Australian Open: One Belgian Continues On, Another Stopped

I come from a family of tennis fanatics. In my house, we are practically glued to the TV whenever any major tournament is on. I am a night owl, but with a 16-hour time difference between Dallas and Melbourne, the Australian open pushes the limits.
Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters, both former Belgian tennis stars have been in the sports news in recent months as both seem to have been successful in their comebacks from what turned out to be pseudo-retirements. Henin was probably inspired to join the grind of the tour again following Clijsters’ championship at the U.S. Open in September.
Henin, as only champions do, recovered from being down a set and 3-1in the second set against Alisa Kleybanova to win her third-round match. Serving 70 percent in the deciding set and converting both break point chances definitely helped her.
Clijsters wasn’t as lucky, losing to Nadia Petrova and winning only one game in the process. Clijsters wasn’t on her game, committing 26 unforced errors to her opponent’s 10 and winning only 47 percent of her first service points to Petrova’s astronomical 92 percent. Both those statistics will never lead to a victory.