Henin takes Toronto title

FE Team | Published: August 21, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

TORONTO : Belgium's Justine Henin holds the winner's trophy after defeating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic during their final match at the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament here Sunday. — Reuters Photo

TORONTO, Aug 20 (AFP): World number one Justine Henin captured her 35th career title and sixth of the year, beating world number three Jelena Jankovic 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 to win the Toronto hard-court crown here Sunday.
The Belgian top seed needed six match points, five in the final game, to subdue her third- seeded Serbian opponent and collect a 181,980-dollar top prize from the 1.34 million-dollar event, a tune-up for the US Open that begins August 27.
"Jelena is a real fighter ... and she proved it many times this year, so I was ready for a big fight," said Henin, who admitted after the match that she almost pulled out of the final due to a nagging shoulder problem.
"Yeah, that was true. Because last night I was really concerned about my problem with my shoulder,'' she said.
"It was really inflamed. Last night I wasn't really positive about the fact that I could play today. So I really wanted to wait until my warm-up and I was feeling much better this morning," she added.
Henin made it clear that she would be on the court for the US Open later this month.