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Henin grinds out Sharapova

AFP, Paris
Four-time champion Justine Henin battled past fellow former world number one Maria Sharapova 6-2,3-6,6-3 to reach the French Open fourth round on Sunday after surviving a rollercoaster final set.
Henin, playing at Roland Garros for the first time since 2007, will face Australian seventh seed Samantha Stosur for a place in the quarterfinals after a trademark gutsy performance helped her recover from 0-2 down in the decider.
The 27-year-old Belgian, the champion in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, also saved four break points in the third game before shattering die spirit of Sharapova, who was sent to her earliest French Open exit since her2003 debut.
"Maria is a champion. You can't give her any opportunities. I am happy to get through," said Henin, the 22nd seed, after recording her seventh win in 10 meetings with the Russian.
"It was a real good test. The journey continues and I'm pleased to have a chance to win here at Roland Garros."
Henin admitted she had got off to a terrible start and that fighting off the four break points in the third game of the final setwas crucial.
" I was on the back foot at the start. I had to react because things would have been very complicated if I had gone3-0 down."
Sharapova agreed that the third game had been crucial in the destiny of the match.
" I had opportunities but it was frustrating not taking them," said Sharapova, who won the Stuttgart claycourt title in the run-up to RolandGarros after battlingan elbowinjury.
"I was a little too hesitant, but I know the things I need to do and I just want to get back on the court and work on them. At 40-0 in that third game, she did a great job of being solid and served her way out of it."
The pair had been level at a set apiece when play was suspended in darkness on Saturday.
Henin had romped into a 4-0 lead on her way to capturing the first set 6-2, but Sharapova then besieged the Belgian, breaking through in the eighth game to take the set 6-3 and level the tie.
Itwas the first time Henin, who missed the
2008 and2009 tournaments due to her shock retirement, had dropped a set at Roland Garrossince the fourth round in2005.
On Sunday, Sharapova, a semifinalist in 2007, settled quicker, breaking in the first game before backing it up with a convincing hold to lead 2-0.
Henin, however, saved four break points in the third game and levelled at 2-2 courtesy of a loose Sharapova service game.
The determined Belgian broke again in the sixth game as Sharapova, whose Grand Slam title collection is still missing a French Open, ballooned a forehand high and wide into the chilly Paris breeze.
But the 23-year-old Russian is nothing if not a fighter and she retrieved the break in the seventh game when Henin, suddenly on the back foot, served up her ninth double fault of the tie.
Still, Sharapova was unable to build on her reply and she again handed the advantage back in the eighth game.
Henin then took the 2hr lOmin match on a second match point when Sharapova's radar again desertedheranda wild backhand sailed wide.