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Henin dropped her first set since losing the Wimbledon semifinal
to Marion Bartoli, but stretched her winning streak to 16 matches,
including a run to the U.S. Open title.
Golovin lost the Porsche Grand Prix final for the second straight
year, after beating No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova in Saturday's
semifinal.
Henin now has 37 career titles. She also won the French Open and
is 54-4 for the year.
"I finally got this title," said Henin, who had lost twice in the
final of the tournament, in 2001 and 2003.
Henin had a choice of driving away in a Porsche 911 convertible
or taking $92,410 in cash as the first prize.
"Give me a few minutes to think about it," Henin said on the
court during the award ceremony.
Golovin played a strong first set and took advantage of some
uncharacteristic mistakes by Henin, who netted an overhead smash and
than double-faulted to go down 4-2. Golovin took the set with a
forehand winner.
The two traded service breaks at the start of the second but
Henin took command of the match after breaking again for a 3-2 lead.
She finished with 36 winners, 11 more than Golovin.
[Associated
Press; by Nesha Starcevic]
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