Record crowd sees Clijsters beat Serena Williams .

Clijsters hits a return in front of the packed stands in Brussels.

 

A world record tennis crowd watched Kim Clijsters beat Serena Williams 6-3 6-2 in an exhibition match umpired by Martina Navratilova.

The contest at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels was witnessed by a crowd of 35,681.
That surpassed the previous record of 30,472 set in 1973 in Houston for the 'Battle of the Sexes' between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
Belgium's Clijsters was originally due to play compatriot Justine Henin.
But Henin was forced to withdraw after injuring her elbow at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon champion and current world number one Williams agreed to replace Henin despite a foot injury.