Time is ripe for mentally mature Zvonareva
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...great power, she has the same kind of versatility as a Kuznetsova, or even the retired Justine Henin. She can pounce on the short ball and roll to net, where she is comfortable volleying...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 23, 2009"Top" WTA players failing to seize the opportunity
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comThough the dominant questions going into the first American Masters Series event of the year (the BNP Paribas Open currently under way at Indian Wells...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 16, 2009A little heart goes a long way
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...This kind of thing has happened before: In the 2006 final, Italy upset Belgium (led by Justine Henin, the now-retired icon) and -- lookie here -- along the way to that miracle finish, the Italians...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 09, 2009Yet another year-end best and worst list -- sort of
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...mumbling, "What a weird way to end our final broadcast." Greatest Buzzkill of 2008: In 2007, Justine Henin won two of the three majors she played and was runner-up in the other one...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008Parity versus mediocrity?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...first Grand Slam title. All right, this situation definitely owed something to Roland Garros defending champion Justine Henin's surprise decision to quit the game cold while still ranked No. 1. But while this...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2008It's the luck of the draw
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...was last year at the U.S. Open, when five of the top six women contenders -- Justine Henin, Venus and Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic -- all ended up in the same half...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2008Bad case of spring fever for WTA
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...when you're talking about legitimate rivalries. Meanwhile, in that same period, recently retired No. 1 Justine Henin has played Maria Sharapova all of twice (1-1), Serena Williams five times (Henin prevailed 3...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2008Henin's sudden denouement
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comTennis is still reeling from Justine Henin's seemingly premature retirement from the game at the age of 25. She's packing up...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 16, 2008Failed legend-hood
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comWe all know who the living legends of tennis are, thanks to the indisputable and immutable records they produced. But how about potential living legen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 09, 2008Champions' fatigue
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...until the beginning of this year. The WTA situation is comparable, albeit on a smaller scale. Justine Henin remains the woman to beat, but you have to wonder if her career year in 2007...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 07, 2008Merciless Mini-Slam
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...might have been deal-breakers for players looking for a cop-out (that would be you, Justine Henin, MIA in Indian Wells in three out of the last four years). Indian Wells and Miami...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 28, 2008C'mon, Amelie
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...nothing to prove anymore (but an awful lot of glory to gain), she might consistently challenge Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova and Venus and Serena Williams at the majors. Granted, an emergency appendectomy in mid...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 29, 2008C'mon, Amelie
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...nothing to prove anymore (but an awful lot of glory to gain), she might consistently challenge Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova and Venus and Serena Williams at the majors. Granted, an emergency appendectomy in mid...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 29, 2008Tone set for 2008 season
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...of the next 11 months -- and beyond: 1. Neither of the top seeds, Roger Federer and Justine Henin, made the final. My impression is that despite the commanding way those two players dominated 2007...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 29, 2008Dreamy tennis from Sharapova
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...saw it in its present shape was at the 2006 US Open, which she won beating Justine Henin in the final), it takes an extraordinary effort to beat her. Her serve and savage groundstroke...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 25, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "justine henin" make the list?