Belgian former world number one Kim Clijsters ended her campaign at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships with a straight sets loss to eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1, 6-1 in the fourth round.
Clijsters is already set to retire for good in the sport. She amassed a total of four Grand Slam singles titles plus multitude of other titles in the WTA circuit.
The Belgian will still be competing at the All England Club next month for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
“I won’t be sorry about anything. I mean, I know that every time that I’ve played here I’ve given my best, and that’s the only thing that I can try,” Clijsters said.
“Some days it’s good, some days it’s great, and some days it’s not good enough. And that’s something that I’ll never regret. I’ll never say that I didn’t work hard enough or I didn’t practice hard enough. So I don’t think I’ll feel sorry about anything when I leave,” she added.
Clijsters has never made it to the final at the All England Club but made it as far as the semifinals. She admitted that there was nothing she could have done today to overpower her opponent, who played superbly.
“What I was thinking about was probably the match still,” she said.
“Wasn’t so much about the last time. Not at all actually. I didn’t really think about that. I just had the feeling that there was absolutely nothing I could have done today to have won that match. I just felt like my opponent was better on every level,” she added.
