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Justine Henin’s inspired season reached a suitable climax when she successfully defended her title at the tour-ending event, the WTA Championships.

On Wednesday, Serena Williams was forced to withdraw from the Championships with a knee injury and she was very unhappy about that.However, the demolition job Henin did on her replacement (Marion Bartoli) might have changed that sentiment somewhat.

Belgium’s Justine Henin waves after winning her match 6-0, 6-0 against France’s Marion Bartoli in an end-of-season WTA tennis tournament in Madrid.

World No. 1 star Justine Henin won her second round-robin match in two days, while Australian Open champion Serena Williams retired from her opening bout Wednesday at the $3 million Sony Ericsson Championships.

The Championships return to Madrid for the yearly slugfest featuring the eight best players in the world.

Justine Henin’s recipe for success in 2007 consisted of a carefully managed schedule.

Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf are married, so presumably there was lots of love on the court when they played as a mixed doubles team in an exhibition match against Justine Henin and Goran Ivanisevic during …

While many players complain they have to compete in too many tournaments, Justine Henin stays at the top by playing less tennis.

Zurich : While many players complain that they have to compete in too many tournaments, Justine Henin stays at the top by playing less.

Justine Henin claimed her ninth title of the year yesterday when she defeated Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Zurich Open.

It is early 2003. Serena Williams has just completed her Serena Slam and the American tennis fans have rock-solid confidence in Serena’s ability to dominate the WTA tour for the decade to come. Until the infamous 2003 Roland Garros semi-final, that is.

Only 2 more tournaments to go for Justine and this week we will find her in Zurich, Switzerland for the local Tier I tournament.

The WTA released a statement last week saying that Justine Henin will finish 2007 as the number one tennis player in the world.

“If I really offended her by that, I’d apologize on my knees” Dick Enberg really has nothing to be sorry about. But he’ll try to sound as if he is for those who need some closure. via Daily News

“This one is maybe the most important one” Justine Henin with the trophy after defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the US Open final at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. via The Telegraph

“I have no answer. I’m in a little more trouble on grass than I am on hard courts. I’m the kind of girl who needs some rhythm to play good tennis. I don’t find it as easily on grass, but I keep thinking I can do it.” She entered Arthur Ashe Stadium for Saturday […]

“Can you believe what he just said?” After a divorce so messy that it caused her to withdraw from the Australian Open, Justine Henin-Hardenne returned to the 2007 tennis season with a new attitude and a new name: Justine Henin. via Observer.com - All Articles

“The match was much closer than the score, for sure” Psst. The name is Justine Henin. Get to know her.Might just be one of the greatest tennis players ever. Is certainly the undisputed No. 1 at the moment. As of Saturday night, she owns two U.S. Open championships and seven Grand Slam titles overall.So […]

NEW YORK (AP) _ Psst. The name is Justine Henin. Get to know her.
Might just be one of the greatest tennis players ever. Is certainly the undisputed No. 1 at the moment. As of Saturday night, she owns two U.S. Open championships and seven Grand Slam titles overall.
So let’s get that correct. Everybody now: Justine […]

“I really believed I could do it. I’m really proud. It’s not easy to play Serena and Venus. I didn’t believe enough in myself, didn’t trust myself enough in the last few years against them. This year a lot of things changed. I trust myself much more.” It’s been the year of the Big […]

NEW YORK (AP) _ A sullen Serena Williams exited the locker room, her racket bag slung across two shoulders, her U.S. Open over after a third consecutive Grand Slam loss to Justine Henin.
While Williams waited for a courtesy car at the player exit, her mother, who also is her coach, put an arm around her […]

“Isner’s going to be very tall” Novak Djokovic bounced the ball once, twice, 24 times. After nearly five hours of back-and-forth pounding, plus a series of rubdowns and medical treatment, he wanted to get it just right for his final serve. via York News-Times

“Everyone wants to do well here. It’s the last chance in a Grand Slam to do something good” World number ones Roger Federer and Justine Henin will launch their US Open title quests on Monday against qualifiers they have never faced when the year’s last Grand Slam begins. via Raw Story

Former champion Marat Safin survived a tough opening match when he defeated Frank Dancevic 7-5, 7-6 , 7-6 at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. via PR-inside.com

With the US Open starting on Monday, Eurosport’s Sean Fay and Pippa Davis have been trawling through the archives and picked what they consider to be the ten most memorable moments of the Open era. via Eurosport

Before Justine Henin became the world no. 1 in tennis and perhaps the best pound for pound player the women’s game has ever known, before she won three consecutive French Opens and reached the final of all four … via New York Sun

WORLD number one Justin Henin and defending champion Maria Sharapova were drawn onto opposite sides of the US Open here on Wednesday but Henin’s half has fellow 2007 Grand Slam winners Venus and Serena … via The Straits Times

“He’s got pressure on him for the first time” Roger Federer and Andy Roddick, last year’s U.S. Open finalists, could meet earlier in this year’s final Grand Slam of the season with a potential quarterfinal match looming. On the women’s side, top-seeded Justine Henin found herself on the side of the bracket with both […]

NEW YORK (AP) _ Three-time defending champion Roger Federer was seeded No. 1 at the U.S. Open for the fourth consecutive year, and Justine Henin topped the women’s seedings Monday.
Thirteen players who have won Grand Slam titles are among the 32 men and 32 women seeded for the last major tournament of the year.
That includes […]

“From the start here I felt great” Federer Brutalizes Blake for Masters Cincinnati Title American James Blake went from contender to pretender Sunday in the final at the Masters Series-Cincinnati, stomped 6-1, 6-4 by world No. via Tennis Articles