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Henin-Hardenne comes back to beat Jankovic
NEW YORK -- Justine Henine-Hardenne's opponent was well on her way toward a
huge upset Friday when something curious happened. Jumpy Jelena Jankovic
started arguing with the chair umpire.
And from then on, it was a mismatch.
Henin-Hardenne showed the steady mental and physical approach of a champion
while Jankovic melted down, winning the final 10 games for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
victory that put her into the U.S. Open final.
"I came back from nowhere today," Henin-Hardenne said. "I feel lucky to be in
the final."
Henin-Hardenne became the first woman to reach all four Grand Slam finals in
a year since Martina Hingis in 1997. She did it despite 12 double-faults, all
in the first two sets -- she had just 10 in her first five matches combined.
The second-seeded Belgian overcame her aching back, and now will try for her
sixth major victory Saturday. She'll play the winner of the later semifinal
between No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo and No. 3 Maria Sharapova.
"I hope I have a good recovery. I'll fight 200 percent tomorrow night," she
said.
So distraught over her poor play earlier this year that she almost quit
tennis, the 19th-seeded Jankovic kicked a ball over the net, bounced her
racket and tossed her hair after bad shot.
That was while she was still ahead. Then, she really let herself get
distracted.
Leading 4-2 in the second set and one point from winning the game, she began
yapping at umpire Enric Molina after her first serve was called out.
"Did you see it?" she asked a couple of times.
Molina said yes, telling her, "I'm not going to lie to you."
"I'm not a machine," he added.
Flustered, Jankovic didn't call for an instant-replay challenge and
double-faulted.
After that, it was all Henin-Hardenne.
"I was a bit nervous at the beginning of the match. She did put a lot of
pressure on me. I could feel she had a lot of motivation ... and I wasn't in
a good rhythm," Henin-Hardenne said. "That was the kind of match I would have
lost a year or two years ago."
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