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Belgian Justine Henin to Announce Return to Womens Tennis

October 13th, 2009

Former top-ranked player Justine Henin will announce her return to competitive tennis Tuesday, according to two top Belgian newspapers.
La Derniere Heure and Le Soir reported the comeback Monday
Her spokeswoman did not return phone calls and Henin’s Web site had no comment on the rumors.
Last year, Henin shocked the tennis world by announcing her retirement while still ranked No. 1.
As recently as May, she complained that the sport had left her with so many physical ailments that a return was unthinkable.
Henin, a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, has begun training again, but has refused to comment on plans for a possible return over the past month.
At 27, it would certainly not be too late for a comeback, as compatriot Kim Clijsters proved when she won the U.S. Open earlier this month.

Justine Henin

Justine Henin

Having played barely a month on the tour after 2 1/2 years in retirement, Clijsters won the last Grand Slam of the season, beating both Venus and Serena Williams on the way to the final.
After Clijsters’ victory, Henin praised her performance on her Web site.
“What you have come to achieve there is incredible,” wrote Henin. “I very warmly congratulate you on your magnificent victory.“

Belgian Justine Henin to Announce Return to Womens Tennis

September 29th, 2009

Former top-ranked player Justine Henin will announce her return to competitive tennis Tuesday, according to two top Belgian newspapers.
La Derniere Heure and Le Soir reported the comeback Monday
Her spokeswoman did not return phone calls and Henin’s Web site had no comment on the rumors.
Last year, Henin shocked the tennis world by announcing her retirement while still ranked No. 1.
As recently as May, she complained that the sport had left her with so many physical ailments that a return was unthinkable.
Henin, a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, has begun training again, but has refused to comment on plans for a possible return over the past month.
At 27, it would certainly not be too late for a comeback, as compatriot Kim Clijsters proved when she won the U.S. Open earlier this month.

Justine Henin

Justine Henin

Having played barely a month on the tour after 2 1/2 years in retirement, Clijsters won the last Grand Slam of the season, beating both Venus and Serena Williams on the way to the final.
After Clijsters’ victory, Henin praised her performance on her Web site.
“What you have come to achieve there is incredible,” wrote Henin. “I very warmly congratulate you on your magnificent victory.”

Serena Williams the one to beat in New York

August 29th, 2009

It’s hard to pick a clear winner for the US Open but you can’t really bet against Serena Williams when it comes to the Grand Slams, she has this knack of turning it on for the big events.
She hasn’t actually performed very well since Wimbledon, I’ve watched some of her matches and she’s lacked a bit of intensity and lost to players you wouldn’t expect, but I’m sure when it comes to a Grand Slam she’ll be very focused and turn it on.
But I do think the women’s draw at the US Open is so open, it’s really up for grabs.
It will be interesting to see how Kim Clijsters does having had two years out of the game. She’s made a pretty good comeback. In Cincinnati and Toronto she proved to everyone she can play well but I’m not sure she can go all the way.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams

It would be a great story if she did win the US Open but physically I wonder if she can play seven matches at that kind of level.
Maria Sharapova has been playing a bit better, she made the final in Toronto although looked a bit tired by the end, but now she’s got her ranking back up and is seeded 29th. I think she’ll do well but, again, seven matches is a lot.
In Toronto she scraped through a few matches and when she lost the first set against Elena Dementieva in the final she called on her coach and said her arm was getting tired. I do wonder how she will cope but it depends how she does early on. If she can win her early rounds comfortably then she can save a bit of energy.
Dinara Safina deserves her number one ranking because she’s been the most consistent player on every surface over the last year.
She’s a tough opponent but she can be up and down, and I’m not too sure that on the hard courts she’s as effective as on a clay court. I’m sure she’ll do well, but winning it – I’m not too sure.
Like her sister, Venus Williams also hasn’t performed so well since Wimbledon and obviously grass is her best surface.
On hard courts she’s had some shocking losses – the other week it was against Kateryna Bondarenko, and these are players she should be beating comfortably.

Svetlana Kuznetsova seized chance, but women’s game still seeks superstar

It took Svetlana Kuznetsova just 74 minutes to clinch the women’s French Open title on Saturday, but this was a triumph that was more than a year in the making.
The Russian seventh seed blew away world No.1 Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier to secure a triumph that owes everything to her own intuition and desire to battle for her career.
Though Kuznetsova is still just 23, her life has been built around tennis. Over the past year, there were several occasions on which she contemplated walking away from a game that had steadily become a chore to her.
In the end, she had the courage to seek advice, never an easy task in the egocentric world of tennis, from those she respected. Those impromptu counselors included Roger Federer and even Safina’s brother, Marat Safin, who gave her a pep talk before the 2008 French Open.
The chat with Safin led to the abandonment, at least temporarily, of retirement plans. The discussion with Federer at the Beijing Olympic Games resulted in a move back to Russia, the homeland she left as a 13-year-old to pursue training opportunities in Spain.
Kuznetsova’s game has not directly improved since her return to Moscow, but her mindset has. Indeed, she is believed to spend less time on the practice court now, and a greater portion of her life socializing with friends.
It appears, however, that it was that newfound sense of inner calm which gave her the mental strength to fight past Serena Williams in a nerve-jangling semifinal and to surge away from a nervous Safina on Saturday.
Women’s tennis is still looking for one superstar to break clear of the pack and establish herself as the undisputed leader of the sport. Safina had a chance to move some way toward that mark at Roland Garros, but she fluffed her lines when it really mattered after putting together an outstanding tournament. Kuznetsova probably lacks the all-round consistency and weapons to get to No.1, but she is a deserving and worthy champion.
Once again, the women’s game has proven itself wide open, and Kuznetsova had the fortitude to grasp an opportunity where others faltered.

source: sports.yahoo.com Svetlana Kuznetsova

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