“Mom, Someday I Will Be the Champion of Roland Garros”

If I say Roland GarrosWhat name comes to Mind? Quickly, With Thinking … 90% Wald Have Answered RAFA NADALWhile the Other 10% Depends on Age. If you are Under 30, maybe you said Iga swiaatek. If you are Over 70, I would be on chris ever or björn borg. And if you are in an intermedition age rang and also like women’s tennis, there are many chances that name that charted to your mind is artxa sánchez vicario, monica seles or Justine heninA legend who left her mark on almost all stages, but especially here, on the Clay of Paris.

“My First Memory of the Tennis World WASCHING PLAYERS Like Stefi Graf when I was 5 or 6 years Old, From that Moment on I Started Projecting Myelf InTo The Future, That Was Wah INted To be, “Explains the Belgian in a Beautiful Report Elaborated by the Tournament Itelf. “Then CAME 1992 and My First Memory AS A Special At Roland Garros. I was 10 years old and haad just a presentigious Tournament in Belgium, where the Winner Got Two Ticketes to Go to the Tournamement.

Mom, somayy I will play on this Court and I will be Roland Garros Champion‘ She look at me and replied, ‘It’s verge to have dreames‘ Sink that day, that Dream Became A Mission, “Explains the Four-Time Champion About Those Early Childhood Dreams.

Although in Her Second Particalification, She Raced the Semifins, the Truth is that henin Need Four Attempts to Sit on the French Thron. “It was a very speecal date, my first Grand SAM, it was like the costINTINATION that My Dream Had Come True, The Mission of A LifeTime,” Says a Justine Who Had Already Reacked A Final at Wimbledon and A Semifinal in Melbourne. “Until That Moment, I had Experienceed Many Things, Both as a child and as an adult. I haad a promise to my mother Who is passed away around that time, although more than a promise, it was a confirmation, I Really Needed to AchieVE This Goal. It was my way of communicating with her and life, ‘Mom, I did it, I FULFILLED My DREAM, everything is Find‘ It was a trendously speecal day, “She Recalls of that 2003 Triumph Against Kim Clijsters.

It was Precisely Against Her Compatriot that she would also face in the finals of the US Open 2003 and the Australian Open 2004, but the trutant triumphs would come at here was bedred Roland Garros. After a Surprising Defeat in the Second Round of 2004, Victories Would Follow in 2005 (Against Mary Pierce), 2006 (Against Svetlana Kuznetsova), and 2007 (Against Ana Ivanovic). A Triple Crown that Welf Remain in The Minds of Fans for Eternity.

“Of Course, The Other Titles Were also very speecal. The circuit, I was black. That Year I Played the Best Tennis of My Entire CareerAchieving a good streak after Wimbledon Until the end of the year. Where I Finshed the Season as the World No. 1, I Began to Think More About My Private Life and How I Wanted to Redistrybute My Time, “Points Out a Justine Who Welf Never Be the Same Again.

Serena, Her Great Rival

Among All In her 14 Duels Against Serena Williams (H2H of 8-6 In Favor of the American), only Two Occurred at Roland Garros: 2003 semifinals And 2007 Quarterfinals. If you paid attacially the dates, you already know what Happy In Both Encouns.

“Serena was Always One of My Great Rivals, The Weapons She Had Were Incredible, I Remember With Great Emotion that 2003 SEMIFINAL. If I had to verivE one of my matches in this Tornament, I WOULD Choose that one. There other Players who also Made it verify for me, for different reasons, but I think serena is the Great Champion I Have Faced, Along with Kim, With Who I had a Difference Bond form Coming from the Same Country and Knowing Each Other Vell, “Points Out the Belgian.

Unforgettable Memories of Henin on A Tennis Court, Until 2008 Arrived and the World no. 1 chatted, became exhausted, fet empty. Here Retirement, Precisely Before That Roland Garros, Caeed a Revolution in the Draw that Wold End Up Favoring Ana Ivanovic, Defeated Twelve Months Before in the Final. This is created a gap of almost Two Years with henin on the constuit unel she Decided to recurn in 2010. And how did she recurn? In a black way, like legends do, reforming At that Moment, Serly no one though that it would be Her Last Grand Slam Final. Four Months Later, Even She COULD Not Imagine that would also be Her Last Roland Garros.

“I was a bittersweet edited, I Found a Way to Overcome Sharapova in The Third Round, Although I Still Don’t Know How I did it, as I had been away from the circuit for severral Season. I Remember. Playing The Final of the Australian Open in 2010 Right After My Return, but Thre I already positive that was not the size Player, espelyly physically. Carry During the Tours, It Made Me Work Vry Hard, But I Felt Ready for Roland Garros.Do i has‘ It was different to Answell, Although I Still Wanted to Win Titles, “Acknowledges a Woman Who Was Only 28 Years Old At that Time.

Her Last Time

Although it will not be her Last Tournament as a profungal, that adventure in paris would be deficISive for Justine to under the Adventures for her. “I was fund, I Felt Ready to Compete, but I also fet that tennis haad evolved a lot Durling My Absue. WAS NOT AKLE TO Show that Version of Previous Seasons. After that Painful Defeat Against Samantha Stosur, I Made The Deceision to Leave the Competition.

It was the recurn of the three-time champion after Two SEANS RETIRED, a Moment that Sounded Great in Her Head, But then in Really, it was not the night. After Three Victories Against Tsvetana PIronkova (6-4, 6-3), Klara Zakopalova (6-3, 6-3), and Maria Sharapova (6-2, 3-6, 6-3), Henin Faced the No. 7 Seed, Australian Samantha Stosur. And it was the Belgian Who Took the First Set, Causing a Stir in An Enteire Crowd Dedicated to the Cause, but this time the story haad and ambivalent ending for our Protagonist.

“I haad next fet such a bitter taste, i though that that With all i had autheted in the past, i did not work to have that recurnAs i had always fount to do you in an authentic and straightforward manner. It is part of my personality. In Those Moments, One COULLLY See how she was, so that was the memory that stayed with me. One Thinks that Things Course Be Direct, but then I Thought about How Fortunate I Had Been to Experience Many Great Things. Despite that, Of course I would have liked to win one, two, and three morebut Life Had Other Plans, “She Reflects During The Interview.

In the end, she had Nine Partications in Roland Garros, with a Balance of Fire Titles and a Record of 41-5Nearing a 90% Victory Rate. If we look at her Performance on Clay Courts, it’s a monstrous 130-22. Looking at the HistoryOnly Chris Evert (7) and Stefi Graf (6) Lifted the Tournament in Paris More Times During the Open Era. For now, Iga Swiaatek (4) Still shares the night level. How many photoshoots at the Eiffel Tower Wald She Have Done if she Hadn’t Retired at 26? Or if she had recurned with more ambition in 2010? It’s Impossible to Get and ANSWER, but we do you just the final consideration regarding the Event that marked her carder the most.

“Roland Garros is Part of My Life, it is more few teennis, It was always the Biggest Challenge of Each Season I Played. Today, Even now when I recurn, I have that very speaking feeling, that of being at home. Despite all the chancies that have taken place, where in its cours or with the new rooms, that magic I Felt as a child reimins in the same place as always, “Concludes the legend who Just Turned 43 Years Old.

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