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Getty ImagesThat she was, claiming 13 of the next 17 points as Henin-Hardenne began to waver.
Perhaps because of the swirling wind, the second set contained little topflight tennis. The unforced errors were so plentiful, it was if both women were trying to smack the ball with skillets instead of rackets.
Mauresmo put in only 39 percent of her first serves in that set, and Henin-Hardenne was completely off, a star suddenly without her strokes — like the lead actress in a Shakespeare production forgetting her lines.
“I wasn’t playing my best tennis, far from that,” the third-ranked Henin-Hardenne said. “That’s the kind of day that happens.”
The Belgian botched one serve so badly it bounced before reaching the net. She missed forehands by 5 feet. She didn’t produce a backhand winner from the baseline all match.
Still, Henin-Hardenne broke to 4-3 thanks to three miscues by Mauresmo. Time for Mauresmo to crack? Hardly. She broke back for a 5-3 edge with a running cross-court forehand. Henin-Hardenne watched the ball fly by and cracked her racket on the court.
Mauresmo faced three break points in the next game, but saved each, then ended the set with a 111 mph ace, snapping Henin-Hardenne’s 27-set Grand Slam winning streak.
Momentum hers, Mauresmo broke for a 2-1 lead in the final set, making things simple: Hold serve four times, and the Wimbledon championship would be hers.
She did it in style, winning 16 of the final 21 points she served. Steady as can be. Well, mostly steady. There was still the matter of winning the final point.
She tossed the ball to serve, but something wasn’t right, so she caught it. Then she faulted.
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Anja Niedringhaus / AP Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne returns a shot to France's Amelie Mauresmo during the women's singles final at Wimbledon. |
After a couple of deep breaths, she tapped in a 73 mph serve, then hung in until Henin-Hardenne dumped a forehand in the net. Mauresmo fell to her knees and raised her arms, the first Frenchwoman to win Wimbledon since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925.
She earned $1.15 million, and this handwritten note from French President Jacques Chirac: “Bravo! It was magnificent! What a performance, and what elegance!”
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
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