Déjà vu as old foes square up for Aussie title
by Magdalena Rosova
Who will win the Aussie title? The best tennis players Serena Williams and Justine Henin renewed their rivalry. The Australian Open women's single will end with spectacular match. Serena Williams, the defending champion, will meet with Justine Henin, who came back after an 18-month lay off. Henin got to the finale after she had easily swept past Chinese Zheng Jie 6-1, 6-0, while tenacious Serena had hard work to beat another Chinese Li Na 7-6, 7-6. Last month the younger Williams won the pair's match played in Miami 6-2, 6-0. But six weeks later Henin called her saying that she quits. Their previous match at US Open quarters in 2007 meant a big victory for Henin, when she won the title over both Serena and Venus Williams. It was a rare accomplishment. In 2007 Henin stopped Serena at the three of four grand slams at the quarters and she became the world No. 1 tennis player. Although Henin and Serena Williams have already met 13 times, they have never met at a Grand Sl! ams final match. Serena leads as she won seven times and Henin only six. Though they have never met at the Australian Open, they both have won the title. Serena has won four times in years 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. Henin won only once, in 2004. Two years later she got to the final, but withdrew in the middle of the match due to a stomach ailment. Henin's comeback this year is spectacular. She beat several fancied players, including Elena Dementieva from Russia. Today she is ranked 81 in the world, but that would change if she won the match. On the other hand, Serena won't give up easily, her aim is to consolidate her position as the top player in the world.
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