Justine Henin Beats Svetlana Kuznetsova to Win US Open
By admin - Posted on September 10th, 2007
09 September 2007 -- World number one women's tennis player Justine Henin of Belgium has crushed Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to win the U.S. Open championship in New York.
The top-seeded Justine Henin earned her second U.S. Open title and seventh grand-slam crown with a 6-1, 6-3 victory late Saturday over the fourth seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova - the 2004 champion.
The Belgian now has a 15-2 record all time against the Russian.
Justine Henin became the first woman to win the U.S. title without losing a set since American Serena Williams in 2002.
(Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.)
Source: VOANews.com
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