Clysters vc Henin - Page 2

raging · 01-09-2010, 05:49 AM

missed the match, but saw the highlights!
Obviously not the same as being there but they were obviously playing flat out.
Very tight encounter and a joy to see two great champions going for it...super competitive and a great advert for women's tennis.
The rivalry continues...
Great to have them both back...

rlau · 01-09-2010, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by raging

Very tight encounter and a joy to see two great champions going for it...super competitive and a great advert for women's tennis.
The rivalry continues...
Great to have them both back...

I saw the second and third set and it was great! Both ladies deserved to win. Henin came very close to winning, but Clijsters pulled it through.

RafitoGoat · 01-09-2010, 06:03 AM

this is great facelift for womens tennis, completely changes the standard by 2fold!

TheMusicLover · 01-09-2010, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by crazylevity

Can I just say, though, that the Brisbane final was the best women's match I've seen in...a long while. The last women's match I can remember enjoying was perhaps 2007 USO, Henin vs both Williams sisters.

If you didn't catch it, you don't know what you're missing. Extremely high quality from both players.

Yeah, if they keep it going like in that match, we can officially conclude that Justine & Kim have just saved women's tennis with their comebacks.

Ripper014 · 01-09-2010, 09:09 AM

Great match... with lots of drama and compelling, but also a lot of errors. I thought Henin overhit the ball alot... Cljisters was amazing, except for a good portion at the end of the second set and beginning of the third where she looked like she was choking.

I also found it disconcerting to hear a young girl/baby crying early in the match...? Kim's..? Then again at 6-6 in the third set tie-breaker in an eerily quiet stadium on a second serve, a young girl's voice cries out for mommy... again Kim's? Why is there a young girl/baby in an open upper deck watching a tennis match that you cannot control? By the way Henin double faulted...

Justine had 2 match points at 15-40 5-4 after failing to close out the match on her serve... and she made some unneed errors... with Kim choking she could have played it a little safer and give Kim the opportunity to make another error or at least go for a winner on a better opportunity than a return of serve. I thought it was an odd shot to try and hit... though she did hit several return winners prior to get to matchpoint.

Kim did look amazing in the match though... and felt that Henin could not really hurt her. I was definitely Kim's to win.

I was able to watch the whole match... but having it finish at 4am was a late for me.

matchmaker · 01-09-2010, 10:25 AM

I think this match was all about having a mental edge and Kim sure has it now going into the AO. Although, the AO being a slam might change the whole issue...

But I feel Kim came back to deal with a number of demons of the past. Failing to win GS finals (she has already added one USO title to her record) and winning the big matches more often when faces Henin and the Williams (she defeated the Williams at the USO and now Henin).

So I think with what she has been pulling off in her "second carreer" she is really on track with her ambitions and her confidence must be increasing.

Confidence is a strange thing though: you gain it difficultly but lose it easily.

mtommer · 01-09-2010, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by woodrow1029

I said the same thing once, only to be told that Clysters is the correct Flemish spelling.

Either spelling apparently is correct.

It looks like the spelling police are about to undergo an internal affairs audit.

DRII · 01-09-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by didier

The return of Clysters and Henin is not a good case for womens tennis.
Its the first tournament of the year and already they are the two finalists.
It will be Clysters and Henin, 1 and 2, the order, they will decide themselves. The rest of the pac will be blown away the whole year. Yes , they play great tennis but they also have no competition but each other.
It says a lot about womens tennis in general. 2 people that haven't played for a year and started przctising 3 months ago and now, are beating everybody. not so good PR for the rest.

'Great White Hope' Syndrome much?

matchmaker · 01-09-2010, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by woodrow1029

I said the same thing once, only to be told that Clysters is the correct Flemish spelling.

Either spelling apparently is correct.

My family is Flemish and I speak Flemish (or Dutch, as it is really; talking about Flemish and Dutch as seperate languages is saying American and English are different languages too; the only difference between both is the accent). The correct spelling is Clijsters.

THUNDERVOLLEY · 01-09-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DRII

'Great White Hope' Syndrome much?

...uh oh...

01-09-2010, 09:09 AM	#25
Ripper014 Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,820	Great match... with lots of drama and compelling, but also a lot of errors. I thought Henin overhit the ball alot... Cljisters was amazing, except for a good portion at the end of the second set and beginning of the third where she looked like she was choking. I also found it disconcerting to hear a young girl/baby crying early in the match...? Kim's..? Then again at 6-6 in the third set tie-breaker in an eerily quiet stadium on a second serve, a young girl's voice cries out for mommy... again Kim's? Why is there a young girl/baby in an open upper deck watching a tennis match that you cannot control? By the way Henin double faulted... Justine had 2 match points at 15-40 5-4 after failing to close out the match on her serve... and she made some unneed errors... with Kim choking she could have played it a little safer and give Kim the opportunity to make another error or at least go for a winner on a better opportunity than a return of serve. I thought it was an odd shot to try and hit... though she did hit several return winners prior to get to matchpoint. Kim did look amazing in the match though... and felt that Henin could not really hurt her. I was definitely Kim's to win. I was able to watch the whole match... but having it finish at 4am was a late for me. __________________ Doing whatever it takes to win... does not make you a winner.

01-09-2010, 10:25 AM	#26
matchmaker Hall Of Fame Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,024	I think this match was all about having a mental edge and Kim sure has it now going into the AO. Although, the AO being a slam might change the whole issue... But I feel Kim came back to deal with a number of demons of the past. Failing to win GS finals (she has already added one USO title to her record) and winning the big matches more often when faces Henin and the Williams (she defeated the Williams at the USO and now Henin). So I think with what she has been pulling off in her "second carreer" she is really on track with her ambitions and her confidence must be increasing. Confidence is a strange thing though: you gain it difficultly but lose it easily. __________________ "Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve." Robert S. Lynd Last edited by matchmaker : 01-09-2010 at 11:23 AM.

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