Kim Clijsters hasn’t been defeated at Flushing Meadows since 2005. It was a four-year absence which has been defined by injury, retirement and the birth of her child. Three games in to this year’s tournament and the Belgian’s unbeaten run continues. Handed a wild-card, she had already overcome Kutusova, Bartoli and Flipkens. But Clijsters’ comeback was predicted to come to an abrupt halt as she approached a fourth-round clash with old foe Venus Williams. A match bil...