By Tennis Guru on Jan 27, 2011 in Australian Open, Featured, Grand Slam, Justine Henin, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Source: WTATour.com Justine Henin has announced her retirement from professional tennis due to an elbow injury. A seven-time Grand Slam champion, Henin retired from the sport for the first time in May 2008, the first player in WTA history to do so while ranked No.1. The Belgian made a successful comeback at the start of [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jun 1, 2010 in French Open, Justine Henin | 0 Comments
Watch French Open / Roland Garros 2010 Live Online Video Stream HERE Q. Your first defeat here for six years. How big a disappointment is it for you for that run to end today? JUSTINE HENIN: Well, of course it is disappointing. I mean, never easy to lose, and especially in this kind of situation. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 30, 2010 in Australian Open, Featured, Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Tennis News | 3 Comments
World number one Serena Williams successfully defended her Australian Open title on Saturday after she defeated returning former top-ranked player Justine Henin of Belgium 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. The win means that Williams has just tied Billie Jean King with 12th Grand Slam singles championship overall. This is also the American’s fifth Australian Open title. “Billie, [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 28, 2010 in Australian Open, Justine Henin, Serena Williams, watch online tennis | 0 Comments
They won their semifinal matches in contrasting fashion. Serena Williams fought off China’s Li Na in the semifinals in two tiebreaks 76 76 while Justine Henin only lost one game on her semifinal victory against Jie Zheng – also from China. Despite this fact, the upcoming final match between these two multiple Grand Slam winners [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 28, 2010 in Australian Open, Featured, Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
The women’s semi-final line-up in the 2010 Australian Open is a slightly unusual one. It is no surprise to see world number one and four-time winner Serena Williams in the last four, but it is unusual for the other semi finalists to be made up of a wild card, a non-seed and the 16th seed. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 28, 2010 in Australian Open, Justine Henin, watch online tennis | 0 Comments
Former world number one Justine Henin seemed to have made the right decision of making a comeback in the women’s tennis circuit since she still has what it takes to win at the big stages. This time, she made it through to the semifinals of this year’s Australian Open, her first Slam event since she [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 26, 2010 in Australian Open, Elena Dementieva, Featured, Justine Henin, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Justine Henin advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open after the former world number one dispatched Nadia Petrova of Russia 76 75 in a tight quarterfinal match. The Belgian returned from a 20-month long retirement and has produced great results since her comeback. She finished runner up at a warmup tournament. The Australian Open [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 20, 2010 in Australian Open, Elena Dementieva, Featured, Justine Henin, tennis results | 0 Comments
High quality tennis is expected to take place tonight as fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva faces returning former world number one Justine Henin in the second round of competitions in this year’s Australian Open. Dementieva easily ousted compatriot Vera Dushevina 62 61 on Monday. Henin, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, returned to competitive tennis two weeks ago [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 12, 2010 in Australian Open, Featured, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
There are three nations with at least two players in the top 16 of the WTA rankings. Most tennis fans will be aware that Russia and the US are well represented, but the fact that Belgium, with Kim Clijsters and Yanina Wickmayer, has two players in this list is probably not as well known. Soon [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 10, 2010 in Justine Henin, Sydney International, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Returning former world number one Justine Henin injured her left leg in the final of the Brisbane International this weekend, prompting her to skip next week’s Sydney International to fully rest and prepare for the Australian Open. Henin lost an epic final match against compatriot Kim Clijsters in Brisbane. However, she stated that the leg [...]
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