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Clijsters to marry Hewitt in February
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-17 09:35 Belgium's Kim Clijsters and Australian Lleyton
Hewitt, the golden couple of tennis, will marry next February in Australia.
Clijsters, 21, said on her website on Thursday that a party for their close
friends would be held in a Belgian chateau after the wedding.
"In December 2003 Kim and Lleyton Hewitt got engaged," a statement on the
website said.
"A year later the beautiful love story will have its logical extension with a
marriage in February in Australia."
Both players are former world number ones. Hewitt, 23, lost the U.S. Open
final to Roger Federer last weekend while Clijsters has not played since May
because of a wrist injury.
Hewitt, whose birthday is in February, first invited Clijsters out in late
2000 to a party for fellow Australian Pat Rafter and they got engaged after a
romantic boat trip around Sydney Harbour.
"He invited me out for dinner on a boat and suddenly unveiled a ring and
earrings," she said shortly before Christmas.
Hewitt won the U.S. Open in 2001 and Wimbledon in 2002. Clijsters reached
number one in August 2003 without winning a major title -- she has lost three
times in a Grand Slam final to fellow Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne.
The pair follow in the footsteps of Steffi Graf, now retired, and Andre
Agassi, also both former world number ones. They married in October 2001 and
have a son and a daughter.
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