World number one and top seed Justine Henin continued her dominance on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour today with a thrilling 7-6(3), 7-5 win over Jelena Jankovic at the Rogers Cup presented by American Express in Toronto.
The match today was Henin’s seventh consecutive win over the second seed for her sixth title of the 2007 season. Although Jankovic has pushed her into a third set on five occasions, Henin has never lost to the rising Serb.
The level of tennis was excellent throughout the match, especially the tenth game of the second set at 5-all. Justine quickly raced to a 40-love lead, before Jelena stormed back to tie the game at deuce. The game went to deuce a total of nine times before a forehand by Jankovic landed in the net to give Justine a 6-5 lead.
Henin then broke Jankovic’s serve on her sixth match point with an inside-out forehand for her thirty-fifth career title.
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What a match!
Some really long rallies and games, what a roller coaster for both…I’m just glad Jankovic never gave up at times when most players would just get **** and throw in the towels.
One of the best matches of the year for the women.