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Henin to miss Nasdaq Open
March 18, 2004 19:10 IST
World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will not play in next week's $3 million NASDAQ-100 Open, preferring instead to hone her claycourt game.The Belgian's decision to concentrate on preparing for the defence of her French Open title in May removes the possibility of an eagerly-anticipated clash with former world number one Serena Williams. Williams will play the NASDAQ-100 in Miami -- her first tournament since Wimbledon July 2003. "You know, you have to make choice in your life, in your career," Henin-Hardenne told reporters at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells this week. Instead the Belgian will play a claycourt tournament in Amelia Island, a week after the NASDAQ 100-Open. "For me, I like to play on clay court. I want to be ready for sure for the French Open. And I need a couple of tournaments." "It's my favourite surface. That's just question of choices. Two big tournaments in a row, I think it's a little bit too much." Henin-Hardenne plays Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals of the hardcourt Pacific Life Open later on Thursday.
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