World No. 1 ranked Justine Henin won the Zurich Open on Sunday,
beating French teenager Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 6-4 in the final of
the women's event.
It was Henin's ninth WTA title of the season and her 20th
consecutive win in 13 tournaments.
"It's been the best season of my career, and to win my ninth
title of the year is pretty amazing," the Belgian told reporters
after the match.
Henin, who went into the final injured, admitted that she had
struggled initially as Golovin put her under pressure.
"I needed a bit of time to come into the match today... but
slowly and surely I came back."
Golovin started aggressively and took an early 3-1 lead. But
Henin fought back to level the score, and went 5-4 ahead in the
first set as the French teenager hit three unforced errors.
Henin then broke ahead in the second set and finally won with an
ace on her first of two match points.
The Zurich event is Europe's most important indoor women's
tournament with prize money of US$1.3 million.
(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2007)