‘I was dominating some points,’ says Kim Clijsters as she takes positives from losing return

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Kim Clijsters said she was happy with her performance as she lost to Garbine Muguruza on her return to the WTA Tour on Monday.

The 36-year-old, playing her first match since the 2012 US Open, lost out 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to the recent Australian Open finalist.

However, she insists she was encouraged by her display, particularly in the second set.

“I had a good feeling out there,” Clijsters said after the match.

“I do feel a little bit of – I’m not going to say relief, but a feeling of the pace I can handle.”

“Second set, I felt I was really in the match. I felt like for a while I was dominating some of the points.

“I think that’s a good feeling to have, knowing the way I started the first set and then the way I was able to get back into that second set, with the type of tennis I played.

“It’s something that is the positive about this match. I’ll take that with me for the next matches.”

Muguruza agreed with Clijsters’ assessment, adding: “I know she can play incredible. She did at some point play at an incredible level.”

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