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From the beginning ;) with some time-stamps to help you out: Kim, do you think you can handle? Can you say some final words on your good-bye? 0:09 : I'll hand you the microphone, I won't ask questions anymore. Kim: Thank you. Uhm... 00:23: In the first place, I want to thank Koen and Chris [from the music-group Clouseau that performed a song for her before this speech], I am a big fan from a very young age and the song 'Domino' has always been one of my favourite songs from them so it was very special to hear that so big thank you to support me this week. 00:47: There are many people I would like to thank and I most likely will forget to mention, but first and most of all I would like to thank Bob Verbeeck. Bob is not only someone who made tennis great in Belgium, but sports in general and I think that we all should be grateful for everything he has done, so Bob, much thanks and thanks to be such a good friend of our family and my dad. 01:28 : Uhm... now what. Uhm, I try to think in a calm manner but my head is going crazy, but I just wanted to say that I felt my best feelings and played my best matches in Antwerp, even though i lost here today. But it was always a great pleasure to come out onto court here, even though it's such a long walk from behind the curtains to the court, but it's a moment i will take with me for the rest of my life, so I want to thank all the fans greatly for all the support you gave me, not only during the Antwerp-tournament... [applause and cheering] 02:28: not only in good but also bad times, during the last years with all my injuries, I liked all those cards and letters and flowers that were sent to me mean a lot to me. You gave so much support and to me that holds so much more value than all those trophies I won. So very many thanks to you for all those great moments. 03:06 Then there are certainly a number of people left I still want to show my gratitude, first and foremost, my daddy. [applause and cheering] 03:29 He was already drinking wine at eleven this morning, so I think he was a little nervous as well, but from a very young age he supported and helped me out so much. I'm sorry, I'm going to stop because I won't make it otherwise. Thanks daddy. 04:00: My dearest sister. 04:13: I find it, uhm... I'm sorry 04:26: I find it, uhm, always a great pleasure if she can be there [at the match] and many thanks to you Elke, to support me and go to the tournaments, it hasn't been easy the last few years and that it's very nice to have my sister by my side, so thank you Elke. 04:50: There are quite a few people in the box I would like to thank, but here and there are members of my family about in this stadium, all my uncles and aunts, grandma's and grandpa's, many thanks to you, and I look forward to take it easier in a few months and to just enjoy familytime together, maybe making kids, maybe, but we'll see... So, once again, the people sitting in the box mean a lot to me, Carolien Maes, a good friend of mine, [name] many thanks to help me the last few years. 05:36: Mark Hermans. Mark, I don't have words that describe how much I look up to you. You are an amazing friend, so uh, thanks for supporting me. There are still so many people... I won't mention you all individually, but I will give you a big kiss when I step off the court in a moment. All many thanks. Once again, I really enjoyed the moments I got to play in Belgium. I always liked it to go back to Belgium... Oh yeah.... Brian.... [laughter] [short voice over: She almost forgot about him, Brian] 06:31: That was ofcourse a pity, because one of those rare moments he has to play on a sunday, got to be today. So I think he is playing today in Brussels. But uhm, I really look forward to our marriage. It's a great guy. I think that Mary, Brian his mom, I think she's here in the stadium, Mary, it's a great pleasure to have you here and I look forward to join your family in a few months, you're a great mother-in-law. 07:13: Ladies and gentlemen, the goodbye of a great champion, Kim Clijsters. [voice-over: An emotional goodbye-speech and a thunderous applause from the crowd here in the Sportspalace] 07:39: Ladies and gentlemen, make this place shake when she goes through the gate! 07:41: [voice-over: I think we can leave it to this as we see Kim being escorted by the 15.000 fans on the galleries. We would love to see you again sometime and our apologies for the false notes in Zeven anjers, zeven rozen (Seven carnations, seven roses) Hope this helps ;)

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