Justine Henin-Hardenne wins 2005 French Open by not sucking
Tennis can be an exciting game, but the women's 2005 French Open finals were not exciting. Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Mary Pierce by sucking less.
Not since 1988 has a player completely failed as Mary Piece did. How bad was it?
- Justine Henin-Hardenne won 19 points in a row.
- Justine Henin-Hardenne won 9 games in a row.
- Justine Henin-Hardenne won the first set in 24 minutes. 24 minutes!
After the match Mary Pierce said:
"Excuse me. It's very difficult to speak right now I'm sad because I lost. I wanted to play a better match. I'm sorry it didn't last very long. Before today's match I was just really calm. I really wanted to be calm and not to be too nervous or emotional, because I didn't want to be tight. Maybe I was a little bit too calm. I needed to be more aggressive."
The final line:
10 J. Henin-Hardenne 6 6
Mary Pierce 1 1
