Australian Open 2010 :The day where Tennis won

Match of the day-There has always been a debate about women tennis players being paid less as compared to their male counterparts in all the grand slams. The Logic behind it is most of the female matches are not up to the mark, the mark of course being set by the male counterparts.

Today’s second round match between world number 5 – Elena Dementiva and Justin Henin can calmly put all those arguments aside. This can arguably be one of the best women’s tennis I have seen in ages. Even the final score of 7-5 7-6 in Justin’s favor isn’t close enough to describe the actual tussle which went on for every point throughout this game.Any question marks over Justine Henin’s ability to recapture the form which earned her seven Grand Slam titles were largely answered in a dramatic night session match. This was an eagerly-anticipated encounter from the moment the former No.1 was drawn against the winner of last week’s Medibank International in Sydney. The pedigree of both players made the occasion feel as though it were happening about a week too early, while the quality of the tennis was also worthy of a contest played deep in the second week.Henin’s win was match of enduring quality, one which saw the Russian come close to bundling the Belgian out of her first major since returning from a 20-month hiatus from the tour. Henin is unseeded at this year’s Australian Open, yet somehow Dementieva appeared to be the underdog. There were times when, by her own admission, she was cowed by the calibre of opponent she was up against.Dementieva’s defeat counts as an upset, but it felt like anything but. Henin is well and truly back