澳网开打前的新闻，内容大意就像标题写的，虽然Hingis和Kim没有参与今年澳网，但
澳洲人其实挺想念这两位和澳洲挺有关系的球员。
小辛的篇幅比较多，后半部才是Kim，关于Kim的部分主要是：
1. 2008年澳网虽然没有 Kim，可是澳洲人会很想念她，当年与Hewitt的恋情让她有了
澳洲金米的绰号，被视为澳洲所领养的女儿，虽然金米跟小希已经掰掰了，可是澳
洲人还是很喜欢她。
2. Kim被称作是个性最棒的网球选手，也有批评说Kim是不是好过了头，但心地善良的
Kim觉得大家要好好相处，干麻要讨厌对手呢！
3. 2007年澳网 Kim在四强输给莎娃后，带着泪眼离开球场，获得全场起立鼓掌，虽然
她手中只有一座美网冠军，但对澳洲来说，金米所意味的不只是一个冠军。
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.
追加第四点
4. 金米爸的部落格写的：In 2020 Kim Clijsters plays with her daughter the
doubles at the Proximus Exhibitions Games. Yes, a daughter ...
我猜会是一个跟Kim小时候很像的小女孩，肉肉的脸、卷卷的金发和可爱的童音
如果小金米也要打网球，希望以后还有这个版可以帮这对可爱的母女加油:)