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Sunday, 26 February 2006 |
Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Maria Sharapova to take Dubai Open title
Justine Henin-Hardenne repeated her Australian Open semi-final win over
Maria Sharapova to secure her second title this year at the Dubai Open.
Both tennis players dropped just two points on their serve in the first
six games, but Maria Sharapova broke at the net to take her into the
lead 5-3 but the Russian star was denied the set because Justine
Henin-Hardenne, 23, fired a succession of winners to take four straight
games.
Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne stepped up the pace again in the second
and broke 18-year-old Maria Sharpova twice to close out a 7-5 6-2
victory.
The victory was Justine Henin-Hardenne's third title in Dubai and has
extended her unbeaten run at the tournament to 12 matches, and follows
afrer her win in Sydney earlier this year.
And Justine Henin-Hardenne explained she had to get over a number of injuries to clench her win.
"I felt very tired at the end because I have had stomach, knee and shoulder problems this week," said Justine Henin-Hardenne.
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