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Painful exit Injured Henin-Hardenne retires from Ordina finalPosted: Saturday June 21, 2003 11:12 AMUpdated: Saturday June 21, 2003 1:02 PM
ROSMALEN, Netherlands (AP) -- Kim Clijsters won the Ordina Open on Saturday when Justine Henin-Hardenne quit after hurting her left hand during the second set of an all-Belgian final. This rematch of the French Open final earlier in the month ended with a 6-7 (4), 3-0 victory for Clijsters in a grass-court Wimbledon tuneup. Among the men, Sjeng Schalken and Arnaud Clement won semifinal matches and will play for the title Sunday. Henin-Hardenne, the French Open champion, stumbled at the end of the second game of the second set. She rose, wincing, and her trainer taped her left wrist. After losing the following game, she forfeited. Wimbledon starts Monday and she expects to play. "I don't know exactly what's wrong, but my fingers are hurting, and it wasn't good for me to continue this match," said the second-seeded Henin-Hardenne, a right-hander. "I couldn't be focused on what I want to do." Clijsters, seeded first, squandered three set points in the first set. She said she did not enjoy winning by forfeit but was pleased with parts of her game. "I had a lot of chances," she said. "I was playing aggressively and I feel good." Schalken, the defending champion, dominated from the baseline in defeating Dutch countryman Raemon Sluiter 6-3, 6-4. "I'm ready for the final, and I'm ready for Wimbledon," said Schalken, who is seeded third and beat Clement in last year's final. Clement, a Frenchman seeded seventh, scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over Jan Vacek of the Czech Republic. Vacek upset top-seeded Jiri Novak to reach the semis but had difficulty controling the ball against Clement.
Schalken "beat me last year, and he's beaten me six times, so
we have to see," Clement said. "I hope tomorrow it's going to be
me that's the winner."
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