Comeback champions Clijsters out and Henin still in

Nadia Petrova striking hard against US Open Champion former World No. 1. (Getty)

Kim Clijsters struggling in the court for the first time since her comeback. (Reuters)

The comeback champion former World No. 1 continue to show her skills. (Getty)

As the Australia Open continues, Kim Clijsters who has won two tournaments recently after she come back, was not able to found herself on the court and lost to Nadia Petrova in about 52 minutes. From the way she played, Clijsters was not really herself but it cannot be denied that Petrova took control of the game fast and sieze every opportunity to end the game fast. The score was  6-0, 6-1 at the end of the game.

On the other hand the other comeback champion Justine Henin continue to perform and win the games. She knocked out Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva 7-5, 7-6 in the second round. Elena Dementieva was also actually an Olympic Champion. Justine Henin later on won Alisa Kleybanova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to proceed on to the next round. One more round and she be in for the semi-finals.