PARIS - after match in the second set of wasting two points and feeling his confidence fainting, Kim Clijsters left the match away Thursday at the France Open.
Finalist Garros, seeded second in the tournament this year, lost the 114th largest Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands times 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 to two.
"I started to doubt a little", said Clijsters, playing his second game as a right ankle injury knocked her out of combat. "When you start doubting yourself on any surface, but for me certainly on clay, it is the wrong attitude to have."
Maria Sharapova also struggled, but the Russia seeded seventh won 11 games after that ended 4-1 in the second set and beat the 17 years Caroline Garcia de France 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Clijsters, who had won past 15 Grand Slam matches after taking titles at the US Open last year courses and Open of Australia this year, did not convert either point game in the second set.
Playing with his right ankle registered, the Belgian committed errors not forced 65 and lost 11 of 12 games final. RUS finished with 22 errors not enforced and had eight winners in the entire game.
"My ankle feels fine, which has absolutely nothing to do with him", said Clijsters. "If I felt like I was not ready as much as I wanted to be, I wouldn't come here.". If I wasn't printing that I was able to play the difficult matches, then I would not have taken this decision to come here. ?
Clijsters had his first chance to close the match against the Dutch when leading 5-2 in the second set, but saved Rus point of the match and held the make 5-3 before breaking Clijsters back on serve.
"When I was 5-2 down in the second set, I thought, ' just go and play more aggressive," Rus a. "and, Yes, that really helped."
"At 6-5 I had a very good serve game, and then I won the game.". Then I thought, "Yeah, I can win this match," "she."
Clijsters had another match point in the 10th game, but Rus recorded again and finally pushed the score to 5-5.
With changing dynamics, Clijsters double-defective for the seventh time, one of its 28 errors not enforced on the whole, to permit the Rus to break and make the second set.
"It obviously began to build more confidence, began playing much better and really nice to me on my back foot all the time.". I could not really play my tennis aggressive anymore in this third series, "said Clijsters.
Clijsters injured his right ankle in dancing at the marriage of his cousin in April, its marginalization to Garros. She played at Roland Garros in 2006, when she reached the semi-finals.
But, since his return to the tour in 2009 following the birth of her daughter, Clijsters has won three of her four Grand Slam titles.
RUS, junior champion Open of Australia in 2008, reached the third round of a tournament Grand Slam for the first time.
Garcia, who was playing in only his second tournament, led 4-1 in the second set. But Sharapova then took control and won every game after that.
"I think that never the game is over until it is really," said Sharapova. "I think that any situation you are put in, any good or bad you feel, you do not have to complete the game.".
"More than anything I just tried to be more consistent," she said.
Sharapova has won the Italian open on May 15, the largest career clay-court title. She won the French Open, the only Grand Slam title not on his curriculum vitae.
"It could easily have the other way today, but I think that I knew I had to make an adjustment," Sharapova said. "More than anything, I felt like I really intensified." (And which was necessary if I wanted to win this game.) ?
Garcia is a rising star on the stage of French tennis. She reached the second round at the Australia Open in January in his debut at the level of the tower.
Garros is only his second tournament, and she is again through the first round.
Against Sharapova, she played a large part of the game with its confidence high, find four corners of the Court and placing his shots just out of reach of his opponent.
"I was giving no points for it, and I was very specific," Garcia said. "And I was hitting high areas that she does not like because she is tall, so it is difficult for her.".
Stellar play of Garcia early in the game has already drawn praise from one of its players, the Open of Australia Andy Murray finalist.
"Girl sharapova plays will be No.1 in world one day Carolina garcia, what player u heard here 1," the Murray seeded fourth tweeted.
Sharapova did not really disagree.
"It's a long road and a long journey," said the 24 year old Russian. "There will be many WINS and losses." It is difficult for me to say, but it is on its way, no doubt. ?
In other results, Vania King of the United States back on board Elena Baltacha of Britain 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
The King ranked 115th is in the third round of a tournament Grand Slam for the second time only in 20 tests.
She Bethanie Mattek-sands, who won Wednesday, are the first women other than Venus and Serena Williams to make it this far at Roland Garros since 2006.
No. 4 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, no. 6 Li Na, no. 9 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, no. 12 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, no. 15 Andrea Petkovic, Germany, no. 21 Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium, no. 25 Maria Kirilenko, Russia and no. 30 Roberta Vinci Italy also advanced to the third roundwhereas no. 27 Alexandra Dulgheru of the Romania lost.
Li Beat Silvia Soler-Espinosa, of the Spain, 6 - 4, 7-5 and Kvitova defeated twice Grand Slam semifinalist Zheng Jie of China 6 - 4, 6-1.
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