US Open Kim's last

Three-time US Open winner Kim Clijsters will conclude her career on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts where she enjoyed her greatest glory and she intends to go out as a champion.
Clijsters won the 2005, 2009 and 2010 titles in her only appearances at the Grand Slam event since losing in the 2003 final and she said Saturday that she plans to stretch her 24-match Open win streak before saying goodbye.
"Of course it's to try and win. My mindset is not any different," Clijsters said. "I haven't played many matches or tournaments this year and physically I believe I can do it.
"I've trained hard. I'm in maybe the best shape that I have been in. I'm not worried physically that I'm not ready to do it."
Something else the 29-year-old Belgian is not ready to do is give up retirement and more time as a wife and mother no matter how well she does at the US Open.
"It's a feeling you need to have if you want to keep having those adrenaline rushes," Clijsters said. "I just know for me the time is right."
Clijsters, seeded 23rd, has anything but an easy draw in her final bow after missing last year with an abdominal muscle strain.
She opens against US wildcard Victoria Duval and could face China's Li Na in the third round, defending champion Samantha Stosur in the fourth round and top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the quarter-finals.
"I'm very excited to be back. This place is magical for me," Clijsters said.
"When I start Monday I want to be playing well so I'm focusing on that for now. I'll be as ready as I can't be and not look too far ahead. I'm focused on just trying to play my best."
Clijsters, whose only other Grand Slam title came at the 2011 Australian Open, has struggled with hip, ankle and abdominal injuries since losing to Azarenka in this year's Australian Open semi-finals.
She bounced back with a fourth-round run at Wimbledon and a quarter-final effort at the London Olympics, falling to Maria Sharapova, but generally has rested ahead of the hardcourt demands.
"The surface is more grinding. It's harder on the body as well," Clijsters said. "Physically and mentally it's a tough one to deal with at the end of the season."