Henin ousted by Schiavone in Dubai By Barry Wood DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin's 17-match winning streak at the Dubai Championships ended on Thursday when she was defeated 7-6 7-6 by unseeded Italian Francesca Schiavone in the quarter-finals. The Belgian top seed made an unusual number of unforced errors as the feisty Italian ran her opponent all over the court and chased every ball. “She played well but I didn't take the opportunities and wasn't brave enough. She was better than me, as simple as that,” four-time Dubai champion Henin told reporters. Henin said she felt tired after taking three hours to defeat Katarina Srebotnik on Wednesday, so the last thing she wanted was to face an opponent with the terrier-like qualities of Schiavone. The Italian rallied superbly and executed some astonishing shots on the run. Henin held just one break point in the first set, at 2-2, but made a forehand error. That proved to be expensive, as she was unable to earn another opportunity and then played a dismal tiebreak, losing it 7-3. Schiavone then broke to lead 3-2 in the second set by forcing a backhand error, and as Henin continued to struggle the Italian broke again, at love, to lead 5-2. Schiavone then twice failed to serve out the match, despite holding a match point at 5-4. But Henin once more played a poor tiebreak, losing the last four points as Schiavone took it 7-4. “I'm not feeling at my best level, that's for sure,” said Henin. “I didn't go for the winners. I was playing not to lose the point instead of trying to win a lot of points. That makes a big difference. I had my chances to come back in the second set but I was too short. “Especially in the tiebreaks I didn't play well at all, and she came to the net and I didn't and that made a big difference. Every short ball she was in and I didn't do the same, and that really paid off for her.” Schiavone believed she wasn't aggressive enough when leading 5-2. “At that moment I didn't push hard enough and she kept going because she's so strong,” said Schiavone, whose only previous win over a world number one came against Amelie Mauresmo in the Fed Cup. “Every point you have to beat her. It’s like every point is match point. So at the end when I was in the tiebreak I said you push now or you go home, so it's better that you push now. And I did it. “To beat Justine you have to play very good, at a high level, and I did today. I think for me it is my best win. Maybe she missed some balls, but personally I think I didn’t give the possibility and the chance to come up and come up like she does every time.” (Editing by Justin Palmer) ======================================================= Justine Henin loses to Francesca Schiavone in quarterfinals at Dubai Tennis Championships DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Justine Henin lost in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships, falling to Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) on Thursday. “She played really well,” Henin said. “She was hitting hard, coming to the net, slicing … really mixing it up. I had my chances but I did not take them, whereas she did. She was definitely a better player and deserved to win.” Schiavone’s previous best finish in Dubai was a quarterfinal loss to Henin in 2006. “I have beaten (Amelie) Mauresmo when she was world No. 1 in a Fed Cup match, but definitely this win against someone like Justine, who always plays at such a high level, is the biggest win of my career,” Schiavone said. Henin had won 17 straight matches in Dubai. Schiavone will play either the third-ranked Ana Ivanovic or eighth-seeded Elena Dementieva. The top-ranked Henin, who won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award last week, earned her 41st career title and first of 2008 this month at the Diamond Games in her home country of Belgium. The defending champion in Dubai, however, lost her chance to win the Golden Slam when she was eliminated in the Australian Open quarterfinals by eventual champion Maria Sharapova. After playing in Melbourne, Henin got cortisone treatment on her right knee. === 看到上面的新闻有感而发, 写得有点多,请见谅 Schiavone感觉是个很努力的球员 有实力,但总缺少些什麽 看到她今天打得那麽出色、击败Ju 并且她自称这场比赛是她职业生涯最重大的一场胜利 真的为她高兴,她的努力终於有所收获 这种精神是很让人感动的,恭喜她 但相反的,另一方面,身为Ju的球迷,又可能不会那麽高兴了 不仅是这场失利,而是因为..她今年目前为止真的打的满挣扎的 或许从战绩上看,还不错呀,两个tier II冠军,两个八强,还交代的过去 但从比赛内容,真的感觉Ju陷在低潮 (有看Ju今年大部分比赛的球迷,应该知道我指的是什麽吧) 战绩还OK,我想纯粹是Ju的差表现仍比一些选手的好表现稍好吧 orz 从年初Sydney.AO到Antwerp,表现像溜滑梯 (尤其是Antwerp,真的是有够烂,还好对手等级、实力差太多) 本来以为Dubai情况会有所改善 因为,Dubai在Ju心中占很重的份量,她曾多次表示她非常喜欢Dubai的赛事 并且和RG一样,是JU"唯二"(印象中)说过感觉像在家的赛事 而且她在上星期四就早早飞去Dubai做准备了 (她现在可是很少为了赛事早早去当地准备) 她也透露自己为了Dubai,比平常额外做了很多准备工作 而且她也说在注射膝盖cortisone之後,现在膝盖已经不疼了 种种迹象都表示,情况应该会好转 嗯~~或许,至少比Antwerp时好多了 (现在以Antwerp做标准,很难表现的更差了吧 囧) 但仍然没有达到她平常的水准 我并非说"最好的状态",而是"平常的水准" (我没那麽吹毛求疵:P) 不可否认的,Ju这两场的对手,发挥得极好 但对手的发挥,某种程度仍是取决於Ju的发挥 比如今天的正拍吧,实在很不稳定,失误多,关键分的把握也不够 更甚的是,输了第一盘後,落後时刻的急躁不稳定又表现出来 虽然之後利用对手面对盘末手软的机会,成功连拿4局扳回 但抢七又软掉了,(连上面的新闻都用dismal.poor来形容Ju在抢七中的表现 orz) 连输三个抢七,绝不是个好现象,也不是不幸运能带过的 (BTW,她今年为止打了4个抢七,全部都输掉@@) 输了球是一回事,但为何会输球,输球的状态才是该检讨的 从上面新闻中Ju的访谈及比赛内容,我试着得出几个重点： 1.不够勇敢-信心不足,越打越保守 2.现在打球是为了不输球,而非为了赢球-心态不够积极 3.进攻不够积极、正拍逊掉、UE过多、把握机会能力不足 1.2是态度、心理的问题, 3.是技术性 技术性的问题较容易解决,因为依Ju正常水准,她显然做的到 但1.2的话,根据我的印象,这几年几个她比较出名的失利,她自己都会提到这问题 而且是赛後就马上提到了,想必她也很清楚问题所在 但...怎麽不在比赛中就改善呢? orz 赛後"马上"提到缺点,但比赛中却没辄,实在满囧的 综合她"今年"自己说过的： 1.她现在在场上打球不快乐 - 压力? 心理疲劳? 没动力? 2.不够勇敢,信心不足 - 似乎是老问题,三不五时出来捣乱一下 3.没有足够时间消化去年发生的事 .....我个人觉得她需要放个假了, 好好休息、沈淀一下 或许去年发生的一切：离婚、和家人复合、下半赛季的不败 对她来说心理上都是个冲击,她的确需要时间好好的消化、思考 (关於不败,对很多人可能是信心的来源,对我们家Ju就可能是压力,这就是她:P) 距离Miami还有一个月,还有时间可以准备 但我真心希望Ju是真的觉得有动力想打球、准备好了再出赛 为自己打球, 不为别人 不然我宁可她放掉Miami,放个一、二个月的假,再直接好好准备红土的赛事 希望到时候她能够真的准备好了,并且重新在红土这块她最喜欢的场地上找回信心 Ju向来有个惯性,如果休息久一点,她复出打球通常都能取得很好的成绩 我想那就是动力吧,想赢球,以及她想念打球的滋味 相反的,现在在球场上的Ju,没有赢球的动力,感觉只有压力,难怪她不快乐 她不快乐,球迷也很难快乐的起来呀 身为球迷,固然希望她赢球 但更重要的是,希望她健康快乐的打球,找回最初喜爱网球的感觉 最後还是积极乐观点 嗯~~在Dubai表现比之前三项赛事好,尤其是Antwerp,只是还不够 毕竟现在其他球员知道Ju在低潮,都会想磨刀霍霍吧 (像今天的Schiavone一样) 但是至少有提升了,所以事情还不太坏 (接下来就是观察期了) 希望这只是Ju暂时的低潮期 最主要还是希望Ju能休息够了重新整理好,有想赢球的动力再出发 所以加油吧 ~ (还有就是大家可以不用熬夜了 orz) --

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