Henin: "I dream of winning again" - 網球

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Henin: "I dream of winning again"

Eurosport - 24/5/2006, Ben Harris

Justine Henin-Hardenne told Eurosport that she's ready to win the French Open
for a third time. Last year the petit Belgian emerged victorious from Roland
Garros after a year blighted by injury and illness and her form this season
suggests that the fifth seed is very much one of the players to beat.

"I dream of winning Roland Garros again," said the four-time major winner.

Indeed, this dream could well become a reality for the woman most feared by
the other players on clay with the slow, high bouncing surface suiting
Henin's game down to the ground, giving her plenty of time to unleash her
elegant and deceptively powerful ground-strokes.

"I'm happy to be back on clay," said Justine. Adding: "Clay is the surface
where I get the best results. I feel at my best on clay, it suits my game."

With the Belgian now fully fit and raring to start her assault on a third
title in four years, such confidence in her own game is hardly surprising
despite a tight three set loss to Nadia Petrova, unbeaten on clay this
season, at the final in Berlin.

But Roland Garros seems to be a second home for Henin-Hardenne, and she often
seems to save her best tennis for the second grand slam of the year.

Last year the world number five had been followed by a cloud of injury and
illness for more than a year before embarking on an unbeaten run through the
clay court season of 24 matches, including three tournament wins before the
French Open.

"2004 and 2005 was hard with lots of interruptions," she said. "I've put it
(the bad year) behind me, it's a long time ago now."

All Henin wants to do now, apart from win more tournaments, is: "To finish
the year healthily because last year was horrible."

Follow Justine's progress at Roland Garros LIVE on eurosport.com from Sunday.

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