October 21st, 2007
The World Number 1 on the WTA Tour, Beligian's Justine Henin has captured her 38th career title and 9th title of the year in Zurich. The Zurich Open is a Tier I title on the tour and awards the champion 182,000 US Dollars. Justine Henin defeated France's Tatiana Golovin in the Finals, with a score of 6-4, 6-4. The Beligian looked solid all tournament long, only having a hiccup in the Semi-Finals against young Czech, Nicole Vaidasova. The rest of the week has been purely stunning with the Belgian having little to no trouble with the rest of the field.
At the beginning of the tournament, Serena Williams was included in the field but pulled out during her First Round match after being down 6-0, 3-0 to Switzerland's Patty Schynder. Williams had been playing in her third consecutive week on the tour, and seemed like she couldn't handle the phsyical toll it took on her body.
Next week the WTA Tour moves to Linz for the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, a Tier II event with a rather subdued field, with only a couple of big named players participating such as Nicole Vaidasova and Anna Chakvetadze. The tour of course is coming to a close for the 2007 season in the next 3 weeks. The Year End Championships will be held in Madrid this year, with the Top 8 qualifying for the event.
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