US Open Tennis: Henin-Hardenne falls to Petrova and blunders
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NEW YORK The rivalry match at the United States Open fizzled, but the mismatch sizzled. After Lindsay Davenport defeated Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-4, in a match that was ho-hum until the last game, Nadia Petrova
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Top seed Roger Federer and No. 5 Tim Henman both reached the quarterfinals of the US Open yesterday on the back of opponents&#39; injuries.
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Thomas Enqvist ousts No. 13 seed Maret Safin from the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Earlier, Justine Henin-Hardenne, the top-seeded woman, struggles to defeat qualifier Nicole Vaidisova.
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Tim Henman&#39;s hopes of reaching his first grand slam final were ended by Roger Federer at the US Open tonight. It was his sixth defeat in the semi-finals of one of tennis&#39; big four tournaments, and the second
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Serena Williams's game failed her and Justine Henin rose to the occasion in the most anticipated and potentially heated match at the French Open so far.
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Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne scraped through to the third round of the US Open Thursday but her progress was about as smooth as rush-hour traffic in downtown Manhattan.
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Her credentials are impeccable &#151; No. 1 player in the world, winner of the Olympic gold medal. And yet, there were moments Tuesday at the U.S. Open when Justine Henin-Hardenne was in trouble, challenged by a teenager who had never played in a Grand Slam event before.
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Maria Sharapova never doubted herself for a moment. Not in the two-plus years since her breakthrough Wimbledon title. Not after going 0-5 in subsequent Grand Slam semifinals. And certainly not after being broken to lose the second set Friday at the U.S. Open against No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo.
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Russian 11th seed Nadia Petrova suffered a first-round defeat at the French Open for the second successive year when she was dumped out 7-5 5-7 6-0 by Czech Kveta Peschke on Tuesday.
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Second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne won   the battle of the former U.S. Open champions on Wednesday when   she beat Lindsay Davenport 6-4 6-4 to reach the semi-finals in   Flushing Meadows.
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World No. 1 Justine Henin overwhelms two-time U.S. Open champion Serena Williams, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, the third consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal she has beaten Williams.
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Justine Henin rallied to defeat Nicole Vaidisova yesterday, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, and advanced to the final of the Zurich Open today. The top-ranked Henin will play Tatiana Golovin, who defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6-0, 6-4, in the other semifinal.The 15th-ranked Vaidisova did not succumb easily.Henin dropped a set for only the second time since losing in the semifinals at Wimbledon. She also lost a set against Golovin before defeating her in a final in Germany earlier this month.Henin, a winner of 19 consecutive matches, has captured eight titles in 12 tournaments this season.In the final set, Henin broke to lead, 3-2. She converted the first of two break points by drilling a forehand to the baseline that Vaidisova could not return. Trailing by 5-3, Vaidisova saved two match points to hold serve. She then broke the next game.Henin had saved two break points, but she smashed a lazy lob into the net. The following point, Henin angrily threw her racket to the ground after hitting a backhand shot well wide.Henin finally broke for good the next game, putting Vaidisova on the defensive and ending the match with a forehand winner.
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TOP seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium suffered a major shock as she was knocked out of the US Open by Russiaâs Nadia Petrova.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne played in every Grand Slam championship match this year. Now she's in the Fed Cup final, although hardly in the bloom of health.
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Former No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne returned to action for the first time since September, losing an exhibition match to Nathalie Dechy 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday.
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Still in the afterglow, and feeling the aftereffects of her gold-medal victory in Athens last week, Justine Henin-Hardenne began the defence of her US Open title yesterday with a
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Roger Federer, of Switzerland, returns to Fabrice Santoro, of France, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York on Saturday. NEW YORK - Maria Sharapovaâs drive to win another Grand Slam title got dashed