‘Arm Felt Like It Weighed 100 Kilos’ – Top Rival Narrates Gruesome Experience of Facing Serena Williams in Her Prime

Every single tennis player wanted to play against Serena Williams when she was active. It was because of the astounding game she had and everybody wanted to experience that on the opposite side of the net. Kim Clijsters, one of her rivals, reminisced about her favorite moment with Serena Williams on the court. Incidentally, it was from the time when Williams won her first US Open in 1999.

Clijsters put up a strong fight against the player in the third-round face-off. She served one of her most powerful serves. However, it came at a price because of putting in too much effort.

Kim Clijsters on her favorite moment with Serena Williams on the court

Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters faced each other nine times in their career. And the 23-time Grand Slam champion had a major hold over the record by winning seven out of nine matches. But when the interviewer asked Clijsters about her favorite moment on the court with Williams, she reminisced about the first match against her. She said, “Probably the first match that I played against her. I was not known in the tennis world.” Clijsters recalled, “I think it was 99 when she won her first US Open and I think I qualified and played her in the first or second round.”

But then host reminded her about the great fight she had put up against Serena Williams. She said, “My arm felt like it weighed 100 kilos.” It was because she had given her strongest serve against Williams.

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Furthermore, she concluded by saying, “Although I lost it was still a big moment for me, playing against Serena, and see her win her first Grand Slam as an American winning in New York was incredible.”

Clijsters-Williams match gave birth to one of the most controversial moments in tennis

But that is not the only anecdote that has made the news. When Williams played against Clijsters in a semi-final match at the US Open in 2009. Williams had a major on-court outburst where she shouted at the line judge very aggressively.

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This is one of the most aggressive outbursts on Serena Williams on the court. Moreover, this was one of the two matches where Clijsters won against Williams.