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By Giri Nathan
[vc_empty_space height="15px"]As forcefully as this past US Open nudged the WTA into the future, minting two teenage stars pretty much out of nowhere, this week in Chicago reminded me of the importance of the classics. Because here comes a 38-year-old Kim Clijsters, making a mini comeback to last year’s big comeback, and getting tantalizingly close to her first win. It turns out that a full decade after her last major title, her tennis is still so good to watch, with or without the hyper-athletic sliding splits of old.