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Henin suffers shock defeat
08/05/2008 15:03 - (SA)
Berlin - World number one Justine Henin was dumped out of the German Open on Thursday, losing 5-7 6-3 6-1 to 13th seed Dinara Safina of Russia in the third round.
The Belgian top seed had won all five previous meetings
against the powerful Safina, sister of former men's world number
one Marat Safin, but was broken eight times on the clay at the
Steffi Graf stadium and looked well short of her best.
Henin, a three times winner in Berlin and four-time French
Open champion, was playing a tournament on her favourite clay
surface for the first time this year.
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