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A long time coming

By Cynthia Faulkner
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 2, 2005

PARIS – They thought they might never get to this point again. In fact, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Mary Pierce thought their careers might be over. "To find myself again in the finals here is certainly a fantastic feeling because I had very bad moments of fear and [other] problems," said Henin-Hardenne after defeating Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-3 to advance to play Pierce in Saturday's French Open final. Henin-Hardenne won the title here in 2003. Later that year, she won the U.S. Open and then ...

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