That would be one Elena Dementieva. Having dictated terms to Serena Williams in the Sydney International final the previous week, the Russian was in the kind of form that put her firmly in contention for the Australian Open title. But the bad news had already been delivered: Dementieva was to be the unlucky seed to face Justine Henin in the second round, after the Belgian wildcard was not seeded by organisers. The match was one of the best women’s tennis had seen in a long, long time, and it was just unfortunate there had to be a loser, and that it was Dementieva.
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