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Justine Henin factbox

Eurosport - Tue, 22 Sep 07:38:00 2009

Factbox on Belgium's Justine Henin.

* Born June 1, 1982 in Liege, Belgium.

* Turned professional in 1999, and captured 41 singles titles, including
seven grand slams during her career.(澳網 06 法網 03&05-07 美網 03&07)

* Won her debut WTA Tour event in Antwerp.

* Became first Belgian to reach a singles final at Wimbledon in 2001, where
she was beaten by Venus Williams. Went on to become the first Belgian to win
a grand slam title when she overwhelmed compatriot Kim Clijsters to win the
2003 French Open.

* Overcame Clijsters to win her second grand slam title at the US Open in
2003 and then again in the 2004 Australian Open final.

* Won a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics despite being plagued by an
energy-sapping viral illness.

* Won the French Open in 2005 and 2006, only the fifth woman to win
back-to-back Roland Garros titles in the professional era.

* Reached the final of all four grand slam tournaments in 2006, becoming the
first player to achieve such a feat and reach the final of the end-of-season
Championships since Steffi Graf in 1993. (這一年真是盤子大豐收T.T)

* Secured the year-end number one spot on her way to winning her first WTA
Championships in Madrid. (年終賽超好看，還記得是板聚一起看的，獎品是哈雷)

* Began 2007 by missing the Australian Open to deal with the breakdown of her
four-year marriage to Pierre-Yves Hardenne, but went on to win her third
consecutive French Open in May with victory over Ana Ivanovic of Serbia.

* Won grand slam title number seven with victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova for
her second US Open trophy.(這個冠軍彷彿是打了3場決賽才拿到的)

* Ended season by beating Maria Sharapova 5-7 7-5 6-3 in an epic final
lasting three hours and 24 minutes to win her second consecutive WTA
Championships.(跌跌撞撞還是贏了當時傷癒復出的Masha)

* Began the 2008 season with victories in Sydney and Antwerp but was soundly
beaten by Sharapova in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open between
those triumphs. Failed to advance past the quarter-finals of last three
tournaments and withdrew from this week's Italian Open citing fatigue.

* May 14, Still ranked number one in the world, announced her retirement with
immediate effect at a press conference.

* 2009 - September 22 - Poised to announce her comeback to professional tennis

Reuters


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我想大家應該忘了差不多
剛好藉由這篇介紹重溫一下記憶
又有動力看網球了，GO~~

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despite injuries and some tough times,
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