Post by Wagasi on Sept 5, 2007 13:17:36 GMT -5
Sloppy stuff from NYT
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Henin had a set point and was serving for the match at 5-4 when Williams’s backhand winner evened the set. Williams yelled, “Come on!” But something was missing.
“She wasn’t herself out there,” said her mother and coach, Oracene Price. “It was a scream, but it wasn’t the right scream. It’s not the one, ‘Oooh, I got it now, I’m coming at you.’ ”
Williams was able to hold off another set point when Henin was serving at 6-5, sending the first set into a tie breaker. But after that, Williams was powerless against Henin, who struck 30 winners to Williams’s 17.
More than those statistics, Henin has earned the respect of a pair of tennis Hall of Famers.
“Justine is one the few players I’d pay to watch,” said Martina Navratilova. Comparing Henin to Roger Federer, the top-ranked men’s player, Navratilova added: “To me, she and Roger are the same type of player, she’s just the women’s version.”
At 5-foot-5 ¾, Henin does not tower over her larger opponents, but finds the torque within her frame.
“Pound for pound, she’s like Rosie Casals when we played or Tracy Austin,” Billie Jean King said as she walked into the stadium for last night’s match.
Even as tennis technology has changed and players have grown larger, Henin has continued to adapt and dominate.
“I start to trust myself much more than in the past because it hasn’t been luck for me,” Henin said. “I don’t have anything to prove except enjoy my tennis on the court and try to stay healthy and enjoy every moment of it.”
For one night, at least, she could.
Who's Liz Robbins?
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New said:
...From the opening game, Henin never stopped attacking. She broke Williams’s serve to begin the match. In the sixth game of the first set, when Williams had two break point chances, Henin swung at a volley that sailed long, then let loose a scream that rattled the stadium.Henin had a set point and was serving for the match at 5-4 when Williams’s backhand winner evened the set. Williams yelled, “Come on!” But something was missing.
“She wasn’t herself out there,” said her mother and coach, Oracene Price. “It was a scream, but it wasn’t the right scream. It’s not the one, ‘Oooh, I got it now, I’m coming at you.’ ”
Williams was able to hold off another set point when Henin was serving at 6-5, sending the first set into a tie breaker. But after that, Williams was powerless against Henin, who struck 30 winners to Williams’s 17.
More than those statistics, Henin has earned the respect of a pair of tennis Hall of Famers.
“Justine is one the few players I’d pay to watch,” said Martina Navratilova. Comparing Henin to Roger Federer, the top-ranked men’s player, Navratilova added: “To me, she and Roger are the same type of player, she’s just the women’s version.”
At 5-foot-5 ¾, Henin does not tower over her larger opponents, but finds the torque within her frame.
“Pound for pound, she’s like Rosie Casals when we played or Tracy Austin,” Billie Jean King said as she walked into the stadium for last night’s match.
Even as tennis technology has changed and players have grown larger, Henin has continued to adapt and dominate.
“I start to trust myself much more than in the past because it hasn’t been luck for me,” Henin said. “I don’t have anything to prove except enjoy my tennis on the court and try to stay healthy and enjoy every moment of it.”
For one night, at least, she could.