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Justine Henin's run at the Australian Open finished in the third round Friday when she lost 6-4, 7-6 (8) to Svetlana Kuznetsova, just a year after reaching the final in her comeback to Grand Slam tennis.
It was Henin's first loss in a major to Kuznetsova, the former French and U.S. Open champion, and her worst run at a Grand Slam event since Wimbledon in 2005.
Henin was only weeks into a comeback from a career break when she lost the final last year to Serena Williams, the third time in four appearances that she'd reached the championship match at Melbourne. Her comeback season was derailed when she injured her right elbow at Wimbledon and didn't play again in 2010.
Read more:http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus11/news/story?id=6043031
