Holding Midfield: The Shrine of Lei Clijsters

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Few people will argue when someone says that ‘talent runs in the family’. Great examples are the Hazard clan, the Milito brothers and the Sánchez brothers (of whom 3 became professional cyclists – Luis Léon Sanchez is best known – and one who plays for Real Madrid: Pédro Léon). However, none of these clans have (yet) accomplished as much as the Clijsters clan. This article commemorates a true KV Mechelen legend (09/11/1956-04/01/2009). In all honesty, his daughter Kim (yes, the famous tennis player), has surpassed Lei by far. Kim was among the best at the end of the first part of career and regained this place upon return by winning two consecutive US Open titles, as a mother. Lei’s other daughter Elke was thought to be nearly as talented as her sister, winning Wimbledon, the US Open and the World Championships in the youth doubles. While Kim is still going strong, Elke had to retire in 2004 due to a recurring back injury. But these are no reasons to ignore Lei’s performances. He started his career at FC Opitter. Aged 17, Lei Clijsters was transferred to Club Brugge, a top team even back then. Achieving no success there, Lei decided [...]

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[Scott]

I will challenge that statement as a tennis fan myself

Whilst Clijsters is a top notch performing.
She has been very lucky recently, with Henin retring when she still had another 5 years of dominance in her. The Williams sisiters( tennis ability) far outshines the Clijsters, with both suffering major injuries in there career, still racking up 9 titiles between them at Wimbledon.

plus the Nevilles are the most talented family EVA

 

[Raikan007]

I for one love Tennis! she was good for around 2 years, she has not done much since.. as Scott mentioned, the Williams brothers are tennis machines and far outshine any other tennis players/twins/family etc...

There are many talented families around the world but comparing a football player and his sister a tennis player is not really the same as the Nevilles or the Milito's etc...

sort of a pointless thread really... dont understand the topic's heading though.. they talking more about tennis than anything else...