Belgium's Justine Henin celebrates after defeating Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in the women's final match at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 9, 2007. [Reuters]
Belgium's Justine Henin kisses her trophy after defeating Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in the women's final match at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 9, 2007. [Reuters]
PARIS -- Justine Henin claimed her third consecutive French Open title and her fourth overall Saturday, taking advantage of 19-year-old Ana Ivanovic's shaky play to win 6-1, 6-2. Henin closed out the victory with a forehand volley winner, then flipped her racket, buried her head in her hands, leaned on the net and exhaled.
"It's surreal to win for the third time in a row," the Belgian said. "I am struggling to take it in."
She became the first woman since Monica Seles in 1990-92 to win three consecutive Roland Garros titles, and only the second since 1937.
Ivanovic, a Serb playing in her first Grand Slam final, started well before her play deteriorated. The first sign of trouble came when she awkwardly hit a serve 10 feet long, prompting groans from the crowd. She double-faulted to fall behind 3-1, and the unforced errors came in flurries after that.
"I started getting nervous," Ivanovic said. "I couldn't control the serve, and she used that well."
Ivanovic committed 26 unforced errors to 13 for Henin and also double-faulted five times.
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