Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Australian Open - Henin, Sharapova

Henin, Sharapova win to set up quarterfinal showdown at the Australian Open. Now comes the hard part. Justine Henin will put her 32 match winning streak on the line against Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open quarterfinals. This is their first meeting since the season ending championship final in Madrid. The top ranked Menin had another straight-set win over an unseeded player, routing Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei 6-2,6-2, in the fourth round Sunday when two-set victories dominated after an extra long Day 6. Sharapova pounded fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 6-2,6-0, breaking the 11th ranked player in six of her seven service games, including one at love to finish off the match in 62 minutes. She says she has always loved tough games against her.

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