The Andalusia Tennis Experience 2010 is about to start (April 03-11), and one of the best players in the tennis circuit, the Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters, joins the tournament. She is currently playing in Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, the United States and looks good in shape.

Clijsters, ranked in the top seed for the tournament and in the absence of Serena Williams who just pulled back from the tournament due to knee injury, will certainly be one of the biggest players to look forward to. The WTA tournament of Marbella ($220,000), in its second edition will also feature some emerging Spaniards as well as international players.

At 26 years and after years of absence, she has so far got a total of 36 singles titles along with 11 WTA doubles titles, including French Open and Wimbledon. Her latest prestigious title, after maternity recurrence was the victory in the last U.S. Open 2009, adding her second Grand Slam.

In her recent tweet, she said: “Accepted WC into Marbella, heard it’s beautiful there, our house isn’t ready yet and some extra matches on clay will do me good!”

“It has been three years now since I last played on clay”, Kim further writes in her blog. “In the Fed Cup it is head to head straightaway, so some additional preparation seemed recommended. Training sessions on clay are a good practice, but official matches are quite the real thing.”

“I might have to play a match without much training on clay, but that’s not really an issue. In the past I always played very spontaneously then. Also, I don’t really change my game on another type of court,” says Clijsters.

‘Currently world´s number 16, she got the first place of the ranking on 2003 and, given her progression she has had since her comeback, everything seems to point out she will be a huge rival to beat,’ the tournament’s official website writes.

The tournament takes place in Club de Tenis Puente Romano and all matches will be played in clay courts.