KEY BISCAYNE, FLA.(AP) —Justine Henin advanced to the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open by beating Jill Craybas 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday.
Henin double-faulted five times Wednesday and struggled with inconsistent groundstrokes. But she saved seven of eight break points while converting five of six.
The 33rd-ranked Henin, a former No. 1 and seven-time Grand Slam champion, is mounting a comeback this year after a 20-month retirement. She’ll play fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva in the second round Friday.
“I realize it’s gonna take a little bit of time to really be in the good rhythm and find myself again on the court, and I have to get used to different kind of things,” Henin said.
“I didn’t live this life for almost two years, so that takes a little bit of time.”
Henin will face a stiffer second-round test from Dementieva. Henin said she is looking forward to the match to find out where she is with her game.
“Now I’m gonna have a tough round, tough match,” Henin said. “That’s what I want. So it’s gonna be perfect to test myself.”
Seeded players had a first-round bye.
Making her first appearance in Miami since 1996, 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan earned a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Anna Chakvetadze of Russia.
Date Krumm, who retired from the tour in 1996 and started to play again in 2008, spent 2 hours, 32 minutes on the court in beating Chakvetadze.
Chakvetadze saved two match points she faced while serving at 2-5 in the third set and broke Date’s serve in the next game. The Russian lost the match, dropping her serve at love in the final game.
“In the beginning, everybody said (it was) impossible to come back on the tour,” Date Krumm said.
Fourth-seeded Rafael Nadal, who will play on Friday, said a toothache sent him to a dentist and kept him from practicing.
“I had a little bit (of) problem on the teeth, so I didn’t practice for a few days,” Nadal said. “I started to practice yesterday afternoon. I have an inflammation (of) Wisdom tooth. I have to take out all (of them), but not now.”
Against Craybas, Henin lost her serve in the second game and sometimes struggled to hold after that. Leading 3-2 in the second set, she fought off four break points before going ahead 4-2.
Serving for the match at 5-2, Henin overcame one break point and needed four match points to close out the victory.
In that final game, Henin missed an overhead shot on the first match point. She followed by netting a forehand drop shot on her second match point. She double-faulted on the third match point before Craybas hit a forehand long on the final match point.
“That happens sometimes,” Henin said of missing the overhead. “No excuse about that. It was only a point in the match, so I forgot about that one.”
Henin said her comeback will have its up and downs even considering her impressive start to the year. She reached the final of Brisbane before losing to Kim Clijsters, and the final of the Australian Open before losing to Serena Williams in January.
“It’s not that easy to come back,” Henin said. “At the beginning is no pressure; there’s nothing.
“I was No. 1 when I retired, and now I have to build again.”
Other first round women’s winners on Wednesday were Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, Virginie Razzano of France, Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain and Sara Errani of Italy.
First round men’s winners were Taylor Dent of the U.S., David Nalbandian of Argentina, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain, Jeremy Chardy of France, and Benjamin Becker and Florian Mayer of Germany.
Azarenka Begins Title Defence In Style; Wozniacki Tested; Henin Impresses
Defending champion Victoria Azarenka made a strong start to her 2010 Sony Ericsson Open campaign Friday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Alexandra Dulgheru before heavy rain interrupted other matches.
Fourth-seeded Azarenka, 20, improved to 13-4 on the year with her victory over the 20-year-old qualifier. Azarenka is seeded to meet US Open champion Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.
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In the feature night match, unseeded former World No. 1 Justine Henin confirmed her status as the most dangerous floater in the women's draw after dismissing fifth seed Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 on Friday night. Henin, who also took out the Russian in the second round of the Australian Open this year, improved to 11-2 lifetime against Dementieva. A Miami quarter-finalist in 2007, Henin has now won 13 of 16 matches in her comeback season.
Henin next faces Slovak Dominika Cibulkova, who dispatched Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-0, 6-2.
“It was not as hard as it was in Australia, but I'm very happy the way I've played very consistent tennis tonight. I wanted this victory a lot, and I've been very - I mean, 69% of first serve is quite unusual for myself, so I really take it as something positive," Henin said.
“I've been aggressive, I went to the net, I took the opportunity, so I am very happy the way I played. And to beat, I mean, top 10 players again, it is of course a lot of confidence.
“I was ready for a really tough fight, and I was a bit scared of this match, of course, because I knew it was tough draw to play Dementieva in the second round. But I like this kind of challenge, and I really took it as something I would push myself to be better on the court than I've been the last few weeks. So I think it was a good opportunity for myself."
Seventh seed and newly crowned Indian Wells champion Jelena Jankovic extended her winning streak to 12 matches with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Ukraine qualifier Mariya Koryttseva. A runner-up at Key Biscayne in 2008, the Serb former World No. 1 is looking to become just the third player to complete the Indian Wells-Miami double in the same year (Graf 1994 and ’96 and Clijsters 2005).
Second seed Caroline Wozniacki dug herself out of a deep hole to advance to the third round. The 2009 US Open finalist trailed Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 3-6, 1-3 before rallying to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters, who saw her match bumped off center court due to rain, found Court 1 to her liking. The Belgian clipped Czech Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-1 to move to within one match of a potential fourth-round meeting with Azarenka.
Clijsters, already back at No. 16 in the rankings despite being less than one year into her comeback, took the Miami title in 2005 when she became the only unseeded champion in tournament history.
Clijsters said that the move to Court 1 was fine by her. “I like playing on smaller courts, too. I like playing night matches. Even with a court like this it doesn't bother me at all. I was just waiting for the people to turn the lights on in the beginning of the match because it was getting really dark. I think I was only at 4-love or 4-1 when they turned them on.”
Standing in Clijster’s way to the fourth round is Israeli No. 17 seed Shahar Peer, who had a crushing 6-1, 6-0 win over Russian Alla Kudryavtseva in just a tick under 45 minutes.
Ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur overcame the service yips and a one-set deficit to defeat Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Stosur threw in seven double faults and faced 15 break points. She was broken five times but did enough in the end to get the win in 2 hrs., 10 mins.
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