Henin overcomes wobble to see off Wickmayer

Melbourne: Justine Henin continued her impressive comeback to grand slam action with a 7-6 1-6 6-3 win over fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday.

Henin, whose cool head during crunch moments has carried her to seven grand slam titles, saved three set points to force a tiebreaker before pouncing with three consecutive winners to seal the first set.

Full Coverage: Aus Open

Henin, who beat fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters for the 2004 title, stumbled in the second, but broke Wickmayer early in the third and sealed the match with an aggressive serve-volley.

Henin next meets Russian Nadia Petrova, who knocked out third seed and French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets.

SEARCH