had to beat the world's
best along the way.
She dealt with Lindsay Davenport at
Indian Wells and then Maria Sharapova
in Miami.
Davenport exacted her revenge at the
French Open, ousting Clijsters in three
sets in the fourth round.
But Clijsters should arrive at Wimbledon
full of confidence and determined to
keep up her search for her first Grand
Slam.
