Tennis
Henin through to Brisbane final
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-08 11:08
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 Belgium's Justine Henin celebrates defeating Serbia's Ana Ivanovic at the Brisbane International tennis tournament January 8, 2010. [Agencies] |
SYDNEY: Belgium's Justine Henin crushed Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-3 6-2 on Friday to advance to the final of the Brisbane International in her first tournament since coming out of retirement.
The former world number one needed just 66 minutes to defeat Ivanovic in a surprisingly one-sided match on the Pat Rafter centre court.
Playing her fourth match in five days after 20 months away from the game, a ruthless Henin showed no signs of weariness in an ominous sign of her intentions for this month's Australian Open.
The 27-year-old will face either US Open champion Kim Clijsters or Germany's Andrea Petkovic in Saturday's final.
