BRIAN LYNCH - CLIJSTERS TO MARRY BASKETBALL STAR

Tennis star KIM CLIJSTERS will marry American basketball player BRIAN LYNCH after next year's (07) Wimbledon Championships. The Belgian former world number one began dating Lynch - who plays for Belgian side Bree - early last year (05), just months after she was jilted by Australian champ LLEYTON HEWITT, who is now married to actress REBECCA CARTWRIGHT. Clijsters, 23, has also confirmed she will retire from tennis next year (07) - before she marries Lynch - after suffering a series of injuries. She says, "I will play Wimbledon for sure."