Justine Henin’s second round match against Elena Dementieva has fans buzzing all around the world. Can the seven-time Grand Slam champion find her former groove in time to beat the reigning Olympic gold medalist?
Or will Dementieva prove that she can deal with the mental challenge of facing a player as tough as Justine Henin this early at a major?
We polled our Twitter followers earlier today for their picks on tonight’s match, which has generated enough excitement that even fans in the United States will be glued to their televisions at 3:00AM Eastern time.
A few of their thoughts:
As for our official picks:
@PaulaVergara - W/ a H2H record of 9-2, Henin will be an uphill battle for Dementieva, but she’ll have a mental edge after her Sydney title.
@OnTheBaseline (Aaress) – Won’t be an easy win, but Henin’s more rested than Dementieva and has less to lose in this match. Look 4 Justine to get inside Elena’s head.
What about you? Leave your pick and thoughts on tonight’s showdown in the comments!
JUSTINE HENIN for me! Allez!
Justine all the way… she loves pressure and that adrenalin rush when the score is “deuce”… barf..barf.. ^^