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Henin-Hardenne will win final battle

By Pam Shriver
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, June 2, 2005

PARIS – A battle of two players making comebacks. Most people expected Justine Henin-Hardenne to be in the final – even though I thought Nadia Petrova had a chance at an upset, which turned out not to exist. Pierce, however, is the real surprise. She's back in a major final again after a five-year absence. Henin-Hardenne's game is there. She'll play a high-quality game, so it's up to Pierce to play at her highest level. Can she do it? Perhaps. It's unlikely she can maintain a hig ...

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