The former world number one got past tough Czech and Russian opponents in the first and second rounds of the German Open claycourt tournament.
Same intensity, same mesmeric backhand, same result - little has changed since Justine Henin reigned supreme at Roland Garros, not least the Belgian's chances of adding another French Open crown to her collection.
Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne twice clawed herself back from the brink of defeat to beat Italy's Francesca Schiavone 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the final.
Serena Williams breezed past Romanian Edina Gallovits 6-1, 6-2 while Justine Henin beat Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal thrashed Frenchman Florent Serra, while Justine Henin beat Russia's Olga Poutchkova in the second round of the Australian Open.
Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova set up an explosive Australian Open quarter-final with crushing wins.
Justine Henin thrashed China's Zheng Jie to reach the Australian Open final on Thursday.
The Belgian advanced to the German Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 7-6 victory over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Caroline Wozniacki and Justine Henin barely broke sweat as they swept into the third round of the Australian Open in the first hour's play on another cool morning at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Defending champion Nadia Petrova was also shown the door in the quarter-finals of the German Open.
World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will not play in next week's $3 million NASDAQ-100 Open, preferring instead to hone her claycourt game.
Maria Sharapova looked back to her best as she overwhelmed Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-2 in her final round-robin match at the WTA Championships to set up a semi-final showdown with Russian compatriot Anna Chakvetadze.
Justine Henin qualified for the WTA Championships semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Jelena Jankovic.
Justine Henin has ruled herself out of this year's US Open after discovering that an elbow injury she suffered at Wimbledon was worse than initially thought.
The Belgian fifth seed thrashed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Sydney International.\n
Justine Henin used her formidable backhand and tight-angles to beat Russian Elena Vesnina 6-1 6-3 in their third round match at Wimbledon on Friday.
Justine Henin plans to douse the youthful exuberance of Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and rekindle an old love affair in the final of the French Open.
The Belgian has won all but four of the 13 tournaments she has entered this year and is now unbeaten in 20 matches -- her last loss coming against Marion Bartoli in July's Wimbledon semi-finals.
As Kim Clijsters's love affair with tennis comes to an end, fellow Belgian Justine Henin's has started to bloom again.
The defending champion withdrew from this year's Grand Slam tournament because of a knee injury.
Justine Henin-Hardenne returns to the court where she won her first grand slam on Monday.
Roger Federer became only the second player after Pete Sampras to receive the accolade for the fourth successive year.
The Belgian will face Elena Dementieva while the Swiss ace will take on Paradorn Srichaphan in ther semi-finals of the Pacific Life Open.
Justine Henin began the defence of her Eastbourne International title in fine style on Wednesday, beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-1 and looking every inch a grasscourt player.
The world number three will play in the final against Italy in September despite an initial threat from her coach that she would boycott the squad.
The return of Justine Henin has added an intriguing twist to an Australian Open women's tournament overflowing with talent and mystery.
The world number one has been ordered to rest by doctors.
Martina Hingis has been drawn to play Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round of the Sydney International.
The second seed was treated by medical staff after cramping during \n\nher semi-final win over Jennifer Capriati.
The duo require success at the U.S. Open not only to sate their own ambitions but to gain the upper hand in their personal rivalry.
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