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JUSTINE HENIN JOINS THE ROAD TO BALI
20 Jun 2010 | English, Road To Bali
Unicef Open 2010

One of the greatest players of all time has joined the Road To Bali as Justine Henin swept to the UNICEF Open title in s’Hertogenbosch with a hard-fought 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Germany’s Andrea Petkovic.

It was the fourth grass court title for the Belgian, who made no secret of the fact that the major motivating factor in coming out of retirement is to win the next grass court tournament on the calendar - Wimbledon. That would allow her to join Venus Williams with five grass court titles, the most among active players. By coincidence, her win in s’Hertogenbosch was her 43rd career title, equaling Venus for the most titles among active players.

Justine Henin, UNICEF Open 2010 Single Winner. Photo by Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

It was a really tough match for Henin against the 2009 Bad Gastein champion, and Henin admitted that her mind had already wandered to the All England Club and how she would fare during the tournament there.

"When I was down a break in the second, I don't think many people would have thought I could come back," said Henin. "It's the kind of match you really like to win. Today was harder than my other matches, because I really wanted to win, my mind was already in Wimbledon, and Andrea played a great match. She has a good game for grass - she hits the ball really flat and hard."

The International Series now takes a two week break and returns with two events immediately after Wimbledon, at Bastad in Sweden and Budapest in Hungary where players will continue to compete for a place in the prestigeous Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Only the top eight-ranked players to have won a singles title on the International Series and who are not playing at the WTA Championships in Doha will be eligible to compete in the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, which takes place at the Bali International Convention Centre, The Westin Resort, Nusa Dua from 4th to 7th November.

Comments:
Diani Ferdiono | 06 Sep 2010 01:18 pm
1 - really look forward for your attandance in Bali Justine! :) wish for your success!
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