Story ProgressBack to home
Aus Open: Henin to play Sharapova in quarters
Tuesday's showcase match at Australian Open is between World Number one and top seed Justine Henin and fifth seed Maria Sharapova.
- NDTVSports
- Updated: January 22, 2008 12:13 PM IST
Read Time:1 min
Melbourne:
Henin has played Russian beauty Maria Sharapova a total of eight times and holds the edge, winning six of those matches.
The seven time Grand Slam champion sailed into the quarters with a 6-2, 6-2 fourth-round victory over Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei on Sunday.
While fifth seed Sharapova, runner-up at the Australian Open last year too seems to be in brilliant form, pummeling 11th-seeded fellow Russian Elena Dementieva for the loss of just two games in the fourth round.
The 2008 Australian Open has entered it's quarter final stage and one of the highlights of the tournament so far is Tuesday's showcase match between World Number one and top seed Justine Henin and fifth seed Maria Sharapova.Henin has played Russian beauty Maria Sharapova a total of eight times and holds the edge, winning six of those matches.
The seven time Grand Slam champion sailed into the quarters with a 6-2, 6-2 fourth-round victory over Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei on Sunday.
While fifth seed Sharapova, runner-up at the Australian Open last year too seems to be in brilliant form, pummeling 11th-seeded fellow Russian Elena Dementieva for the loss of just two games in the fourth round.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis Ana Ivanovic Maria Sharapova
Get the Latest IPL 2024 Updates, check out IPL 2024 schedules and IPL points table at NDTV Sports.Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for more sports updates. You can also download the NDTV Cricket app for Android or iOS.