Henin too classy for Sesil Karatantcheva

Born in Bulgaria, but opted to present Kazakhstan Sesil Karatantcheva recording debut in the tournament for mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia. Sofiyankata which № 140 in world rankings, succumbed to the winner of seven Grand Slam titles Justine Henin with 4:6, 3:6.

Then Ruben Bemelmans beat Andrei Golubyov with 6:4, 6:4, thus making the mixed doubles match irrelevant to the outcome of the game. This was the second defeat for the team of Kazakhstan, who lost chances to go ahead in the unofficial world championship for mixed teams. At the same time did the Belgians are greeted with a first success in Group 'A'.

Karatantcheva was called in an emergency team of Kazakhstan after Yaroslava Shvedova injured his knee in the first round match against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia.

Henin close match in one hour and 24 minutes of play. In the first set the former world No 1 made a breakthrough and that was enough to win it. In the following 21-year-old Cecil lead with 3:1 sets, but then the Belgian took five straight, ending the match in their favor.

It is interesting to recall that the only previous match between two tennis players was exactly one year ago, again in Australia. Second round of the tournament in Brisbane last January Henin beat Karatantcheva with exactly the same result - 6:4, 6:3.

On Thursday, Kazakhstan will play against hosts Australia and opponent of Sesil Karatantcheva will be former № 8 Alicia Molik in the world.

In the other match of Group A from Australia hosts go against Serbia in a match that will practically determine the winner in this slot of the Hopman Cup.