澳網開打前的新聞，內容大意就像標題寫的，雖然Hingis和Kim沒有參與今年澳網，但
澳洲人其實挺想念這兩位和澳洲挺有關係的球員。
小辛的篇幅比較多，後半部才是Kim，關於Kim的部分主要是：
1. 2008年澳網雖然沒有 Kim，可是澳洲人會很想念她，當年與Hewitt的戀情讓她有了
澳洲金米的綽號，被視為澳洲所領養的女兒，雖然金米跟小希已經掰掰了，可是澳
洲人還是很喜歡她。
2. Kim被稱作是個性最棒的網球選手，也有批評說Kim是不是好過了頭，但心地善良的
Kim覺得大家要好好相處，幹麻要討厭對手呢！
3. 2007年澳網 Kim在四強輸給莎娃後，帶著淚眼離開球場，獲得全場起立鼓掌，雖然
她手中只有一座美網冠軍，但對澳洲來說，金米所意味的不只是一個冠軍。
MUMBAI: One was the prodigy whose Grand Slam wins began from Down Under, the
other the daughter they adopted. Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters have a few
things in common.
Both come from sporting families; like Hingis, Kim announced an earlier
retirement. And they share a special bond with Australia.
Much loved by the Aussies, they will be the big misses as the 2008 edition
of the Australian Open that gets underway on January 14 in Melbourne.
Martina, at one point, owned the tournament. She re-wrote the record books
in 1997 when she beat Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in straight sets (6-2 6-2) to
win the Australian Open, her first Grand Slam title, in the process becoming
the youngest Grand Slam singles winner of the 20th century.
She was only 16 years and 3 months old then.
Her special association with Australia continued and Hingis made it to the
final of the tournament six times in a row (from 1997-2002), winning the
title three times (1997, 1998 and 1999).
In fact, when she made her comeback into the sport in 2006 after a long
hiatus due to injury, she almost strolled to the last eight before losing
to ‘Aussie Kim’ (Kim Clijsters) in straight sets. But she still managed
to lay her hands on the silverware, winning the mixed doubles title with
Mahesh Bhupathi.
The Swiss Miss will now be a no-show in Melbourne, having been banned for
two years for testing positive for cocaine use during Wimbledon 2007. She
followed the ban with announcing her retirement at the age of 27.
A sad end to a talent, that took the tennis world by storm more than 10
years ago. But Hingis was never the Miss Nice of tennis and courted
controversy like no other. There again, she seemed to make all the news at
the Australian Open.
On the eve of her 1999 Australian Open final match against Amelie Mauresmo,
Hingis told reporters, “She’s here with her girlfriend. She is half-man
already.” For that remark, she got a lot of flak but the title was once
again hers. She even won the doubles title teaming with Russia’s Anna
Kournikova.
Kim, never had such a problem. She has often been spoken of as the nicest
player on the Tour. In fact, in response to the critics referring to her as
too nice, Clijsters once remarked, “You don’t have to hate your opponents
to beat them.”
Kim’s love story with Australia actually began with her love story with top
Aussie tennis star Lleyton Hewitt. She has even been nicknamed Aussie Kim.
Since then, the Aussies have supported Kim every time she has played on
Australian soil, even after the couple ended their engagement in 2003.
Although she didn’t enjoy Hingis-like success at the tournament, she made
four semi-final appearances (2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007) and reached the final
in 2004 where she lost to her Belgian countrywoman Justine Henin in a
hard-fought three setter.
In her last appearance at the Australian Open in 2007, Kim lost to Maria
Sharapova in the semifinal but walked off the court teary-eyed and to a
standing ovation. Kim may have only on Grand Slam title (US Open 2005) to
her name. But to Australia, she, like Martina, always meant a bit more.
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4. 金米爸的部落格寫的：In 2020 Kim Clijsters plays with her daughter the
doubles at the Proximus Exhibitions Games. Yes, a daughter ...
我猜會是一個跟Kim小時候很像的小女孩，肉肉的臉、捲捲的金髮和可愛的童音
如果小金米也要打網球，希望以後還有這個版可以幫這對可愛的母女加油:)