Clijsters out for four weeks due to hip injury

 　　BRUSSELS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters will be sidelined for at least four weeks after tearing a hip¹ muscle, her agent said in a statement on Wednesday.

　　"Kim has got an excess of fluid in her right hip joint², which turned out to be a deep muscle tear in her hip," the statement said.

　　The former world number one lost to her compatriot Yanina Wickmayer in the last 16 of the WTA tournament in Miami, Florida.

　　"The pain got worse during the match, making it more difficult for her to move," the statement added.

　　Clijsters, 28, expects to return to competition in the clay court tournament in Madrid, which starts on May 4.

1 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。