Henin reaches first Miami final

Henin reclaimed the world number one spot last week Second seed Henin, who has lost just one of her 16 matches this season, won the first set in 33 minutes.The Belgian then broke the ninth seed at the start of the second set and went on to secure a comfortable win.In Saturday’s final, Henin will play either three-time champion Serena Williams or 14th seed Shahar Peer.Henin had never previously been beyond the quarter-finals at the event and admitted she had expected a stiffer test in the last four.


Justine Henin “It was an easier match than I was expecting,” she said.”I was just happy to do my job, it was very clean. I had asolution to every ball she was hitting today.2Henin came to Miami in top form after back-to-back victories in Dubai and Doha.But the 24-year-old, who missed the start of the 2007 season to deal with the breakdown of her marriage, feels there is still more to come. “I still emotionally have to find a balance,” she said. “The beginning of the season has been fantastic Ihope I can keep it going until the end. “I just try to move forward. You can take something positivefrom anything in your life and that’s what I am trying to do.”

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