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Archive for the ‘Justine Henin’ Category

May 8th, 2008

German Open: Henin Toppled by Safina

Her hope of using the German Open to get ready for the French didn’t materialize for Justine Henin after Dinara Safina used three sets to send Henin packing in the third round.
Henin had been to the last six German Open finals and won three of them. Two of those victories preluded her first two French […]

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May 5th, 2008

Justine Henin Thinking Retirement

That’s kind of a scary title, isn’t it? Justine Henin has been one of my favorite players on the women’s tour for a long time. To hear Henin is ruminating retirement gave me pause. Seriously? How could she? Now I’ll have to pick a new favorite women’s player!
Thankfully for all of us Henin fans, it […]

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April 10th, 2008

Henin Withdraws from Family Circle Cup

Apparently the injury bug has hit the tour. After Venus Williams withdrew from the Family Circle Cup yesterday, Justine Henin announced she won’t be competing in next week’s competition either.
Henin’s website cited a right knee as the problem and thought it too sore to compete in Charleston.
No big deal. It’s just their job. Maybe […]

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April 1st, 2008

Serena Downs Henin

Competition is truckin’ along down in Miami, and the biggest news so far today is Serena Williams’ upset of Justine Henin. Williams dominated the world number one. And when I say dominated, I mean - well - dominated. 6-2, 6-0 - game, set, match Williams.
I didn’t get to see the match, but it doesn’t sound […]

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March 25th, 2008

Henin to open academy

Even though Justine Henin is the world number one, it hasn’t limited her in branching out and finding ways to apply her love to tennis to more than just demolishing opponents.
Henin plans to open the 6th Sense Tennis Academy at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-In-The-Hills. She and her coach of 12 years, Carlos […]

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February 29th, 2008

Henin Loses in Dubai

There’s nothing quite so refreshing as writing a blurb about tennis with your neighbor’s bass shaking your house…someday I’m going to stick it to those f-ers and I’m not going to feel one bit of remorse.
On a different note but equally sad and depressing is the loss of Justine Henin in the quarterfinals at Dubai. […]

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February 20th, 2008

Tennis Sweeps Tops Athlete Awards

The sport of tennis stood up and forced the world to recognize it at the Laureus world sports awards event in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Roger Federer won his fourth straight world sportsman of the year trophy, and Justine Henin was named world sportswoman of the year for the first time.
Henin equalled a 10-year-old record when she […]

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January 29th, 2008

The World Tennis Rankings

I think rankings can really get in the way sometimes. As a player, if you get too caught up in where you sit in the top 10 - or the fact that you’re sitting outside the top 10 - it can take your focus off of where it really needs to be.
After the Australian Open, […]

By Erica -- 1 comment

January 27th, 2008

Australian Open 2008: The Top 10 Moments

The chips are in and the cards are down. The fortnight at the Australian Open is a closed book, but there are 10 moments from Down Under that were pretty special.
10. No Americans at the Australian Open past the quarterfinals.
I should take that back. There was one American who lost in the semifinals and that […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Sharapova Routs Henin in Australian Open Quarters

I may not like Maria Sharapova too much, but I’m not a complete jerk and I’ll give credit where credit is due. Sharapova rolled No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in a dominant 6-4, 6-0 show.
Beating the world’s No. 1 is no easy task, and Sharapova made it look like […]

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