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Last Updated: Thursday, 3 July, 2003, 10:47 GMT 11:47 UK
Gamewatch: Serena v Henin-Hardenne
All the action from Serena Williams' semi-final victory over Justine Henin-Hardenne in the women's singles.

Final score: Williams 6-3 6-2 Henin-Hardenne



Second set

Williams 6-2 Henin-Hardenne
Henin-Hardenne wins the first point, but Williams hits two aces, and a backhand volley to earn two match points. She completes a magnificent performance when Henin-Hardenne nets a return.

Williams 5-2 Henin-Hardenne
A stunning backhand passing shot at full stretch by Williams gives her three break points. She loses one with an over-hit cross-court backhand but wins the next after a brilliant rally to move to within a game of the final.

Williams 4-2 Henin-Hardenne
Williams is on top form to clinch her service game to love.

Williams 3-2 Henin-Hardenne
Henin-Hardenne wins her serve convincingly to keep her chances alive.

Williams 3-1 Henin-Hardenne
Williams wins three game points on her service. A drop-shot return from Henin-Hardenne saves one, but Williams wins the game with a cross-court forehand that Henin-Hardenne cannot reach.

Williams 2-1 Henin-Hardenne
Henin-Hardenne fights back with a convincing service game, which she wins for the loss of just one point.

Williams 2-0 Henin-Hardenne
Henin-Hardenne earns three break points at 0-40, but Williams saves all of them and closes out the game with stylish in serve-and-volleying.

Williams 1-0 Henin-Hardenne
A number of serving errors by Henin-Hardenne give Williams a chance. Henin-Hardenne saves one break point but Williams makes her second one count.


First set

Williams 6-3 Henin-Hardenne
After missing volleys in earlier games, Williams now seems to have her eye in the net. Henin-Hardenne saves one set point at 40-0 with a desperate volley but over-hits a forehand to win Williams a breathtaking set.

Williams 5-3 Henin-Hardenne
A scampering Henin-Hardenne produces some brilliant defensive work to counter Williams' power. But Williams ups her level to earn three break points at 0-40. The Belgian saves one, Williams over-hits on another, but Williams converts the third when Henin-Hardenne nets a backhand.

Williams 4-3 Henin-Hardenne
Henin-Hardenne breaks the Williams serve to love completing a superb fightback.

Williams 4-2 Henin-Hardenne
Henin-Hardenne questions a call of out on a ball that kicked up chalk on the baseline but conquers her disappointment to win the game after Williams over-hits an easy cross-court winner.

Williams 4-1 Henin-Hardenne
Williams goes 15-40 down by missing two volleys when charging the net and a stunning forehand lob wins Henin-Hardenne a break back.

Williams 4-0 Henin-Hardenne
Some flourishing strokes from the back of the court by Henin-Hardenne are not enough to stop Williams winning two break points at deuce. At the second, Henin-Hardenne nets a forehand to go two breaks down.

Williams 3-0 Henin-Hardenne
Williams wins a strong service game to love. Henin-Hardenne loses a point at 30-0 when a string breaks on her racket.

Williams 2-0 Henin-Hardenne
In another tight game characterised by high-class rallies, Henin-Hardenne saves three break points but on the fourth a powerful forehand down the line gives the world number one the first break of serve.

Williams 1-0 Henin-Hardenne
Henin-Hardenne has two break points in a tight first service game, but Williams delivers two powerful serves, one of them an ace, to save the game.





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