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Henin ousted by Schiavone in Dubai


By Barry Wood

DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin's 17-match winning
streak at the Dubai Championships ended on Thursday when she was defeated
7-6 7-6 by unseeded Italian Francesca Schiavone in the quarter-finals.

The Belgian top seed made an unusual number of unforced errors as the feisty
Italian ran her opponent all over the court and chased every ball.

“She played well but I didn't take the opportunities and wasn't brave enough.
She was better than me, as simple as that,” four-time Dubai champion Henin
told reporters.

Henin said she felt tired after taking three hours to defeat Katarina Srebotnik
on Wednesday, so the last thing she wanted was to face an opponent with the
terrier-like qualities of Schiavone. The Italian rallied superbly and executed
some astonishing shots on the run.

Henin held just one break point in the first set, at 2-2, but made a forehand
error. That proved to be expensive, as she was unable to earn another
opportunity and then played a dismal tiebreak, losing it 7-3.

Schiavone then broke to lead 3-2 in the second set by forcing a backhand error,
and as Henin continued to struggle the Italian broke again, at love, to lead
5-2.

Schiavone then twice failed to serve out the match, despite holding a match
point at 5-4. But Henin once more played a poor tiebreak, losing the last four
points as Schiavone took it 7-4.

“I'm not feeling at my best level, that's for sure,” said Henin. “I didn't
go for the winners. I was playing not to lose the point instead of trying to
win a lot of points. That makes a big difference. I had my chances to come back
in the second set but I was too short.

“Especially in the tiebreaks I didn't play well at all, and she came to the
net and I didn't and that made a big difference. Every short ball she was in
and I didn't do the same, and that really paid off for her.”

Schiavone believed she wasn't aggressive enough when leading 5-2.

“At that moment I didn't push hard enough and she kept going because she's so
strong,” said Schiavone, whose only previous win over a world number one came
against Amelie Mauresmo in the Fed Cup.

“Every point you have to beat her. It’s like every point is match point. So
at the end when I was in the tiebreak I said you push now or you go home, so
it's better that you push now. And I did it.

“To beat Justine you have to play very good, at a high level, and I did today.
I think for me it is my best win. Maybe she missed some balls, but personally
I think I didn’t give the possibility and the chance to come up and come up
like she does every time.”

(Editing by Justin Palmer)




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Justine Henin loses to Francesca Schiavone in quarterfinals
at Dubai Tennis Championships


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Justine Henin lost in the quarterfinals of
the Dubai Tennis Championships, falling to Francesca Schiavone of Italy
7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) on Thursday.

“She played really well,” Henin said. “She was hitting hard, coming to the
net, slicing … really mixing it up. I had my chances but I did not take them,
whereas she did. She was definitely a better player and deserved to win.”


Schiavone’s previous best finish in Dubai was a quarterfinal loss to Henin
in 2006.

“I have beaten (Amelie) Mauresmo when she was world No. 1 in a Fed Cup match,
but definitely this win against someone like Justine, who always plays at such
a high level, is the biggest win of my career,” Schiavone said.

Henin had won 17 straight matches in Dubai.

Schiavone will play either the third-ranked Ana Ivanovic or eighth-seeded
Elena Dementieva.

The top-ranked Henin, who won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award
last week, earned her 41st career title and first of 2008 this month at the
Diamond Games in her home country of Belgium.

The defending champion in Dubai, however, lost her chance to win the Golden
Slam when she was eliminated in the Australian Open quarterfinals by eventual
champion Maria Sharapova.

After playing in Melbourne, Henin got cortisone treatment on her right knee.







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看到上面的新聞有感而發, 寫得有點多,請見諒



Schiavone感覺是個很努力的球員
有實力,但總缺少些什麼
看到她今天打得那麼出色、擊敗Ju
並且她自稱這場比賽是她職業生涯最重大的一場勝利
真的為她高興,她的努力終於有所收穫
這種精神是很讓人感動的,恭喜她



但相反的,另一方面,身為Ju的球迷,又可能不會那麼高興了

不僅是這場失利,而是因為..她今年目前為止真的打的滿掙扎的

或許從戰績上看,還不錯呀,兩個tier II冠軍,兩個八強,還交代的過去

但從比賽內容,真的感覺Ju陷在低潮
(有看Ju今年大部分比賽的球迷,應該知道我指的是什麼吧)

戰績還OK,我想純粹是Ju的差表現仍比一些選手的好表現稍好吧 orz

從年初Sydney.AO到Antwerp,表現像溜滑梯
(尤其是Antwerp,真的是有夠爛,還好對手等級、實力差太多)

本來以為Dubai情況會有所改善

因為,Dubai在Ju心中佔很重的份量,她曾多次表示她非常喜歡Dubai的賽事

並且和RG一樣,是JU"唯二"(印象中)說過感覺像在家的賽事

而且她在上星期四就早早飛去Dubai做準備了 (她現在可是很少為了賽事早早去當地準備)

她也透露自己為了Dubai,比平常額外做了很多準備工作

而且她也說在注射膝蓋cortisone之後,現在膝蓋已經不疼了

種種跡象都表示,情況應該會好轉

嗯~~或許,至少比Antwerp時好多了 (現在以Antwerp做標準,很難表現的更差了吧 囧)

但仍然沒有達到她平常的水準

我並非說"最好的狀態",而是"平常的水準" (我沒那麼吹毛求疵:P)

不可否認的,Ju這兩場的對手,發揮得極好

但對手的發揮,某種程度仍是取決於Ju的發揮

比如今天的正拍吧,實在很不穩定,失誤多,關鍵分的把握也不夠

更甚的是,輸了第一盤後,落後時刻的急躁不穩定又表現出來

雖然之後利用對手面對盤末手軟的機會,成功連拿4局扳回

但搶七又軟掉了,(連上面的新聞都用dismal.poor來形容Ju在搶七中的表現 orz)

連輸三個搶七,絕不是個好現象,也不是不幸運能帶過的

(BTW,她今年為止打了4個搶七,全部都輸掉@@)

輸了球是一回事,但為何會輸球,輸球的狀態才是該檢討的



從上面新聞中Ju的訪談及比賽內容,我試著得出幾個重點：

1.不夠勇敢-信心不足,越打越保守
2.現在打球是為了不輸球,而非為了贏球-心態不夠積極
3.進攻不夠積極、正拍遜掉、UE過多、把握機會能力不足


1.2是態度、心理的問題, 3.是技術性

技術性的問題較容易解決,因為依Ju正常水準,她顯然做的到

但1.2的話,根據我的印象,這幾年幾個她比較出名的失利,她自己都會提到這問題

而且是賽後就馬上提到了,想必她也很清楚問題所在

但...怎麼不在比賽中就改善呢? orz

賽後"馬上"提到缺點,但比賽中卻沒輒,實在滿囧的



綜合她"今年"自己說過的：

1.她現在在場上打球不快樂 - 壓力? 心理疲勞? 沒動力?
2.不夠勇敢,信心不足 - 似乎是老問題,三不五時出來搗亂一下
3.沒有足夠時間消化去年發生的事


.....我個人覺得她需要放個假了, 好好休息、沈澱一下

或許去年發生的一切：離婚、和家人復合、下半賽季的不敗

對她來說心理上都是個衝擊,她的確需要時間好好的消化、思考

(關於不敗,對很多人可能是信心的來源,對我們家Ju就可能是壓力,這就是她:P)



距離Miami還有一個月,還有時間可以準備

但我真心希望Ju是真的覺得有動力想打球、準備好了再出賽

為自己打球, 不為別人

不然我寧可她放掉Miami,放個一、二個月的假,再直接好好準備紅土的賽事

希望到時候她能夠真的準備好了,並且重新在紅土這塊她最喜歡的場地上找回信心

Ju向來有個慣性,如果休息久一點,她復出打球通常都能取得很好的成績

我想那就是動力吧,想贏球,以及她想念打球的滋味

相反的,現在在球場上的Ju,沒有贏球的動力,感覺只有壓力,難怪她不快樂

她不快樂,球迷也很難快樂的起來呀

身為球迷,固然希望她贏球

但更重要的是,希望她健康快樂的打球,找回最初喜愛網球的感覺




最後還是積極樂觀點

嗯~~在Dubai表現比之前三項賽事好,尤其是Antwerp,只是還不夠

畢竟現在其他球員知道Ju在低潮,都會想磨刀霍霍吧 (像今天的Schiavone一樣)

但是至少有提升了,所以事情還不太壞 (接下來就是觀察期了)

希望這只是Ju暫時的低潮期

最主要還是希望Ju能休息夠了重新整理好,有想贏球的動力再出發

所以加油吧 ~

(還有就是大家可以不用熬夜了 orz)

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