New York, Sept 07: A resilient Justine Henin-Hardenne beat error-prone Kim Clijsters 7-5, 6-1 for the US Open championship today to win her second grand slam title of the year. A dehydrated Henin-Hardenne was sitting on a table in the trainer's room at the US Open today after an epic semifinal victory, receiving intravenous fluids before heading to her hotel to sleep.
Late yesterday afternoon, she was on a practice court, trying to gauge whether she was fit enough to play in her first US Open final a few hours later.
She proved it before a sell-out crowd in Arthur Ashe stadium, crushing her Belgian countrywoman and the world no. 1 in 81 minutes.

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