Henin vs Williams 2003 Women's semi-final | Roland-Garros Classic Match
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Henin's backhand was a thing of beauty
Her cheating is another beauty ...
watching this in 2024 feels like gold😍……
Henin was small but she packed a wallop, that backhand was a thing of beauty....she was so fun to watch, i miss her........
IN MOST RACKET GAMES....ITS NOT HOW BIG U ARE,,,ITS IS HOW YR RACKET HEAD SPEED IS...........BUT ON EQUAL SWING SPEED,,,,,,,,,HAING MUSCLES HELPS......AND SERENA IS FILL OF IT..........
Yes that one handed backhand was a serious weapon...just like Steffi's one handed slice....
@@qw737Liars aren’t classy.
@@vickiego1 Sour grapes much😂
The best player won.
Over time Justine was 4-3 at Slams vs. Serena.
@@qw737Always seemed unhappy sad to say!!
Henin is the best one backhanded in tennis women's history
John Mc Enroe once said that technically she had the best single handed backhand of all players...men included...
She plays federer or should I say federer plays like her
7 VS 23 ...Yeah..Serena must be a joking in tennis History
Justine is pure technique, look at the foot work, the speed, the ball striking. One of the most complete tennis players of all time.
she had the most success here, the clay court, because of the crowd, both the Belgian and French crowd antagonized Serena.
@@angel91485 bullshit
@@andreasmissiroli6915 I know right, they’re bullshit
@@angel91485It's the beauty vs the beast, intelligence vs force, grace vs heavyness. Every point Henin plays is smart and unexpected, Williams plays like a machine. In GS Henin leads 4-3.
100% agree!
More full matches on your RUclips channel please! Australian, Wimbledon, and US Open are SO far ahead of you in that regard and it doesn’t have to be like that.
Henin had so much grit, very few players like her. Her tennis was a thing of beauty considering her small stature, she sure packed a punch.
This shows how with proper preparation a one handed backhand is a lethal weapon. beautiful technique by Henin.
Beautiful technique, but a cheater player
@@kenanubayubay8072 Serena, in turn, is the lowest-class player ever, including men players.
" She ain't nothin but a houndog"😊😊
Such fantastically entertaining tennis. Both ladies were superlative athletes and tennis players.
Serena and Henin were clearly the two best player in the world in 2003. Earlier that year it was Venus and Serena but Venus faded after the 2003 Australian Open final. That year Serena won the Australian Open and Wimbledon and Henin won French Open and US Open.
just look at the incredible level they play at, truly a joy to watch
Henin class is mind-blowing...
She is a champion player..
That was a great day not only for women's tennis, but for tennis in general.
To me Henin's backhand is the best shot ever in women's tennis alongside Serena Williams ' serve.
Notice her forehand is not bad either. These two were such amazing players
Agreed. With :
Serena's serve,
Graf's forehand,
Henin's backhand,
Navratilova's volleys,
Hingis' tactics
Venus' athleticism
... I quit my job to turn pro lmao 😅
@@BOOMER751Sharapova s return
@@Marathilove13 I think Azarenka has a better return than Maria. Although Vika is less spectacular and doesn't go for return winners as much as Maria, I'd put Vika above Sharapova.
Justine was one of my favorite players and this rivalry is one of the greatest… with Serena edging 8-6 over their 14 matches. In 2003, Justine and Serena split all 4 Grand Slams (Serena won AO/WIM; Justine FO/USO)
What an amazing player Henin truly was to be successful at this level. She was physically tiny, had a 1HB and in amongst the era of power players yet still played attacking tennis.
エナンは私の中で1番大好きな、最高のプレーヤーです。
動画の編集が上手くてとても見やすかったです。
A true CLASSIC match ! Brain over brawn.
It's interesting that Henin's game was quite Federeresq and yet clay was her best surface and grass her worst - the opposite to Roger
because it wasn't federeresque. just because a player has a onehanded backhand doesn't mean their game is similar to roger's. federer was an attacking player who relied on his serve to win buckets of points and on his immaculate timing to take the ball early and keep his opponents on the run for the few groundstrokes it took to put them away; his variety and volleys were a bonus, but it was that serve and the otherworldly baseline hitting that were his bread and butter. a lot of ohbh players are in the henin mould, which is a classic clay court style (federer struggled, relatively, on clay, and so people assume onehanders struggle on clay, when in fact the reverse is true: kuerten, henin, wawrinka, thiem, tsitsipas, suarez navarro, almagro, all at their best on clay), reliant on heavy spin and lateral movement (see henin slice balls out of the corners on both sides at full sprints and it's hard to believe this is 2003).
@@akbarshahzad5780 people assume onehanders struggle on clay because they usally do, not only Federer.
@@wiggawiggum Since the year 2000, there have been 24 Roland Garros championships. 14 of them have been won by Rafael Nadal, who hits a two-hander. Three more by Novak Djokovic, likewise a two-hander. Of the remaining six, _only Juan Carlos Ferrero_ hits a two-handed backhand. Kuerten (x2 in this period), Costa, Gaudio, Federer, Wawrinka -- all onehanded backhands. Given the ratio of one-handers to two-handers in the game as a whole, that is a lot of overrepresentation for the supposedly weaker form! Earlier, you had Thomas Muster, who dominated clay courts despite playing against mostly two-handers. Then there are Thiem and Tsitsipas, players whose backhands work best on clay. Ditto Almagro and Gasquet, both of whom benefit (as do many one-handers) from the extra time clay affords them, time they can use to unfurl their big backswings. On the women's side, one-handers are much rarer, yet you have Henin with three titles. Yes, the high-bouncing ball can, in theory, pose a problem, but history shows that there is another side to the one-handed coin, and Federer's struggles against Nadal and other spin-heavy players have skewed the perception.
To say Federer « struggled » on clay is quite a take lmao, people should look up for the meaning of certain words
@@Fedthebest75 Relative to his work on other surfaces, yeah. Still the second- and then third-best clay-courter of his era. Obviously this is in the context of the conversation about onehanded backhands
We're Tiny but Brave, and full of heart 😎🙃😍
Who is We?
"Me and you and a dog named blue......"
Henin full of grace and beauty ❤❤
This is a match where Serena allowed the crowd to overwhelm her, in her later years she was able to us it to push her forward but here she crumbled a bit in the end.
the crowd was warm to her initially & .both of her complains wouldn't have affected her game if she just let it go..she should have known from the Hings debucle, that the RG crowd don't like complains even if you're right...she could have won that game.
I'm pretty certain it was a small Belgian won who 'overwhelmed' her, not the crowd. She played brilliantly for much of the match. It came down to just a few extra moments from Henin, esp. defensively. Anyone who wins 23 majors isn't letting the crowd cause them to lose this far into their pro career.
Yes in her game against Osaka in 2018, she really used the crowd to bully the opponent.
I suspect the pressure got to Serena too. She was going for her 5th grand slam in a row here and I think she was pretty frazzled. She only won 3 of the next 16 grand slams.
Especially since Henin cheated!
How MIGHTY SWEET that was ! The bully got her head handed on a plate.
👏👏👏🎾❤️ Que de beau souvenir
Partizado, a tremendous match please come back ladies
She was my favourite women's player after Steffi Graf. Her one handed backhand was her biggest weapon. When I watched this highlights, I still can't believe how Henin won this match as she was in a nearly losing position & Serena was never giving her any easy chances. This must be the greatest victory of her career !!
Serena would mop the floor with Graff 6-0 6-1, like she did with Sharapova at the Olympics 🤣
Graff has beaten Serena as well inspite of being in her twilight
@@akizaizinskii Is that before or after Sarena went on PEDs ??
@@binkyxz3 when did Serena go on PEDs? That’s news to me.
@@akizaizinskii It was revealed in Wiki Leaks that both Williams sisters took various PEDs and got secret waivers to do so from sports governing bodies. It was well before Serena had her first child. I don't have proof, but I speculate the PEDs could have contributed to her perilous pregnancy and delivery. Because she's pregnant now it will be interesting to see how it goes.
Henin , one of the speediest , fleet footed women players around during the early 2000s on.
She had the best and safestest single h back h ever. This first woman to legitimately break the Williams sisters grip at the top of woman s tennis
A brilliant player
The next month she beats Henin 63 63 in Wimbledon.
Sweet revange!!
63 62
Henin beat her at 3 different slams in 2007, and she won 2 of those slams. It was a good rivalry. Henin and Clijsters were the only two "real" rivals that Serena had in her carreer. And by real I mean that they could really be better than her consistently and in big occasions. All the credit for Serena's 2012 resurgence are given to muratoglou, but I think she was able to win a lot after 2012 because there weren't Kim and Justine (at their best) around.
@@milvao3400Better than her on big occasions? Kim beat Serena twice and lost 7 times. She only beat her once at a slam. Henin dominated Serena in 2007 mostly due to Henin playing incredible tennis and Serena not at her best because she barely played tennis in 2006. Both were incredible players, but Serena had other tough rivals like Venus and Capriati who I feel were bigger rivals than Clijsters. But it's clear that Serena at her best is better than all of them at their best except on clay in the case of Justine Henin. Henin is better than Serena on clay. And also they weren't at their best in 2012 because they couldn't compete with the younger players. Their bodies broke down. The fact that Serena could continue to dominate shows she was superior to them.
@@kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 Venus shouldn't count because it's obvious that she's her biggest rival, due to the fact that she's also her sister. Tennis-wise Kim and Justine are the only players who didn't just beat Serena once or twice because they were lucky or because Serena wasn't at her best and/or underestimated them. That's my opinion because I watched the matches. Kim retired early and became a mother, otherwise she would have had more wins vs. Serena for sure.
@milvao3400 There's no guarantee Kim could have won more matches against Serena. She retired in 2007 mainly because of injuries and also a desire to start a family, and that's not Serena's problem. Kim was also losing to the so called weak Era players like Azarenka, Kerber and Laura Robson as well as Sharapova in 2012. I don't see how she was going to be a threat beyond 2012. Her body could no longer handle the demands of tennis. Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters are excellent players, but when Serena is playing at her best and without any injuries she's only vulnerable against Henin on clay. Capriati was a far tougher rival than Clijsters.
Thank you Vika
French Open, by far, has the WORST crowd.
Absolutely
Do you guys reminber the judge on the net? I forgot about that one!😊 Do anybody known when it stop?
So many god mode...unbelievable 👍👍👍
Beauty of 2000s
Сейчас нет теннисисток подобного уровня. Но Хенин напоминает мне Святек.
Нет помню хнгас😊😂❤
Justine retired much too soon.
Le revers à 10:36 est d’une beauté🤌🏼
These were real draws!! 🔥
"I'm no Justine" that was the first time Serena thought that
It's pure bliss watching Henin. Are there any one-handed backhands left in women's tennis nowadays? I'm really curious to know.
Diane Parry, Tatjana Maria and Viktorija Golubic
Gasparyan
Jelena said with serena , im not justin😂😂😂😂😂
Serena would go on to be the best female player in the open era. Skill, power, mental toughness, fit, she became the full package. Unbeatable. Queen of the court 🙌
Nope. Steffi Graf is the best women player in the Open Era and, for that matter, the GOAT.
I feel really bad for WTA, nobody shows the level of Henin again for already more than 10 years
Osaka will crush her
I love Henin’s backhand….
Loved Justine
what an horrible crowd (I'm french)
LOVE how no one talks about the "hand" incident here lol
Because there was nothing to it. Just a lame excuse by Serena for losing to a better player.
That return at 3:11, nastyyyyyyyyy
Pure power and only Serena could do that in women’s tennis
Henin had a good serve she saved lots of break points when it mattered with the serve
Henin brilliant
Brain over brawn.
Милашка Жюстин❤
one big difference in this match is movement: Serena just cannot come out of the corners and reset in the way that Henin can, Henin growing up on red clay.
it is quite jarring to see how frequently Serena is rushed on the forehand, unable to use her normal high and looped takeback and hit with her normal penetration. no-one was doing that to Serena back then: she had so much time on the ball.
Henin’s game, with its mix of power, different trajectories, angles and volleying really unsettled Serena - and i can say that as someone that loved Serena’s style and shotmaking.
people said so much about ‘the hand’ and there is certain ugliness - bequeathed by the French crowd. however, this match represents the two premier female talents of 2000s professional tennis.
don’t overlook the skillset of **both these remarkable players.
The beat one handed bh in female tennis 🔥💪🏻
Magnificent Justin henin❤❤❤❤❤
Every time SWs opening serve was Slider wide , its infuriating so few players caught on to that
The hand stays forever in JH’s career, I hope she heard something called the Camera 😂
So embarrassing she had to cheat to win.
@@TheSportslover2010 What cheating did she do?
@@TheSportslover2010you really think not having a first serve on one point changed the outcome of the match?
@@anfevepait was a crucial game, I think it affected the match though it shouldn’t have for Serena.
@@arslaanpasha333413:24
The hand
Yes, the hand signals serena got during the us open vs. osaka. Is that the hand you are referring to?
The GREAT Henin
Awesome match... it's a shame Henin blantantly lied in the third at 13:22 . It takes away from this amazing achievement.
She didn't lie. I dare you to show me at what point she lied .
De la mana lui Henin s-a schimbat totul
Henin is one of best Tennis player in Women's Tennis History
Class
Henins greatest asset was not the backhand, it was her fearlessness, especially against SW! As we know SW used many bullying tactics on and of the courts (the worst character in female tennis ever) and Henin never took the bate
@thoukisth You speak as though Henin dominated the H2H lol. Serena leads their H2H 8-6. Also, Henin very obviously cheated in this match with the hand-gate incident. Henin was a great player, but she definitely wasn’t ‘the’ player of her generation.
Henin was an athlete
Now let's be honest I do believe that Justine is one in a million with a tiny little physique but it packed such a punch and let's not forget about the flawless ground stroking and the impossible backhands that come from nowhere. TBH we have to be sportsman like right at 2-4 in the third she was very unsportsmanlike by putting her hand up and did not own what she did. Let's not forget that we've already seen this with a lot of other players with Serena but I'm just going to call out Justine and Jennifer capriati
Amazing match. Hard to believe this was on the slow French clay since the balls were going so fast! It is a shame Henin retired so early, she could have accomplished so much more.
the only mistake Serena made her was to be scared of the Henin backhand… she literally looked like she was feeding too much the Henin forehad which is an on and off stroke for Justine, some days it’s as explosive as her backhand some days it’s off….
What mistakes you'll make against me! Too many 😊😅😂❤
Phenomenal match. Goes to show, at least in part, how insanely hard it was to get shots past Henin that Williams would try that drop shot at 40-AD in the 9th game of set 3. Thinking maybe she won't expect this and I MIGHT get one she can't get to. But it was Henin- rabbit quick for a tennis player, and the best vollier in the WTA in her time.
فراشة في الملعب هينين
El revés de HENIN es una obra de arte!!!
J étais iper contente que Justine gagne 👏👏👏👏🎾
Serena and Venus were USA women's Tennis 🎾...the game is not the same without them 😔
I NOTICES THE SUPPOSINGLY SPORTSWOMAN LIKE PERSON..............S.WILLIAMS......DID NOT SHAKE HANDS WITH HENIN AFTER LOOSING HER MATCH.....IN THE END...HENIN HAD MORE SHOT ARIETIES.........AND AGAIN SHOWED WHAT SINGLE HANDED BACKHAND IS REALLY A MATCH WINNER
Henin denied that she raised her hand when williams was serving
Where is her sportsmanship?
This was the worst crowd in women’s grand slam history. Nice job to editing out most of the booing.
Prime Henin vs current Swiatek on clay?
Tough call ! I would put my money on Henin though.
I could be wrong, but I remember America had become unpopular in France because of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. That could explain why the crowd was cheering for Henin.
I don't think so. European and especially the French crowd are interested in tennis. There were many reasons for the crowd being so much in favour of Henin. The French Open is somewhat Henin's home slam, being from Belgium I'm sure there were lots of fans from Belgium up there, Serena was world n.1 and the crowd likes to root for the underdog and finally Henin plays classic tennis, and crowds at the time, and especially Europeans, used to love this style of thennis which was rare and disappearing. And Serena had already taken out Mauresmo in the previous round.
What a brilliant performance of Henin. She showed how to play Serena best: by moving her and using the court perfectly. Her backhand was the most amzing in womens tennis. Sad that Hening quit the game so early. She could have been the big rival that Williams never had.
Justine tried to make a comeback but got mopped by Serena
@@darob20 Justine owned Serena at her best. Her career wasn't that long because she didn't cheat using TUE like Serena.
@@TheRuTrue and Venus owned Justine. Her career wasn't long because she only had one peak her entire career, 2007.
@@TheRuTruespeaking about cheating; it’s very obvious from this match at 13.24 Set3.
@@TheRuTrueOwned her? Maybe on clay. Serena still led their head to head; and most of those wins on clay.
Justine Henin est incroyable mais les soeurs Williams aussi 🫶🏻👌🏻🙏🏻👏🏻
Henin the cheater = holding up hand while Serena served, then Henin denying it to steal point from Serena at crucial moment in the match, turning the crowd and match in Henin's favor
Surely....Just Henin ....make it serena struggle and to hard and sometime difficult to her for win....
Serena was so pretty. We did her wrong.
So all these comments but nobody's going to talk about 4-2, 30-love Justine puts her hand up. Very unsportsmanlike and very unladylike
No, because there was nothing there. Serena decided to serve anyway although she saw Justine raise her hand. Serena was a bully who thought she could have her way no matter what. After that point Serena had other chances to win, but was beaten to the punch by Justine.
Furthermore. after the match Serena, in spite of being upset she acknowledged that " (Justine) played very well and deserved to win "
Жустин икона
En todo el partido Henin sabe perfectamente como deslizarse en la superficie y alcanzar las pelotas mientras que Serena se veía sumamente incómoda con golpes increíbles pero sin saber moverse.
If it wasn't for Justine Henin, Serena would have ended with +30 Grand Slam titles.
No lol, Serena would have had more but in trying to achieve that magic number she succumbed to pressure like 4 times post pregnancy return. She reached 3 grand slam finals. Lost Osaka, Halep Andresscue. She was leading Azarenka at US open semis and ended up losing. If she played her game as a game she could have won more. But there was the added pressure all the time
@@ssds86 I completely agree about Serena's last attempts to make history. But I also understand the pressure and expectation was high. I remember even Oprah (not a fan of tennis) going to the US Open final against Osaka.
The cheater Henin
El público era una mierda, ese partido lo ganaba serena si no existían los silbidos en su contra. Lo bueno que el tiempo puso a cada uno en su lugar, y Serena la superó a esa Henin aplastándola completamente😊.
Annoying crowd. Unbelievable
Is Henin too old to comeback?
We must remember Henin' God' hand
Как красиво играли в теннис! Не то что сейчас, когда все удары из задней линии
Serena was no where near her best in this match. And Justin was at her peak. Just saying. But Serena has a fighting spirit that only champions have. Great match considering the crap that the WTA has to offer today.
Maybe "the hands up" henin makes serena until to day did not respect to her...
Back when women's tennis was great. I miss this era of tennis. Such clean striking with beautiful court movement from both players. Henin my absolute favourite female player of all time. Infact she is my favourite tennis player of all te.
Henin showed what a cheat she was @13.27 when she had her hand up to stop Serena serbing. The Umpire didn't see it and Serena didn't get her 1st seve back
I really hate how the crowd wouldn’t even allow Serena to question some of the calls. The crowd would boo Serena for it is quite disgusting behavior.
Thanks for noticing that, I'm amazed at how unsportsmanlike the crowd is...
Is it a racist thing? Henin clearly obstructed, yet the crowd are completely behind her
@@moo6672 It's because Henin was from the French-speaking part of Belgium. Either way, the crowd was poor.
Sareña was always either the victim or bully.
@@moo6672 Please, stop bringing up racism when it's clearly not the case. The French crowd doesn't like complain and sometimes every crowd misjudge what happens on the court and just start booing, that's what happened. They did the same thing with Hingis vs Graf. They were rooting for Henin for the most obvious reasons: she was the underdog, she played classic tennis and Roland Garros was almost like her home slam, since it's close to Belgium and there were probably lots of fans from Belgium up there. That's it.
@@milvao3400 white people and denying racism is a racist act on its own. How would you know what racism ix when you've never been a victim of it?
sa a dus lui faire bizarre à Serena à l'époque d'avoir des retour d'une tel classe.
So glad Serena is gone. It's like a ray of sunshine.
Just a ray as Serena was the sun in tennis leaving only a ray as you said!😊❤ 😅😂
Justine "the Hand" Henin... lol
i was 12 when i watched this match and i think it changed me on a molecular level lmaoooo the hand lmao. serena would've won this match. it was uncommon for her to have lost a match in a slam to a player who beat her the last time they played.
@@MAURGASM Serena lost three slam matches in a row to Henin in 2007. 🤣
Anyway, you want to tell us Serena lost that FO 03 semi final match because she wasn‘t granted another first serve??? 😄
You Serenatards are ridiculous, always, really always a cheap excuse at hand.
With the hand or not, Henin will win this match and slam. Nobody is stopping her
@@edgarfrancisregalado9588 really cuz this got to 7-5 in the 3rd with serena playing against a cheater AND a crowd against her on her worst surface and her opponent's best
@@MAURGASM Djokovic always won when crowd was against him. Having a bad crowd isnt an excuse.
How would Swiatek fair against these 2?
Would be interesting, but with Serena in her prime she would just crumble under pressure and brutal force. Interestingly Justine and Iga have very similar style of play, that would be a great contest to watch
@ssds86 By age 22 Serena had won one F.O while Swiatek has 3 at that age. Swiatek would dominate Serena on Clay but Serena would dominate in the other 3 Slams. Iga four Slams by age 22. Serena Six. If Iga wins the F.O she'll have four tieing her with Justine Henin. Iga #1 for 103 weeks. She'll probably move past Henin (117 weeks) this year and into 8th place. But unless her serve improves she could become the Nadal of women's tennis.
That hand moment rattled Serena and she couldn’t pull it together because she didn’t expect Justine to use gamesmanship. Even without that moment, Serena might have lost the match but we will never know. The hand moment took away from what might have been an entertaining match. I’m glad that Henin regretted her behavior in this match and apologized to Serena eventually. The crowd was firmly against Serena and the gamesmanship along with the crowd rattled her too much. She was winning until that moment and never found her form again.
The thing is, she doesn't seem particularly rattled by it looking back at the incident. She seems to shrug it off and give an annoyed "whatever" gesture, as if she doesn't want to entertain the stupidity of the moment or something. I don't know, I always felt like the hand incident, while ugly, didn't define the match as much as people think it did. I think it really was the crowd getting into it.
Mind you, that's not to excuse Henin for her lack of sportsmanship. I always admired her, but her desperate desire to win at all costs made her look ugly at times.
"Might have been an entertaining match"?
Um...
I would call this match more than entertaining.
@@niceguy1774 it was entertaining. I was sad the way Serena lost because it was a quality match. Far better than the matches we see these days in the WTA. Just wish the cheat moment hadn’t happened. At least Justine admitted and apologized a few years later.
Serena knew a thing or two about gamesmanship; hardly an innocent
@deedledave9826 Serena had this match. 3-1 up and serving, she played a very loose service game that gave Henin a break and hope. In the crucial moments toward the end of the third set she was a little tentative; Henin took full advantage. Serena was well-versed in gamesmanship; she was no innocent.