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Gamewatch: Henin-Hardenne v Davenport
All the action from Melbourne as Justine Henin-Hardenne takes on Lindsay Davenport in an enthralling match-up.
Game-by-game updates:
Third set
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 9-7 Davenport However, Davenport fights off the first with a brave forehand and saves the second with an ace. But she cannot repeat the trick and Henin-Hardenne clinches her first-ever victory against the American former champion.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 8-7 Davenport She returns to action after an injury time out and hits an ace. However, Davenport forces a break point and Henin-Hardenne has to pull out all the stops to save it. A couple of fine shots later and Davenport once again has to serve to stay in the match.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 7-7 Davenport Henin-Hardenne narrowly misses with an attempted winner, before her American rival seals the game.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 7-6 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 6-6 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 6-5 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 5-5 Davenport Henin-Hardenne comes back from the brink to level again.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 4-5 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 4-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 3-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 2-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 1-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 1-3 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 1-2 Davenport Henin-Hardenne calls for the trainer. She appears to have a foot injury.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 1-1 DavenportDavenport is visibly more confident now and the weight of her groundstrokes earns her a quick reply.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 1-0 Davenport
Second set
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-7 Davenport A powerful smash gives her set point but Henin saves it with a fine backhand. Davenport forces another with some powerful hitting from the back of the court and Henin-Hardenne sends a backhand wide to give Davenport the second set.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-6 Davenport The Belgian promptly miss-times a forehand and hands Davenport the chance to serve for the match.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-5 Davenport Howeve, the game goes to a series of deuces and Davenport holds to stay in the match.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 5-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 4-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 4-3 Davenport After fighting off break points in the previous game that would have seen her trailling 5-1, Davenport breaks Henin-Hardenne to put doubt in the Belgian's mind.
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 4-2 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 4-1 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 3-1 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 3-0 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 2-0 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 1-0 Davenport
First set
Henin-Hardenne 7-5 Davenport Davenport then nets a volley to hand the Belgian another set point and the American follows up with another error to give Henin-Hardenne the first set.
Henin-Hardenne 6-5 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 5-5 Davenport However, Davenport saves it with an ace down the middle and goes on to hold her serve.
Henin-Hardenne 5-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 4-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 3-4 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 3-3 Davenport But Henin-Hardenne comes up with a couple of sparkling passing shots as she breaks back once again.
Henin-Hardenne 2-3 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 2-2 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 1-2 Davenport However, she finds herself break-point down and dumps a backhand in the net to give Davenport an early advantage.
Henin-Hardenne 1-1 Davenport
Henin-Hardenne 1-0 Davenport The Belgian fights back to hold, but the early signs point to this being a high quality affair. |
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