Kim Clijsters dropped to her knees at the net in celebration, tears in her eyes after the overhand winner on match point.

She stood up, hugged her opponent, Caroline Wozniacki, and walked over to her on-court chair, wiping the tears away with a towel. She spotted her husband, Brian Lynch, her coach and friends in her box and climbed up into the stands, around the TV cameras, to embrace them all, waving to her toddler daughter Jada nearby in a suite.

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Kateryna Bondarenko pulled off a shocking upset on the second day of main draw action at Rogers Cup. The 23-year-old beauty from Ukraine rebounded from a tough first set to defeat world No. 3 Venus Williams 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Centre Court at Rexall Centre.

In front of a stunned crowd, Sexy  Bondarenko continuously frustrated the elder hottie Williams sister and served for the match after breaking Venus to lead 5-4 in the third set. Ranked just No. 64 in the world, she continued to shine after qualifying over the weekend

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