[BBC]Hewitt and Clijsters reveal split
原來Connors和Evert是在結婚前一個月分手...
Last Updated: Friday, 22 October, 2004, 13:44 GMT 14:44 UK
Hewitt and Clijsters reveal split
Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters, tennis' most high-profile couple, have split
up.
The Australian and Belgian had been due to marry in February but a statement on
Clijsters' website said their engagement was over.
It said the couple had "jointly decided to put an end to their relationship for
private reasons".
The statement added: "Both of us distance ourselves from the malicious gossip w
hich inevitably surfaces in this kind of situation."
The relationship between the 23-year-old Hewitt and the 21-year-old Clijsters b
egan after they met at the Australian Open in 2000.
Hewitt's feisty nature is in contrast to Clijsters' reputation as one of the ni
cest players on the tennis circuit but their romance flourished.
The two former world number ones come from sports-mad families - Clijsters' fat
her was a professional footballer while Hewitt's father played Australian Rules
.
They spent time together whenever their busy schedules allowed and were regular
fixtures at each other's matches in Grand Slams where the men's and women's to
urs play alongside each other.
And they got engaged on a romantic boat trip around Sydney Harbour last Decembe
r.
Clijsters made no secret of her desire to take a career break in the not-too-di
stant future to have children and her ongoing wrist injury led many to speculat
e that would be sooner rather than later.
A wedding date was set for February but now comes the news that the pair have e
nded their relationship.
The nature of professional tennis means that many players stick within the game
when forming relationships.
But Hewitt and Clijsters were unique in that both were world-famous players yet
their romance survived even the extra pressure that that brought.
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf may edge them when it comes to fame but Graf had a
lready retired by the time their relationship became public.
Perhaps a more relevant precedent for Hewitt and Clijsters was the romance betw
een Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert back in the 1970s.
The American pair got engaged back in 1974 when Evert was 19 and Connors 21.
When both won Wimbledon that year and danced together to "The Girl That I Marry
" at the famous champions' ball, it seemed like a match made in heaven.
But their relationship floundered and they split up less than six months later.
MIXED DOUBLES
Jimmy Connors/Chris Evert
Got engaged in 1974 but split up a month before their planned November wedding.
Evert went on to marry - and divorce - former British number one John Lloyd.
Andre Agassi/Steffi Graf
Two of the most famous players in tennis history got together in 1999 and tied
the knot in 2001. They have two children.
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