MIAMI 07 - Ruling Class - 網球

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MIAMI 07 - Ruling Class
30/03/2007:

Justine has made her first career Miami finals with a 6-2 6-3 defeat over
Anna Chakvetadze in 1 hour and 11 minutes. The Belgian tennis queen will head
into the Sony Ericsson Open finish line with a win/loss record of 15-1 for
the season out of only four tournaments played, it will also be Justine's
third consecutive final. The big finale will be played this Saturday from 12
noon against Serena Williams.

"I just try to move forward. You can take something positive from anything in
your life and that's what I am trying to do. It was an easier match than I
was expecting. I was just happy to do my job, it was very clean. I had a
solution to every ball she was hitting today." - Justine

Finding courage in less than ideal scenarios has always been Justine's modus
operandi, and she used the 1-5 third set deficit in her 3rd round match with
Razzano to ignite flames for tennis this week in Miami.

Justine faced young rising talent Anna Chakevetadze (Wta #11), already a
holder of a Tier 1 title, but ruling class reigned over upstart in the
semi-final. Chakevatadze couldn't match the standard that the World #1
expected her to follow as the occassion required. Justine won the first set
with ease 6-2 in 33 minutes.

The second set was more of the same as Justine outclassed Anna, whom seem to
have lost conviction, to a quick 5-1, but the Russian held brightly to show
skills for 5-3. Justine converted her third match point for the win at 6-3 in
38 minutes.


Final score: 6-2 6-3 in 1 hr 11 min


"I'm not in the past anymore. And the fact is that I try to enjoy every
moment. I'm trying not to project myself too far in the future and forget a
little bit of what happened in the past. I just feel lucky to do what I love
so much. I feel very happy about that. I could come back in tough matches,
and even when I was younger not a lot of people believed I could become a
great tennis player. I proved a lot of things to those people but also to
myself. I love tennis so much because it brings me a lot of emotions." -JH

This Saturday one of the most anticipated and talked about match-ups from the
world of tennis, a bout that has boiled four years; Justine's rematch against
Serena Williams will happen. They last played each other in the summer of
2003 in back to back grand slams, with Justine taking the semi-final at
Roland Garros, and Serena winning the semi at Wimbledon. Alot has changed
between them, but the excitement that these two tennis greats bring on court
with diverse styles will never cease to amaze.

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BRAVO JUSTINE!

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