Unseeded Belgian and former world number one Kim Clijsters beat ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-3 and snatched the US Open women’s singles title.

Emerging only last month from a two-year retirement, during which she got married and had a child, the win on Sunday capped a stunning run for Clijsters. The 26-year-old becomes the first mother to win a Grand Slam since 1980 when Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon.

Clijsters took the first set that saw her take a 2-0 lead in the beginning before Wozniacki, in her first Grand Slam final, took the next four games to go 4-2. The two evened at 4-4, Wozniacki clawed back from a 0-40 deficit to win the next game only to lose the next three and the set to Clijsters. The match lasted an hour and 33 minutes.

Clijsters’ breakthrough in the second set came after breaking Wozniacki to lead 4-2 and take the next game. Although Wozniacki would win one more game at serve, Clijsters would serve for the win, and with the smash of a lob over the net, her triumphant comeback was complete.

After beating third seed American Venus Williams in the 4th round, 18th seed Li Na of China in the quarterfinals, and second seed American Serena Williams in the semifinals, Clijsters, who won the US Open in 2005, secured her place in the final.

(via CNN)