Former tennis world number one and sporting media darling Kim Clijsters is pregnant with her first child, Belgian sports web site www.sport.be reported on Tuesday, citing her father.
Amelie Mauresmo beat Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-6 in the Diamond Games final on Sunday.
Mauresmo, who topped the rankings for the first time 18 months ago, deposed Belgian Kim Clijsters despite both players skipping last week's event in Indian Wells.
She will play unseeded American Serena Williams in the Australian Open final.
Hingis and Clijsters entered the two showcourts at Melbourne Park at almost the same time for their second-round matches.
The Indian ace dropped two places to be ranked 34th in the WTA rankings
Martina Hingis of Switzerland climbed 232 places to number 117 after reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
The Belgian beat Martina Hingis 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to enter the semifinal of the Australian Open
The defending champion continued her comeback with a victory over Martina Mueller.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, second seed Kim Clijsters and number three Justine Henin-Hardenne also won their quarter-finals.
The Wimbledon champion will begin his defence against the talented Richard Gasquet of France
The Indian will take on seventh seed Elena Dementieva in the first round at Wimbledon
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis also revelled in improved conditions following the rain-soaked start to the French Open.
As Kim Clijsters's love affair with tennis comes to an end, fellow Belgian Justine Henin's has started to bloom again.
Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin pounded their way into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Sunday but Martina Hingis fell to a Polish teenager
The world number two suffered a surprise defeat by the Russian in the last 16 of the Italian Open.
List of US Open women's singles champions, since 1912.
Belgium will meet the United States in the Fed Cup semi-finals after Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne beat holders Russia
Kim Clijsters bid a teary-eyed farewell to her home fans after losing to France's Amelie Mauresmo in the final of the Diamond Games.
Second seed Kim Clijsters cruised into the semi-finals of the Diamond Games with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Serbia's Ana Ivanovic
The world number four has pulled out of next week's tournament in Paris due to a hip injury but still expects to participate in the Diamond Games event on home turf.
They beat the Czech-Italian pair of Kveta Peschke and Francesca Schiavone in the second round of the Nasdaq-100 Open.
The Swiss defending champion unleashed an unstoppable barrage of winners to shatter the American sixth seed and book a place in a record-equalling seventh consecutive Grand Slam final
They needed iron willpower to stagger through scrappy quarter-finals on Wednesday and set up a heavyweight meeting in the last four.
Martina Hingis played spoilsport at the Australian Open on Monday by denying China another entry into the record books.
Fourth seed Kim Clijsters overcame a late wobble to beat Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-1 7-5 on Monday and set up a mouth-watering Australian Open quarter-final against Martina Hingis.
Kim Clijsters's final ride at the Australian Open gathered momentum on Thursday when she motored into the third round with a 6-3 6-0 win over Japan's Akiko Morigami.
The Belgian saved a match point before beating the Serb in the final of the Sydney International.
She survived a ferocious fightback from China's Li Na on Thursday to book her place in the Sydney International final against in-form Serb Jelena Jankovic.
Former Australian Open finalists Kim Clijsters and Marcos Baghdatis signalled their intentions ahead of next week's first grand slam of the year by winning their matches at the Sydney International on Wednesday.
Amelie Mauresmo pummeled Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-final of the Qatar Open.
The two will meet in the semi-final of the Dubai Open on Friday
Nirupama Vaidyanathan salutes the Belgian ace, who retired earlier last month as world No. 1.
Kim Clijsters beat Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 to set up a quarter-final clash with Venus Williams at the Antwerp Diamond Games.
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