Henin kicked out of German Open

2008-05-08 06:40:20 Xinhua English

Justine Henin from Belgium returns a ball to Dinara Safina of Russia during the third round match of women's singles at the German Open tennis tournament in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2008. Henin lost the match 1-2 and was unqualified for the next round. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

BERLIN, May 8 (Xinhua) -- World number one tennis player Justine Henin was eliminated at the third round of German Open here on Thursday.

The Athens Olympic champion lost to Russian player Dinara Safina 7-5, 3-6, 1-6.