Justine Henin moved within six sets of returning to Grand Slam glory.

Sean Randall recaps Saturday play at the Australian Open and looks ahead to Sunday.

US Open champion Kim Clijsters had dominated her opponent, Nadia Petrova, in four prior meetings, but it wasn’t the Belgian’s night.

The Belgian Henin made the difference in the match with some timely net forays and aggressive baseline play, taking the action to the Russian.

Notes: Federer has never lost to Andreev but always struggles against the Russian; other openers of interest are (9) Fernando “Hot Sauce” Verdasco vs. the big-serving Aussie Ball, (30) Monaco vs. Gulbis, (20) Youzhny vs. Gasquet, (14) Cilic vs. The Magician, (13) Stepanek vs. Dr. Ivo; Aussie “sensation” Bernard Tomic gets a qualifier first round; Isner vs. Wayne Odesnik in an all-American, winner to likely face (27) Kohlschreiber; 5 current or former No. 1s among seeds; Nadal the defending champ, made Federer cry last year.

Notes: (WC) Justine Henin pulls with a leg injury.

Sean Randall takes a look at what’s to come on the WTA tour in 2010.

The 2009 Tennis-X.com Year-End Awards.

Serena Williams will finish No. 1 on the WTA after defeating sister Venus at the Doha Championships.

BTW, according to the WTA, dumb-ass Qatari tennis authorities paid $42 million to stage the season-ending event for three years until it moves to Istanbul in 2011. Cha-ching WTA!