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Kim Clijsters edges past Jelena Jankovic

Clijsters edges past Jankovic
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Kim Clijsters wins her opening match at Wimbledon by knocking Jelena Jankovic out of the competition.

Kim Clijsters began her final Wimbledon campaign with a 6-2 6-4 win over Jelena Jankovic this afternoon.

The Belgian, who has never gone beyond the semi-finals at SW19, began the encounter the brighter of the two players with a string of forehand strokes.

She went on to make the most of her advantage by claiming a 6-2 success in the opener.

The 29-year-old appeared to be heading for a similar result in the second set as she opened up a 4-2 lead. However, Jankovic responded by breaking back, before going on to hold her service game to level up to scores at four games apiece.

Clijsters then held her own serve to go 5-4 in front, before breaking again to seal her route into round two.

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