MEDIBANK INTERNATIONAL

January 13, 2006

Justine Henin

THE MODERATOR: First question, please.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: When I was down 6-4, 4-1, for sure I wasn't in good position at that point. So I couldn't find a solution. I was between the fact that I had to be aggressive but I had to be patient, and I couldn't find the good balance. So she was dominating the points, and she was coming to the net, which was -- I was supposed to do that. So I was a little bit frustrating. But she was playing great. She did put on me a lot of pressure, and it was hard for me to handle this. But after that, I just tried to stay focused on every point. I've been more aggressive. I was hitting the ball harder. And finally that turned. But even in the third set I was 5-3 down, so I just never thought it was over. That's probably what helped me to win the match.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: When I won the second set for sure, and also at 5-3 in the third I felt she was nervous to win. She was a little bit scared to win the match. So I felt that, and at that point I was very calm because I knew I had to play point after point and stay very focused. And I really enjoyed this match. I think that was great match. Even if I didn't play my best tennis first part of the match, I think that I had a very, very good opponent in front of me tonight so that wasn't easy.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I just try to enjoy the moment, winning another title, the first one in 2006. I think it's great for my comeback. For sure it gives confidence, but a Grand Slam is very different. The next step is going to -- I have to recover quickly and then get ready for next week. But it's going to be different. I think the situation is very different from what it was in 2004 when I won here. So I just have to be patient, give the time to my body to recover, and get ready for the whole season.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I just know I'm play Domachowska the first round. That's the only thing that I care about. My first round is the next step, and I don't want to talk too much about the rest right now.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: I don't know her very well, so give me the time to enjoy my time here and then maybe later this weekend we can talk about my first round. But I don't know her very well, but I'm sure Carlos will say everything to me next few days.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE: Yeah, I did. I didn't serve as well as I did yesterday, but that's tennis, that's life. Sometimes it's not as good. But I did handle it with my second serve. I did a couple of double-faults, but I think that at the end it was much better. Just some days like this. You have to -- not serving as hard as I did yesterday, but it's like that. I don't know why exactly. It's a bad day for my serve.