Clijsters' hot streak continues.

By Etienne Stekelenburg
March 25 2005

Kim Clijsters, after taking the Pacific Life Open title, still finds herself in the winning mood. The former No.1 of the ranking thrashed Germany's Sandra Kloesol to reach the second round of the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami on Thursday

"It wasn't easy out there because conditions were very different to last week, so I'm very happy to have a short match," said Clijsters. "I tried to stay positive when I was injured and kept my body fit. Today the score was easy but I still feel that there is work to do."

Clijsters who is still playing first rounds not having the advantage of seeded bye’s took the victory 6-0 6-1. "I just want to play some matches so I can get back into that rhythm.,'' she said after the match had ended in only 46 minutes.

Results of Thursday, March 24, 2005

Singles - First Round
Evgenia Linetskaya (RUS) d. Martina Sucha (SVK) 61 64
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 75 63
Akiko Morigami (JPN) d. (WC) Jessica Kirkland (USA) 62 62
Maria Vento-Kabchi (VEN) d. Claudine Schaul (LUX) 63 61
Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) d. Marta Marrero (ESP) 63 26 63
Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (Q) Sandra Kloesel (GER) 60 61
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d. (WC) Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) 63 75
(Q) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) d. (WC) Neha Uberoi (USA) 64 62
Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) d. (WC) Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 63 06 62
Lisa Raymond (USA) d. Mashona Washington (USA) 64 62
Dally Randriantefy (MAD) d. (Q) Jewel Peterson (USA) 64 63
Ana Ivanovic (SCG) d. (Q) Laura Granville (USA) 63 75
(LL) Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) d. Barbora Strycova (CZE) 36 64 63
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (ESP) d. (WC) Sania Mirza (IND) 62 75
(WC) Angela Haynes (USA) d. (Q) Mariana Diaz-Oliva (ARG) 63 76(5)
Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) d. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 75 61

Doubles Qualifying - Final Round
(2) Cohen-Aloro/Sfar (FRA/TUN) d. (1) Jidkova/Perebiynis (RUS/UKR) 57 64 75

Order of play for Friday, March 25, 2005

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Moya vs. Blake
2. V.Williams vs. Groenefeld
3. ATP: Verdasco vs. Roddick
4. Daniilidou vs. Sharapova
5. Dochevina vs. S.Williams (from 19.00hrs)
6. ATP: Labadze vs. Safin

Grandstand (from 11.00hrs)
1. Schiavone vs. Shaughnessy
2. ATP: Ginepri vs. Spadea
3. Henin-Hardenne vs. Spears
4. ATP: Nalbandian vs. Acasuso (NB 17.00hrs)
5. Molik vs. Pratt

Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)
1. ATP: Novak vs. K.Kim
2. Llagostera Vives vs. Zvonareva
3. ATP: Ferrero vs. Canas
4. Safina vs. Irvin (NB 17.00hrs)
5. ATP: Nadal vs. Schuettler

Court 2 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Likhovtseva vs. Chladkova
2. ATP: Bjorkman vs. Robredo
3. Craybas vs. Sugiyama
4. ATP: Ferrer vs. Malisse

Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)
1. ATP: Lee vs. Youzhny
2. Jidkova vs. Asagoe (NB 11.30hrs)
3. Peschke vs. Schnyder
4. Asagoe/Srebotnik vs. Birnerova/McShea

Court 6 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Brandi vs. Dulko
2. ATP: Davydenko vs. Monfils
3. Medina Garrigues vs. Zuluaga
4. ATP: Hrbaty vs. Nieminen

Court 7 (from 10.00hrs)
1. ATP: Rusedski vs. Johansson
2. Suarez vs. Castano
3. ATP: Ljubicic vs. Martin
4. Russell/Santangelo vs. Myskina/Zvonareva

Court 8 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Bartoli vs. Peer
2. ATP: Pavel vs. Andreev
3. Gagliardi/Serna vs. Lee/Talaja
4. Hopkins/Washington vs. Petrova/Shaughnessy