1. Move over, Kim Clijsters. The Belgian may have won the U.S. Open but she didn’t even stage the most impressive tennis comeback result this month. Out of the sport since the mid-’90s, Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan returned in full this year and steadily climbed the rankings. On Sunday, a day before her 39th birthday, Date Krumm won her first title in 12 years, beating Daniela Hantuchova and Maria Kirilenko, among others, to take the Korean Open. “I honestly don’t know where I get the energy from at my age,” she says. And does anyone really doubt whether Justine Henin, a sapling at 27, can make an immediate impact?

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