The match, tied in with Belgium’s presidency of the European Union, surpassed the previous record for a crowd at a tennis match – 30,472, set in 1973 in Houston for the 'Battle of the Sexes' between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Clijsters was initially due to play Justine Henin, but when Henin injured her elbow, Williams stepped in. Buoyed by her home crowd, Clijsters won the exhibition match – umpired by Martina Navratilova – 6-3 6-2.