Even though she suffered some minor hiccups in the first set, Justine Henin advanced to the semifinal of the Unicef Open after she defeated Kristina Barrois, 7-5, 6-3. The top seed had two set points at 5-4 but lost them and lost the game.
Henin came back and won the next two games to win the match. She only needed only match point to win the match.
Joining Henin in the semifinals are Kirsten Flipkins, Andrea Petkovic, and Alexandra Dulgheru.