Henin vs Williams 2003 Women's semi-final | Roland-Garros Classic Match

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  • @fransiscoscaramanga674
    @fransiscoscaramanga674 Před měsícem +47

    Henin was small but she packed a wallop, that backhand was a thing of beauty....she was so fun to watch, i miss her........

    • @kienfoo-mb4ew
      @kienfoo-mb4ew Před 10 dny +1

      IN MOST RACKET GAMES....ITS NOT HOW BIG U ARE,,,ITS IS HOW YR RACKET HEAD SPEED IS...........BUT ON EQUAL SWING SPEED,,,,,,,,,HAING MUSCLES HELPS......AND SERENA IS FILL OF IT..........

    • @qw737
      @qw737 Před 8 dny

      Me too she was a classy player to watch. None like her…

    • @jackih2011
      @jackih2011 Před 2 dny +2

      Yes that one handed backhand was a serious weapon...just like Steffi's one handed slice....

    • @vickiego1
      @vickiego1 Před 6 hodinami

      @@qw737Liars aren’t classy.

  • @jswizzled
    @jswizzled Před 10 měsíci +41

    Henin's backhand was a thing of beauty

  • @specialjeffreyke
    @specialjeffreyke Před 9 měsíci +73

    Justine is pure technique, look at the foot work, the speed, the ball striking. One of the most complete tennis players of all time.

    • @angel91485
      @angel91485 Před 7 měsíci +8

      she had the most success here, the clay court, because of the crowd, both the Belgian and French crowd antagonized Serena.

    • @andreasmissiroli6915
      @andreasmissiroli6915 Před 2 měsíci +8

      @@angel91485 bullshit

    • @angel91485
      @angel91485 Před 2 měsíci

      @@andreasmissiroli6915 I know right, they’re bullshit

    • @piloyvind1222
      @piloyvind1222 Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@angel91485It's the beauty vs the beast, intelligence vs force, grace vs heavyness. Every point Henin plays is smart and unexpected, Williams plays like a machine. In GS Henin leads 4-3.

    • @nordattack
      @nordattack Před měsícem +1

      100% agree!

  • @javierlb7826
    @javierlb7826 Před 29 dny +26

    Henin is the best one backhanded in tennis women's history

    • @GeorgeT370
      @GeorgeT370 Před 8 dny

      John Mc Enroe once said that technically she had the best single handed backhand of all players...men included...

  • @TunedIntoTennis
    @TunedIntoTennis Před rokem +34

    More full matches on your CZcams channel please! Australian, Wimbledon, and US Open are SO far ahead of you in that regard and it doesn’t have to be like that.

  • @MrTolykozin
    @MrTolykozin Před dnem +2

    Henin had so much grit, very few players like her. Her tennis was a thing of beauty considering her small stature, she sure packed a punch.

  • @MrCappon1111
    @MrCappon1111 Před 9 měsíci +32

    This shows how with proper preparation a one handed backhand is a lethal weapon. beautiful technique by Henin.

  • @gk891
    @gk891 Před 11 dny +3

    Such fantastically entertaining tennis. Both ladies were superlative athletes and tennis players.

  • @sylvainhyais8166
    @sylvainhyais8166 Před měsícem +17

    To me Henin's backhand is the best shot ever in women's tennis alongside Serena Williams ' serve.
    Notice her forehand is not bad either. These two were such amazing players

    • @BOOMER751
      @BOOMER751 Před 12 dny +2

      Agreed. With :
      Serena's serve,
      Graf's forehand,
      Henin's backhand,
      Navratilova's volleys,
      Hingis' tactics
      Venus' athleticism
      ... I quit my job to turn pro lmao 😅

    • @Marathilove13
      @Marathilove13 Před 8 dny

      ​@@BOOMER751Sharapova s return

    • @BOOMER751
      @BOOMER751 Před 8 dny

      @@Marathilove13 I think Azarenka has a better return than Maria. Although Vika is less spectacular and doesn't go for return winners as much as Maria, I'd put Vika above Sharapova.

  • @sehercemreaytekin6829
    @sehercemreaytekin6829 Před rokem +6

    just look at the incredible level they play at, truly a joy to watch

  • @marfu1119
    @marfu1119 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Serena and Henin were clearly the two best player in the world in 2003. Earlier that year it was Venus and Serena but Venus faded after the 2003 Australian Open final. That year Serena won the Australian Open and Wimbledon and Henin won French Open and US Open.

  • @svlagonda7417
    @svlagonda7417 Před rokem +35

    What an amazing player Henin truly was to be successful at this level. She was physically tiny, had a 1HB and in amongst the era of power players yet still played attacking tennis.

  • @Pakos-Terimos
    @Pakos-Terimos Před měsícem +9

    We're Tiny but Brave, and full of heart 😎🙃😍

  • @DeeLo90.
    @DeeLo90. Před rokem +65

    This is a match where Serena allowed the crowd to overwhelm her, in her later years she was able to us it to push her forward but here she crumbled a bit in the end.

    • @angel91485
      @angel91485 Před rokem +12

      the crowd was warm to her initially & .both of her complains wouldn't have affected her game if she just let it go..she should have known from the Hings debucle, that the RG crowd don't like complains even if you're right...she could have won that game.

    • @jodyvance1554
      @jodyvance1554 Před 7 měsíci +6

      I'm pretty certain it was a small Belgian won who 'overwhelmed' her, not the crowd. She played brilliantly for much of the match. It came down to just a few extra moments from Henin, esp. defensively. Anyone who wins 23 majors isn't letting the crowd cause them to lose this far into their pro career.

    • @lazyhunk2
      @lazyhunk2 Před měsícem +4

      Yes in her game against Osaka in 2018, she really used the crowd to bully the opponent.

    • @th8257
      @th8257 Před měsícem +3

      I suspect the pressure got to Serena too. She was going for her 5th grand slam in a row here and I think she was pretty frazzled. She only won 3 of the next 16 grand slams.

    • @ChicanoPhD
      @ChicanoPhD Před 7 dny +2

      Especially since Henin cheated!

  • @Michael-uk3pj
    @Michael-uk3pj Před měsícem +12

    It's interesting that Henin's game was quite Federeresq and yet clay was her best surface and grass her worst - the opposite to Roger

    • @akbarshahzad5780
      @akbarshahzad5780 Před 11 dny +2

      because it wasn't federeresque. just because a player has a onehanded backhand doesn't mean their game is similar to roger's. federer was an attacking player who relied on his serve to win buckets of points and on his immaculate timing to take the ball early and keep his opponents on the run for the few groundstrokes it took to put them away; his variety and volleys were a bonus, but it was that serve and the otherworldly baseline hitting that were his bread and butter. a lot of ohbh players are in the henin mould, which is a classic clay court style (federer struggled, relatively, on clay, and so people assume onehanders struggle on clay, when in fact the reverse is true: kuerten, henin, wawrinka, thiem, tsitsipas, suarez navarro, almagro, all at their best on clay), reliant on heavy spin and lateral movement (see henin slice balls out of the corners on both sides at full sprints and it's hard to believe this is 2003).

    • @wiggawiggum
      @wiggawiggum Před 11 dny

      ​@@akbarshahzad5780 people assume onehanders struggle on clay because they usally do, not only Federer.

    • @akbarshahzad5780
      @akbarshahzad5780 Před 10 dny

      @@wiggawiggum Since the year 2000, there have been 24 Roland Garros championships. 14 of them have been won by Rafael Nadal, who hits a two-hander. Three more by Novak Djokovic, likewise a two-hander. Of the remaining six, _only Juan Carlos Ferrero_ hits a two-handed backhand. Kuerten (x2 in this period), Costa, Gaudio, Federer, Wawrinka -- all onehanded backhands. Given the ratio of one-handers to two-handers in the game as a whole, that is a lot of overrepresentation for the supposedly weaker form! Earlier, you had Thomas Muster, who dominated clay courts despite playing against mostly two-handers. Then there are Thiem and Tsitsipas, players whose backhands work best on clay. Ditto Almagro and Gasquet, both of whom benefit (as do many one-handers) from the extra time clay affords them, time they can use to unfurl their big backswings. On the women's side, one-handers are much rarer, yet you have Henin with three titles. Yes, the high-bouncing ball can, in theory, pose a problem, but history shows that there is another side to the one-handed coin, and Federer's struggles against Nadal and other spin-heavy players have skewed the perception.

    • @Fedthebest75
      @Fedthebest75 Před 5 dny

      To say Federer « struggled » on clay is quite a take lmao, people should look up for the meaning of certain words

    • @akbarshahzad5780
      @akbarshahzad5780 Před 4 dny

      @@Fedthebest75 Relative to his work on other surfaces, yeah. Still the second- and then third-best clay-courter of his era. Obviously this is in the context of the conversation about onehanded backhands

  • @jcarloshm066
    @jcarloshm066 Před 3 měsíci +4

    That return at 3:11, nastyyyyyyyyy

    • @ssds86
      @ssds86 Před 3 dny

      Pure power and only Serena could do that in women’s tennis

  • @wassilafritschy2793
    @wassilafritschy2793 Před 11 měsíci

    👏👏👏🎾❤️ Que de beau souvenir

  • @FRA1519
    @FRA1519 Před měsícem

    Partizado, a tremendous match please come back ladies

  • @karvis028
    @karvis028 Před rokem +32

    She was my favourite women's player after Steffi Graf. Her one handed backhand was her biggest weapon. When I watched this highlights, I still can't believe how Henin won this match as she was in a nearly losing position & Serena was never giving her any easy chances. This must be the greatest victory of her career !!

    • @akizaizinskii
      @akizaizinskii Před rokem +1

      Serena would mop the floor with Graff 6-0 6-1, like she did with Sharapova at the Olympics 🤣

    • @karvis028
      @karvis028 Před rokem +5

      Graff has beaten Serena as well inspite of being in her twilight

    • @binkyxz3
      @binkyxz3 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@akizaizinskii Is that before or after Sarena went on PEDs ??

    • @akizaizinskii
      @akizaizinskii Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@binkyxz3 when did Serena go on PEDs? That’s news to me.

    • @binkyxz3
      @binkyxz3 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@akizaizinskii It was revealed in Wiki Leaks that both Williams sisters took various PEDs and got secret waivers to do so from sports governing bodies. It was well before Serena had her first child. I don't have proof, but I speculate the PEDs could have contributed to her perilous pregnancy and delivery. Because she's pregnant now it will be interesting to see how it goes.

  • @buddhismp.3264
    @buddhismp.3264 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Jelena said with serena , im not justin😂😂😂😂😂

  • @antonitobendrito2243
    @antonitobendrito2243 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Beauty of 2000s

  • @cv2078
    @cv2078 Před 8 dny

    Thank you Vika

  • @user-pl7de7vi8q
    @user-pl7de7vi8q Před 7 dny

    エナンは私の中で1番大好きな、最高のプレーヤーです。
    動画の編集が上手くてとても見やすかったです。

  • @ameliesalibur4967
    @ameliesalibur4967 Před rokem +1

    Le revers à 10:36 est d’une beauté🤌🏼

  • @bambangfuady1303
    @bambangfuady1303 Před 21 dnem

    So many god mode...unbelievable 👍👍👍

  • @julescalcet5616
    @julescalcet5616 Před rokem +17

    what an horrible crowd (I'm french)

  • @gnnrgmlng8327
    @gnnrgmlng8327 Před rokem +28

    The next month she beats Henin 63 63 in Wimbledon.
    Sweet revange!!

    • @tremaine861
      @tremaine861 Před 11 měsíci +4

      63 62

    • @milvao3400
      @milvao3400 Před 7 měsíci +10

      Henin beat her at 3 different slams in 2007, and she won 2 of those slams. It was a good rivalry. Henin and Clijsters were the only two "real" rivals that Serena had in her carreer. And by real I mean that they could really be better than her consistently and in big occasions. All the credit for Serena's 2012 resurgence are given to muratoglou, but I think she was able to win a lot after 2012 because there weren't Kim and Justine (at their best) around.

    • @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446
      @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 Před 2 měsíci +7

      ​​@@milvao3400Better than her on big occasions? Kim beat Serena twice and lost 7 times. She only beat her once at a slam. Henin dominated Serena in 2007 mostly due to Henin playing incredible tennis and Serena not at her best because she barely played tennis in 2006. Both were incredible players, but Serena had other tough rivals like Venus and Capriati who I feel were bigger rivals than Clijsters. But it's clear that Serena at her best is better than all of them at their best except on clay in the case of Justine Henin. Henin is better than Serena on clay. And also they weren't at their best in 2012 because they couldn't compete with the younger players. Their bodies broke down. The fact that Serena could continue to dominate shows she was superior to them.

    • @milvao3400
      @milvao3400 Před 2 měsíci

      @@kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 Venus shouldn't count because it's obvious that she's her biggest rival, due to the fact that she's also her sister. Tennis-wise Kim and Justine are the only players who didn't just beat Serena once or twice because they were lucky or because Serena wasn't at her best and/or underestimated them. That's my opinion because I watched the matches. Kim retired early and became a mother, otherwise she would have had more wins vs. Serena for sure.

    • @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446
      @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 Před 2 měsíci +3

      ​@milvao3400 There's no guarantee Kim could have won more matches against Serena. She retired in 2007 mainly because of injuries and also a desire to start a family, and that's not Serena's problem. Kim was also losing to the so called weak Era players like Azarenka, Kerber and Laura Robson as well as Sharapova in 2012. I don't see how she was going to be a threat beyond 2012. Her body could no longer handle the demands of tennis. Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters are excellent players, but when Serena is playing at her best and without any injuries she's only vulnerable against Henin on clay. Capriati was a far tougher rival than Clijsters.

  • @emanoxgrunge
    @emanoxgrunge Před 4 dny +1

    El revés de HENIN es una obra de arte!!!

  • @khv6748
    @khv6748 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Henin had a good serve she saved lots of break points when it mattered with the serve

  • @YuliusBulan-hk8ll
    @YuliusBulan-hk8ll Před 2 měsíci +1

    Henin brilliant

  • @ValentinG23
    @ValentinG23 Před 11 měsíci

    The beat one handed bh in female tennis 🔥💪🏻

  • @andrewromero5008
    @andrewromero5008 Před 21 dnem +4

    Justine retired much too soon.

  • @teej143
    @teej143 Před 11 měsíci +13

    French Open, by far, has the WORST crowd.

  • @tuinuituinui7126
    @tuinuituinui7126 Před 18 dny

    I love Henin’s backhand….

  • @loganmoodley1515
    @loganmoodley1515 Před 9 dny

    Henin was an athlete

  • @virtualyme7659
    @virtualyme7659 Před 27 dny

    Loved Justine

  • @ansonchung943
    @ansonchung943 Před 22 dny

    The GREAT Henin

  • @liisawinklergirl
    @liisawinklergirl Před 5 měsíci +1

    the only mistake Serena made her was to be scared of the Henin backhand… she literally looked like she was feeding too much the Henin forehad which is an on and off stroke for Justine, some days it’s as explosive as her backhand some days it’s off….

  • @razgriz1ne1ne48
    @razgriz1ne1ne48 Před 24 dny

    Every time SWs opening serve was Slider wide , its infuriating so few players caught on to that

  • @thoukisth
    @thoukisth Před 18 dny +2

    Henins greatest asset was not the backhand, it was her fearlessness, especially against SW! As we know SW used many bullying tactics on and of the courts (the worst character in female tennis ever) and Henin never took the bate

    • @georgeu5150
      @georgeu5150 Před 2 dny

      @thoukisth You speak as though Henin dominated the H2H lol. Serena leads their H2H 8-6. Also, Henin very obviously cheated in this match with the hand-gate incident. Henin was a great player, but she definitely wasn’t ‘the’ player of her generation.

  • @tomcooper6108
    @tomcooper6108 Před měsícem +2

    So glad Serena is gone. It's like a ray of sunshine.

  • @fatimamuhammad3425
    @fatimamuhammad3425 Před dnem

    فراشة في الملعب هينين

  • @ashishsonkar2965
    @ashishsonkar2965 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Henin is one of best Tennis player in Women's Tennis History
    Class

  • @neilcruise571
    @neilcruise571 Před 10 měsíci +4

    It's pure bliss watching Henin. Are there any one-handed backhands left in women's tennis nowadays? I'm really curious to know.

  • @suvantolas2608
    @suvantolas2608 Před měsícem +9

    I feel really bad for WTA, nobody shows the level of Henin again for already more than 10 years

  • @tornadotor4297
    @tornadotor4297 Před 15 dny

    Жустин икона

  • @nordattack
    @nordattack Před měsícem +2

    Amazing match. Hard to believe this was on the slow French clay since the balls were going so fast! It is a shame Henin retired so early, she could have accomplished so much more.

  • @wassilafritschy2793
    @wassilafritschy2793 Před 11 měsíci +1

    J étais iper contente que Justine gagne 👏👏👏👏🎾

  • @user-wz6yx5pq6h
    @user-wz6yx5pq6h Před 11 měsíci +13

    The hand stays forever in JH’s career, I hope she heard something called the Camera 😂

    • @TheSportslover2010
      @TheSportslover2010 Před 11 měsíci +4

      So embarrassing she had to cheat to win.

    • @arslaanpasha3334
      @arslaanpasha3334 Před 11 měsíci +4

      ​@@TheSportslover2010 What cheating did she do?

    • @anfevepa
      @anfevepa Před měsícem +5

      ​@@TheSportslover2010you really think not having a first serve on one point changed the outcome of the match?

    • @MyMostBeautifuCinema
      @MyMostBeautifuCinema Před 26 dny

      @@anfevepait was a crucial game, I think it affected the match though it shouldn’t have for Serena.

    • @MyMostBeautifuCinema
      @MyMostBeautifuCinema Před 26 dny

      @@arslaanpasha333413:24

  • @user-zi1dc5fs2o
    @user-zi1dc5fs2o Před 7 měsíci +5

    The hand

    • @maximilian2974
      @maximilian2974 Před 23 hodinami

      Yes, the hand signals serena got during the us open vs. osaka. Is that the hand you are referring to?

  • @PabloHernandez-qw1qj
    @PabloHernandez-qw1qj Před 6 měsíci +6

    The cheater Henin

  • @dannyleo4791
    @dannyleo4791 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I could be wrong, but I remember America had become unpopular in France because of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. That could explain why the crowd was cheering for Henin.

    • @milvao3400
      @milvao3400 Před 7 měsíci

      I don't think so. European and especially the French crowd are interested in tennis. There were many reasons for the crowd being so much in favour of Henin. The French Open is somewhat Henin's home slam, being from Belgium I'm sure there were lots of fans from Belgium up there, Serena was world n.1 and the crowd likes to root for the underdog and finally Henin plays classic tennis, and crowds at the time, and especially Europeans, used to love this style of thennis which was rare and disappearing. And Serena had already taken out Mauresmo in the previous round.

  • @jahmaalmarshall5825
    @jahmaalmarshall5825 Před měsícem

    Serena and Venus were USA women's Tennis 🎾...the game is not the same without them 😔

  • @Luca33600
    @Luca33600 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Annoying crowd. Unbelievable

  • @ilanplazola1715
    @ilanplazola1715 Před rokem +1

    En todo el partido Henin sabe perfectamente como deslizarse en la superficie y alcanzar las pelotas mientras que Serena se veía sumamente incómoda con golpes increíbles pero sin saber moverse.

  • @jodyvance1554
    @jodyvance1554 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Phenomenal match. Goes to show, at least in part, how insanely hard it was to get shots past Henin that Williams would try that drop shot at 40-AD in the 9th game of set 3. Thinking maybe she won't expect this and I MIGHT get one she can't get to. But it was Henin- rabbit quick for a tennis player, and the best vollier in the WTA in her time.

  • @louping111
    @louping111 Před 8 měsíci

    sa a dus lui faire bizarre à Serena à l'époque d'avoir des retour d'une tel classe.

  • @jemmyjulianus4632
    @jemmyjulianus4632 Před 3 dny

    Surely....Just Henin ....make it serena struggle and to hard and sometime difficult to her for win....

  • @styleniko4339
    @styleniko4339 Před rokem +25

    I really hate how the crowd wouldn’t even allow Serena to question some of the calls. The crowd would boo Serena for it is quite disgusting behavior.

    • @moo6672
      @moo6672 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Thanks for noticing that, I'm amazed at how unsportsmanlike the crowd is...
      Is it a racist thing? Henin clearly obstructed, yet the crowd are completely behind her

    • @jasonenglisbe9646
      @jasonenglisbe9646 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@moo6672 It's because Henin was from the French-speaking part of Belgium. Either way, the crowd was poor.

    • @binkyxz3
      @binkyxz3 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Sareña was always either the victim or bully.

    • @milvao3400
      @milvao3400 Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@moo6672 Please, stop bringing up racism when it's clearly not the case. The French crowd doesn't like complain and sometimes every crowd misjudge what happens on the court and just start booing, that's what happened. They did the same thing with Hingis vs Graf. They were rooting for Henin for the most obvious reasons: she was the underdog, she played classic tennis and Roland Garros was almost like her home slam, since it's close to Belgium and there were probably lots of fans from Belgium up there. That's it.

    • @zukomnukwa1726
      @zukomnukwa1726 Před 5 měsíci

      @@milvao3400 white people and denying racism is a racist act on its own. How would you know what racism ix when you've never been a victim of it?

  • @airmaxxxer
    @airmaxxxer Před rokem +6

    What a brilliant performance of Henin. She showed how to play Serena best: by moving her and using the court perfectly. Her backhand was the most amzing in womens tennis. Sad that Hening quit the game so early. She could have been the big rival that Williams never had.

    • @darob20
      @darob20 Před 11 měsíci

      Justine tried to make a comeback but got mopped by Serena

    • @TheRuTrue
      @TheRuTrue Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@darob20 Justine owned Serena at her best. Her career wasn't that long because she didn't cheat using TUE like Serena.

    • @zukomnukwa1726
      @zukomnukwa1726 Před 4 měsíci

      @@TheRuTrue and Venus owned Justine. Her career wasn't long because she only had one peak her entire career, 2007.

    • @jackwisc4477
      @jackwisc4477 Před 3 měsíci

      @@TheRuTruespeaking about cheating; it’s very obvious from this match at 13.24 Set3.

  • @adamlarsson3828
    @adamlarsson3828 Před 7 dny

    one big difference in this match is movement: Serena just cannot come out of the corners and reset in the way that Henin can, Henin growing up on red clay.
    it is quite jarring to see how frequently Serena is rushed on the forehand, unable to use her normal high and looped takeback and hit with her normal penetration. no-one was doing that to Serena back then: she had so much time on the ball.
    Henin’s game, with its mix of power, different trajectories, angles and volleying really unsettled Serena - and i can say that as someone that loved Serena’s style and shotmaking.
    people said so much about ‘the hand’ and there is certain ugliness - bequeathed by the French crowd. however, this match represents the two premier female talents of 2000s professional tennis.
    don’t overlook the skillset of **both these remarkable players.

  • @edgarwayne8474
    @edgarwayne8474 Před 8 dny +1

    Henin the cheater = holding up hand while Serena served, then Henin denying it to steal point from Serena at crucial moment in the match, turning the crowd and match in Henin's favor

  • @willybeama1
    @willybeama1 Před 6 měsíci +15

    That hand moment rattled Serena and she couldn’t pull it together because she didn’t expect Justine to use gamesmanship. Even without that moment, Serena might have lost the match but we will never know. The hand moment took away from what might have been an entertaining match. I’m glad that Henin regretted her behavior in this match and apologized to Serena eventually. The crowd was firmly against Serena and the gamesmanship along with the crowd rattled her too much. She was winning until that moment and never found her form again.

    • @deedledave9826
      @deedledave9826 Před měsícem +2

      The thing is, she doesn't seem particularly rattled by it looking back at the incident. She seems to shrug it off and give an annoyed "whatever" gesture, as if she doesn't want to entertain the stupidity of the moment or something. I don't know, I always felt like the hand incident, while ugly, didn't define the match as much as people think it did. I think it really was the crowd getting into it.
      Mind you, that's not to excuse Henin for her lack of sportsmanship. I always admired her, but her desperate desire to win at all costs made her look ugly at times.

    • @niceguy1774
      @niceguy1774 Před 24 dny +1

      "Might have been an entertaining match"?
      Um...
      I would call this match more than entertaining.

    • @willybeama1
      @willybeama1 Před 24 dny +1

      @@niceguy1774 it was entertaining. I was sad the way Serena lost because it was a quality match. Far better than the matches we see these days in the WTA. Just wish the cheat moment hadn’t happened. At least Justine admitted and apologized a few years later.

    • @FrederickJohnSebastian
      @FrederickJohnSebastian Před 15 dny +2

      Serena knew a thing or two about gamesmanship; hardly an innocent

    • @FrederickJohnSebastian
      @FrederickJohnSebastian Před 15 dny +2

      @deedledave9826 Serena had this match. 3-1 up and serving, she played a very loose service game that gave Henin a break and hope. In the crucial moments toward the end of the third set she was a little tentative; Henin took full advantage. Serena was well-versed in gamesmanship; she was no innocent.

  • @kienfoo-mb4ew
    @kienfoo-mb4ew Před 10 dny

    I NOTICES THE SUPPOSINGLY SPORTSWOMAN LIKE PERSON..............S.WILLIAMS......DID NOT SHAKE HANDS WITH HENIN AFTER LOOSING HER MATCH.....IN THE END...HENIN HAD MORE SHOT ARIETIES.........AND AGAIN SHOWED WHAT SINGLE HANDED BACKHAND IS REALLY A MATCH WINNER

    • @TheJangchuk
      @TheJangchuk Před 33 minutami

      Henin denied that she raised her hand when williams was serving
      Where is her sportsmanship?

  • @jt10s
    @jt10s Před rokem +43

    Justine "the Hand" Henin... lol

    • @MAURGASM
      @MAURGASM Před rokem +2

      i was 12 when i watched this match and i think it changed me on a molecular level lmaoooo the hand lmao. serena would've won this match. it was uncommon for her to have lost a match in a slam to a player who beat her the last time they played.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 Před rokem +1

      @@MAURGASM Serena lost three slam matches in a row to Henin in 2007. 🤣
      Anyway, you want to tell us Serena lost that FO 03 semi final match because she wasn‘t granted another first serve??? 😄
      You Serenatards are ridiculous, always, really always a cheap excuse at hand.

    • @edgarfrancisregalado9588
      @edgarfrancisregalado9588 Před rokem +11

      With the hand or not, Henin will win this match and slam. Nobody is stopping her

    • @MAURGASM
      @MAURGASM Před rokem +2

      @@edgarfrancisregalado9588 really cuz this got to 7-5 in the 3rd with serena playing against a cheater AND a crowd against her on her worst surface and her opponent's best

    • @arslaanpasha3334
      @arslaanpasha3334 Před 11 měsíci +6

      ​@@MAURGASM Djokovic always won when crowd was against him. Having a bad crowd isnt an excuse.

  • @Qball30
    @Qball30 Před rokem +15

    Cheated and lied about it

  • @Jesusxddddd
    @Jesusxddddd Před 11 dny

    El público era una mierda, ese partido lo ganaba serena si no existían los silbidos en su contra. Lo bueno que el tiempo puso a cada uno en su lugar, y Serena la superó a esa Henin aplastándola completamente😊.

  • @denisdaly1708
    @denisdaly1708 Před 10 měsíci

    This was when Serena was at her peak.

    • @endokuken1678
      @endokuken1678 Před 6 měsíci

      Nah, she was at her peak the year before

  • @jeffreykaufmann2867
    @jeffreykaufmann2867 Před 7 dny

    How would Swiatek fair against these 2?

    • @ssds86
      @ssds86 Před 3 dny

      Would be interesting, but with Serena in her prime she would just crumble under pressure and brutal force. Interestingly Justine and Iga have very similar style of play, that would be a great contest to watch

    • @jeffreykaufmann2867
      @jeffreykaufmann2867 Před 3 dny

      @ssds86 By age 22 Serena had won one F.O while Swiatek has 3 at that age. Swiatek would dominate Serena on Clay but Serena would dominate in the other 3 Slams. Iga four Slams by age 22. Serena Six. If Iga wins the F.O she'll have four tieing her with Justine Henin. Iga #1 for 103 weeks. She'll probably move past Henin (117 weeks) this year and into 8th place. But unless her serve improves she could become the Nadal of women's tennis.

  • @Wordalways
    @Wordalways Před měsícem +1

    Serena was so pretty. We did her wrong.

  • @dlrsa2
    @dlrsa2 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Justine did not really dominate the clay! She was not able to win Wimbledon so I will give it to Serena when it comes to whoever is a better player.

    • @endokuken1678
      @endokuken1678 Před 6 měsíci +4

      Justine won 4 French Open titles, what do you mean she didn't dominate the clay? lol

    • @ssds86
      @ssds86 Před 3 dny

      Haha 😂 you will give it Serena when it comes to who’s the better player? Joke of the century. There’s no better player than Serena in women’s tennis in the modern era 😂 she single handedly dominated women’s tennis and there wouldn’t be anyone coming close to her achievements. Henin is an amazing player with great technique. Probably one of the better players on clay, otherwise there’s no comparison with Serena lol

  • @richardvaughan1716
    @richardvaughan1716 Před měsícem +1

    Henin showed what a cheat she was @13.27 when she had her hand up to stop Serena serbing. The Umpire didn't see it and Serena didn't get her 1st seve back

  • @frogexpat
    @frogexpat Před 27 dny

    it may be the only match when I wanted Williams to win, simply because of Henin's behaviour after the hand up controversy. Henin showed her unsportsmanlike attitude on many other occasions throughout her career. Never liked Serena, but I liked Venus, so classy in her demeanour, but Henin I could not stand, despite her beautiful tennis (credits where credits are due).

  • @Hoyammath
    @Hoyammath Před rokem +1

    We must remember Henin' God' hand

  • @adamsfile3006
    @adamsfile3006 Před 10 dny

    Maybe "the hands up" henin makes serena until to day did not respect to her...

  • @natanielbrito1580
    @natanielbrito1580 Před rokem +11

    Jh had one of the best looking backhands in both men and women tours, but her behavior on court was questionable to say the least. I had the fortune to officiate one of her matches as a linesmen when she was starting to explode in the rankings (Portugal), and I can tell you this: she had no problem using whatever antics she could to win a match. Unnecessarily though.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 Před rokem +8

      Compared to Serena Henin was an angel.

    • @JCole-fg3rr
      @JCole-fg3rr Před rokem +7

      @@carrerau7138 delusional

    • @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446
      @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 Před rokem +7

      ​@@JCole-fg3rr Don't waste your time on him. He is always passing negative comments about Serena Williams in most of her videos. For someone who seems to hate Serena so much, I wonder how he finds the time to watch her videos. People would always believe what they want.

    • @JCole-fg3rr
      @JCole-fg3rr Před rokem +3

      @@kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 thank you for letting me know. I can’t stand people like him. Let us enjoy the Queen in peace!

    • @MrCalmwaters112
      @MrCalmwaters112 Před 11 dny

      Serena wasn't exactly a paragon of sportsmanship. She bullied players and officials all throughout her career. And when things didn't go her way it was always...... Racism

  • @jodyvance1554
    @jodyvance1554 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Hear how quiet they are? Just a low release of sound from exertion is heard from either of them for basically the whole match. Yet more proof of how no player needs to scream/yell/wail; esp. since it's a bs unsportsmanlike attempt at trying to hide how hard they're hitting the ball.

  • @TreebeardWood
    @TreebeardWood Před 9 dny +1

    This was the worst crowd in women’s grand slam history. Nice job to editing out most of the booing.

  • @marianagaoka9687
    @marianagaoka9687 Před 10 dny

    If it wasn't for Justine Henin, Serena would have ended with +30 Grand Slam titles.

    • @ssds86
      @ssds86 Před 3 dny

      No lol, Serena would have had more but in trying to achieve that magic number she succumbed to pressure like 4 times post pregnancy return. She reached 3 grand slam finals. Lost Osaka, Halep Andresscue. She was leading Azarenka at US open semis and ended up losing. If she played her game as a game she could have won more. But there was the added pressure all the time

    • @marianagaoka9687
      @marianagaoka9687 Před 3 dny

      @@ssds86 I completely agree about Serena's last attempts to make history. But I also understand the pressure and expectation was high. I remember even Oprah (not a fan of tennis) going to the US Open final against Osaka.

  • @edisonsubandi7231
    @edisonsubandi7231 Před 7 dny

    Henin and clisters made Serena cant get most slams 😮

  • @danielgeorgetheoneandonly

    Imagine Serena being soo good that you have to rob and boo her to win. That’s why she thumped Henin at Wimbledon 2 weeks later and made sure she went down nicely at her last slam final in Ao 2010

    • @QazzaF
      @QazzaF Před rokem +44

      Serena is lucky Justine had a career ending injury, she wouldn't have reached half of the GS she won with Justine still active.

    • @guillermopartida2518
      @guillermopartida2518 Před rokem +24

      Henin beaten Serena three time in a row in 2007 RG, Wimbledon and US open.

    • @Boymanjusri
      @Boymanjusri Před rokem +10

      Serena is a victim. I say victim

    • @danielgeorgetheoneandonly
      @danielgeorgetheoneandonly Před rokem +1

      @@QazzaF lmaoo walks over in a final like a fucking bitch by mauresmo. Serena got to strong and evolved for that shitty forehand and 1 handed backhand of henin’s réalisé no woman wants to play that faulty shot anymore?

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 Před rokem +11

      @@Boymanjusri And a mother!

  • @markthomas3730
    @markthomas3730 Před měsícem +2

    so glad Henin won that...

  • @howlshedo
    @howlshedo Před 4 měsíci +2

    Queen of hand raises!

  • @Qball30
    @Qball30 Před 8 dny

    A cheat is a cheat

  • @josephmanno4514
    @josephmanno4514 Před 2 dny

    Looks like they can't stand each other, either.

  • @jodyvance1554
    @jodyvance1554 Před 12 dny

    She was phenomenal from '03-'07, winning 7 majors, making all four majors one season. Wish her body had held up better for at least another 3-4 years. I'll go as far as saying she was the best clay player during her prime, and the 2nd or 3rd best hard court player, who also made 2 Wimbledon finals.

  • @qw737
    @qw737 Před 8 dny

    How many GS did Henin win?

  • @gailsykes2691
    @gailsykes2691 Před rokem +10

    What a match! Justine kept her head and deserved the win. I think SW could have been a bit more gracious with the hand shake.

    • @samfitzpatrick7891
      @samfitzpatrick7891 Před rokem +23

      She was lucky to get a handshake after 13:22

    • @danielgeorgetheoneandonly
      @danielgeorgetheoneandonly Před rokem +19

      Gracious after being robbed? You people sicken me🤢

    • @JCole-fg3rr
      @JCole-fg3rr Před rokem

      Kept her head? She literally cheated and lied about. Serena owed that no lip having hoe absolutely nothing.

    • @Boymanjusri
      @Boymanjusri Před rokem +8

      @@danielgeorgetheoneandonly robbed? Serena is always a victim! I am a woman, a mom, a black, how can you treat me like this??

    • @danielgeorgetheoneandonly
      @danielgeorgetheoneandonly Před rokem +10

      @@Boymanjusri Justine clearly raised her hand you totally missed the topic….

  • @leonardoromualdoborges3787

    It' was not a break point. It was 30-0. The hand is a so lame excuse.

  • @11marchand11
    @11marchand11 Před 11 měsíci +2

    i hate justine... i used to like her before this match,..

  • @Rocky-ns2oc
    @Rocky-ns2oc Před rokem +50

    Henin literally cheated in this match and people are really gonna say this is the match that turned them into a Henin fan? 23>7

    • @jujumusique1305
      @jujumusique1305 Před rokem +17

      That’s the match that made me dislike her. And she confirmed big time with her defaulting during AO2006 final against Mauresmo. But both Serena and Mauresmo had the last laugh at Wimbledon 2006 and AO 2010.

    • @guillermopartida2518
      @guillermopartida2518 Před rokem +3

      Henin no tuvo ni la mitad de la carrera de Serena, es por eso qué Serena Williams pudo ganar 23 grand slam. Serena jugó durante más de 20 años, en cambio Henin no jugó ni 10 años

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 Před rokem

      @@jujumusique1305 And on the other hand (!) people like you have no problem with a certain other player threatening and insulting her opponents, umpires and lines women….
      Hypocrisy on steroids.

    • @missourimanful
      @missourimanful Před rokem +13

      He in obviously was wrong on 1 point, but I would take her over Serena who was to me one of the sorest losers on tour. Look how acted when Osaka won her 1st Slam at the US Open? Disgraceful.

    • @CoolAce1
      @CoolAce1 Před rokem +4

      How did she cheat? I watched the match.

  • @ytradish8671
    @ytradish8671 Před 24 dny

    この頃は人間っぽいフォルムしとるな

  • @tomsd8656
    @tomsd8656 Před měsícem +1

    SW shouldn't hit the serve if she saw the hand. That serve was hit as if SW didn't see the hand. Maybe she only saw it after she swung.

  • @danielgeorgetheoneandonly

    Henin is such a sneaky cheating girl. She robbed Mauresmo of a grandslam competitive final, robbed clijsters in the Ao final without telling the truth, robbed Serena again by not telling the truth. Henin had a good game I’d admit but when the need to win outweighs that of basic sportsmanship and truthfulness I surely believe you need to leave the sport hence Serena,Clijsters and Mauresmo had the last laugh against her and they were all in finals, 2006 Wimbledon, 2010 Brisbane and 2010 Ao.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 Před rokem +9

      She robbed Mauresmo by giving up….? 😄
      Are you for real, dude?

    • @thanaponginthisaeng3648
      @thanaponginthisaeng3648 Před rokem +1

      She had ability to win not robbed that your attitude was sick

    • @jujumusique1305
      @jujumusique1305 Před rokem +4

      @@carrerau7138 she was getting her ass kicked and didn’t want to lose 6-1 6-1. So yes it was a way to rob her of a regular victory.

    • @CoolAce1
      @CoolAce1 Před rokem +1

      How did Henin cheat?

    • @arslaanpasha3334
      @arslaanpasha3334 Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​@@CoolAce1 just some crybabies

  • @th8257
    @th8257 Před měsícem

    Serena going for her 5th grand slam in a row here and it seemed at times that she was pretty frazzled. After this, she only won 3 of the next 16 grand slams.

  • @ChicanoPhD
    @ChicanoPhD Před 7 dny

    The match that revealed that Henin has no true character and is a cheater! 13:46

  • @GholamFareed
    @GholamFareed Před 2 dny

    Serena's net skills were amateurish at best...

  • @cestmoi2735
    @cestmoi2735 Před měsícem

    I don't care how technically perfect Henin is, her nasty behaviour during this final is just disgusting! And that obnoxious French crowd made this unbearable to watch.

  • @tennis-2-live
    @tennis-2-live Před 21 dnem

    :>>😿.

  • @robertprice6888
    @robertprice6888 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Henin cheated ...facts...