Henin: "Emotional" - 網球

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Justine Henin-Hardenne has revealed that she is extra motivated to win her
first Wimbledon final after losing her first attempt back in 2001. On that
occasion the Belgian lost out in three sets to Venus Williams before
discovering that her grandfather had died that day.

"My first grand slam final here was very special," Henin-Hardenne told reporters
after her 6-4 7-6 defeat of fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters on Thursday.

"I lost my grandfather that day and I hope this year it's going to be different.
It's very emotional for me again.

"It's been five years and that was someone I loved so much and I was very close
to him. So I will have a lot of motivation on Saturday."

Justine's clash with Amelie Mauresmo will be her eighth grand slam final and
gives her a chance to complete a career slam after already winning the
Australian Open, U.S. Open and the French Open on three occasions.


NEW ERA

Since Henin-Hardenne's emergence as a major force in 2001 a lot has happened to
the third seed. Indeed, it could almost be seen as a different era, such was
the domination of the Williams sisters at that time in the women's game.

"It's a long time ago. It seems very far away from now," she told reporters.

"I've improved so much and I grew up a lot and I did great things in my career
already. I was very young then and not mature at all at the time.

"When I lost here 2001, 2002, 2003, it was always against one of the Williams
sisters.

"It was a time in my career when I was very scared about the power of the other
players. I was a bit impressed by these players. I was younger and did not
have much experience.

"It's not the best memory of my career, the final here."

If Justine's performances at SW19 so far this year are anything to go by, she
will be expecting to break her Wimbledon duck on Saturday.



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