In watching Kim Clijsters all tournament long, she never got in a comfort zone.

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	Shriver Former WTA Tour pro Pam Shriver is providing ESPN.com with in-depth analysis throughout the French Open. Shriver, a tennis analyst for ESPN, was ranked as high as No. 3 in singles play. She won 21 singles and 112 doubles titles, including 22 Grand Slams.

She was digging her way out of trouble from the very beginning of this tournament. She never got comfortable. A lot of it had to do with her success here last year when she reached the final. She's never come back to a place after having that kind of success. She desperately wanted to find that same magic and same form, but it just wasn't there.

Her first-round opponent, Tatiana Poutchek isn't a great player. In the second round, Eleni Daniilidou, who can play well, tested Clijsters. So, she didn't come in feeling confident, and she wasn't building any either. It was like her confidence was getting worse instead of improving. That happens sometimes when you're not feeling good even though you're winning.

Clijsters didn't know much about Argentina's Clarisa Fernandez, who defeated her 6-4, 6-0 on Friday. Left-handers are difficult to play. But for Clijsters to lose it 6-0, you have to question whether she was mentally fried after all those tough sets earlier in the tournament. She's had a lot of injuries since this year's Australian Open. She just had nothing left to give.

That section of the bottom half of the draw was always the one you wanted to be in anyway. Now, Amelie Mauresmo of France is the highest-ranked player in that section. Olympic silver medalist Elena Dementieva is obviously a good player. But this is an opportunity for Mauresmo. She's one of the crowd favorites for the French. After being touted as a favorite last year, she dropped out in the first round, so Mauresmo should benefit from the big break of not having Clijsters or Sandrine Testud, who lost in the first round, in her way.

Venus Williams is in the tougher section of the bottom half of the draw. Right now, Clijsters losing isn't even on her radar screen. Williams checks on where her sister Serena is in the draw and her next match. Otherwise she's aware that in her section Monica Seles and Chanda Rubin are playing well and Daniela Hantuchova is a force to be reckoned with. But Williams does a good job of just looking ahead to her next opponent.