Henin said her tactics had worked perfectly.

"It was very clear in my head, Venus likes to play when she has angles," she said.

"She loves to move. She doesn't like that much that we play in the middle, then open the court a little bit more.

"I think the key was I was so aggressive on the return. And I served very well, too.

"The one who was taking the opportunities was winning, that's for sure. It was just a battle of who was going to take the chances.

"The end of the first set was great tennis. It was high quality, and I played very well in the tiebreak. At 5-3 I did my best, but I was just trying to play every point 100 percent.

"Venus gave her best, too. I think it was a very good match. I'm happy about this one."

Henin said her 14-2 winning record against Kuznetsova would be of little importance going into Saturday's final.

"Last time I lost to Svetlana on clay in Berlin," she said.

"It was a different situation, so going to be like a little revenge for me tomorrow."

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