http://www.justine-henin.be/public/index.asp?lang=en US OPEN 07 - New York Groove 30/08/2007: Justine rocked and rolled her way into the 3rd round today by defeating Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4 6-0. The Belgian tennis queen started slowly as Pironkova played a rapid gun fire styled tennis. Things changed midway in the first set, and from then it was electric Henin with 9 straight games won by Justine. The world's greatest 1-handed backhand will play on Friday against 19 year old Ekaterina Makarova in the 3rd round. "I was probably born to do that - tennis. I've learned a lot of things with my career about me, what I want, the person I want to become. It really helped me to grow up very quickly too, because I gave 200 percent all the time for that. It's 20 years I played tennis. A lot of sacrifices. But the best thing is just the emotions that it gave me and the emotions I could give to people I love and to my fans. Very, very emotional, yeah. Very lucky to do that." - Justine on Tennis PhotoTsvetana Pironkova is a talented 19 year old Bulgarian player that came into notoriety at the Australian Open 2006 in her debut at a major taking out Venus Williams in the 1st round. The big forehand and power baseline rallies are reminiscent of Elena Dementieva. The Bulgarian seems to be one of those unusual players that do better against the elites at big tournaments than WTA tour regulars. Pironkova dropped her gauntlet at Louis Armstrong Stadium to the Belgian with whipped attacking forehands, backhands, slices and defensive lobs. But at 3-4 and Pironkova leading the set Justine reached an epiphany on court, and became highly invigorated. Gone were the missed returns, the shots hitting outside the lines, and the rigid body language for JH. A different New York grooved Justine ran off with the match turbo charged leaving even the hyper aggressive all or nothing styled Pironkova looking off her mark. Justine won the first set 6-4, and then she played even sharper. It was flying 1-handed backhands, over head smashes, forehands, and aces for the Belgian tennis icon in the second set. Henin rocked Louis Armstrong Stadium in 68 minutes to win the match 6-4 6-0. Final score: 6-4 6-0 in 68 minutes --

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