Justine Henin from Belgium returns a ball to Dinara Safina of Russia during the third round match of women's singles at the German Open tennis tournament in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2008. Henin lost the match 1-2 and was unqualified for the next round. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling) Photo Gallery>>>

    BERLIN, May 8 (Xinhua) -- World number one tennis player Justine Henin was eliminated at the third round of German Open here on Thursday.

    The Athens Olympic champion lost to Russian player Dinara Safina 7-5, 3-6, 1-6.

Dinara Safina of Russia returns a ball to Justine Henin from Belgium during the third round match of women's singles at the German Open tennis tournament in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2008. Safina won the match 2-1 and advanced to the next round. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling) Photo Gallery>>>