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If Kimmy regains #1 and ends the year with it, she'll be the first in years who's also won a Slam within the calendar year.
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Clijsters close to regaining No. 1
But Belgian must beat Dementieva, Mauresmo at Porsche Grand Prix
Daniela Hantuchova beat Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 6-0 Monday at the Porsche Grand Prix, where Kim Clijsters is in position to regain the No. 1 ranking.
Clijsters, ranked No. 2, and top-seeded Lindsay Davenport will close within a few points of Maria Sharapova’s top ranking with a strong showing. Sharapova is injured and pulled out of the indoor tournament, which features four of the world’s top five players.
Hantuchova, who reached the Filderstadt final in 2002 and was ranked fifth in 2003, has broken out of a slump and is back to No. 20.
The WTA said Clijsters most likely will pass Sharapova if she beats fourth-ranked Amelie Mauresmo and eighth-ranked Elena Dementieva on the way to reaching the final. Clijsters, the tour’s hottest player, won the U.S. Open and is 26-1 since a fourth-round loss to Davenport at Wimbledon.
The top ranking has changed hands six times at the event, which traditionally boasts one of the tour’s strongest fields.