Melbourne - Justine Henin’s dream run in his first Grand Slam on the comeback shadow took off Tuesday, when she drove into the Australian Open semifinals, where she will face China’s Zheng Jie.
The 27-year-old has decided to return to tennis after seeing fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters won the U.S. Open last year, and she has more than justifiable belief organizers here who handed her a wildcard.
The draw opened well for her when Clijsters was knocked out in the third round, and Henin have taken the occasion, from end to end his great thoughtful to be determined down 19 Russian s seed Nadia Petrova 7-6 (7 / 3), 7 – 5.
She now encounters dangerous Zheng, who shattered unseeded Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-3, for a place in his 12 Grand Slam final.
Li plays sixth seed Venus Williams in the other quarter-finals Wednesday, while defending champion Serena Williams takes on seventh seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
The 26-year-old, who became the first woman to make the last four Grand Slams to search for Wimbledon in 2008, came back violently in the first set and withstood a demanding challenge from Kirilenko in the second to wrap up the match 85 minutes.
“(It’s) pretty astonishing for me, Zheng said in a conference on the court since the arrangement Rod Laver Arena.
