World No.1 Justine Henin has become the first woman to book her spot in the
quarter finals, hammering Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Su-Wei 6-2 6-2.
Henin, the 2004 champion, was not at her very best, but packed enough power
to book a spot in the final eight in 74 minutes. The defeat ends the brave run
of Hsieh, who won through three rounds of qualifying and three rounds of the
tournament proper. It is her career-best effort at a Grand Slam.
After an early exchange of breaks, Henin grabbed another in the fifth game of
the first set, and then another in the seventh, racing away to a one-set
advantage after 35 minutes.
The second set wasn't as one-sided. After breaking the world No.158 in the
first game, Henin then struggled to hold her own serve in the second.
She eventually maintained her advantage and then raced to a 5-0 lead with two
more breaks. Serving for the match, Henin had two match points, but Hsieh's
tenacity won out as she took a break back. The underdog then held serve for
the first time in the set and had two break points on Henin in the next game.
However, Henin had all the answers, setting up a third match point with a
winner before a Hsieh error handed her the match. Henin's next opponent will be
either No.5 seed Maria Sharapova or No.11 seed Elena Dementieva.
附上Henin interview問答
Q. What was it like playing someone you knew very little about?
JUSTINE HENIN: It's always tough. She had a really strange game.
Never knew what to expect. So I think she played a very good tournament
and she started the match with a lot of confidence. I did what I had to do.
I played solid, consistent.
That was good enough today.
Q. Where does she have to improve to continue on?
JUSTINE HENIN: Well, you know, she's young. It's always the experience,
to play the kind of match at this level, that brings a lot of things.
But she improved a lot and I'm sure she learned a lot of things in this
tournament.
Q. Do you think we'll be seeing more players hitting double from both side?
JUSTINE HENIN: Players from Asia, they all play the same way. Very talented,
good hands, like Seles had in the past. I think we're going to see this kind
of game more often probably in the future. With Beijing this year, the
Olympic game, they're all coming pretty strong, so it's interesting.
Q. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of that style?
JUSTINE HENIN: Well, they can find great angles. In defense, they can really
have a very good defense with a lot of angles. So it's better to play pretty
fast, in the middle, don't give them a lot of space. They don't like it that
much.
Q. What are the disadvantages? Their reach or movement?
JUSTINE HENIN: Yeah, when you play fast and long, you know, they don't have
too much time to change their hands, the grip. That's not an advantage I think
at that time.
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