Henin Wins Family Circle Cup_体坛播报
justine henin-hardenne, of belgium, returns to elena dementieva, of russia, sunday, april 17, 2005, during finals of the family circle cup in charleston, s.c. [photo]
former no. 1 justine henin-hardenne showed she’s back in top form sunday, beating second-seeded elena dementieva 7-5, 6-4 to win the family circle cup in her second tournament since returning from illness and injury.
"i won 20 tournaments in my career and this one is very special because it is after such a long, hard time," henin-hardenne said. "it’s been very emotional for me today because i come from something really bad, very bad experience last year."
the belgian, ranked no. 43 in the world, raised her racket high in the air and then pumped her fists after closing out dementieva, ranked no. 5.
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former no. 1 justine henin-hardenne showed she’s back in top form sunday, beating second-seeded elena dementieva 7-5, 6-4 to win the family circle cup in her second tournament since returning from illness and injury.
"i won 20 tournaments in my career and this one is very special because it is after such a long, hard time," henin-hardenne said. "it’s been very emotional for me today because i come from something really bad, very bad experience last year."
the belgian, ranked no. 43 in the world, raised her racket high in the air and then pumped her fists after closing out dementieva, ranked no. 5.
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