INDIAN WELLS: Justine in Orbit - 網球

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INDIAN WELLS: Justine in Orbit
15/03/2006:

On day 7 of the Pacific Life Open stars struggled, and a few even fell; but
Justine shined brightly in her first night session match of the tournament.
She defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-2 6-1 in 71 minutes. The world's greatest
one-handed backhand player will now face Argentine Gisela Dulko in the
quarterfinals to be played on Thursday.

It's been more than two year's since Justine played Ai, but the spirited 30
year old Japanese, who's reputation is based on her superb footwork, was out
played by the bigger hitting #1 seed on Tuesday night. Sugiyama came into
this 4th round match with confidence since picking up good form in Doha last
week, and knowing that she was the victor in their previous meeting. She was
also one of the few to defeat Justine back in 2003. The 4x grand slam
champion used her immaculate passing shots, and out maneuvered Ai in solid
shot variety rallies, despite the Japanese veteran holding her ground, and
not backing off in the court. The Belgian was out to a 4-2 lead quickly, and
finished off the first set 6-2 in 37 minutes.

The scoreline didn't reflect the quality of the games, but second set
featured great rallies as Sugiyama tried to counter attack Justine's flash.
Sugiyama takes the ball very early, and generates pace off opponents, but
double faulted under immense pressure in her service games from a charging
Justine on every single point. Despite Justine losing a bit of focus at a 4-0
lead, which gave a few easy giving advantage points away, the Japanese folded
like origami on serve as the Belgian champ converted her 3rd matchpoint. The
second set went 6-1 in 34 minutes.

Final score: 6-2 6-1 in 1h 11 min

Justine -vs- Gisela Dulko in the quarterfinal
Justine will have one day of rest after playing three days in a row. She will
face Argentina's Gisela Dulko (WTA #29) on Thursday. This will be their first
meeting. We'll have more Justine, and match time details right here at
www.henin-hardenne.be.

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連打三天今天休息一天～下輪對上沒對戰過的Dulko

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