Sydney, January 11:

Justine Henin won her 28th match in a row, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the Sydney International final after falling behind 3-0 in the deciding set.

Henin lost her service without taking a point in the second game of the third set, but Kuznetsova did the same two games later to allow the Belgian player to pull back on serve at 3-3. It was her 16th win in 18 matches against Kuznetsova, giving the 25-year-old Belgian her third Sydney title.

Earlier, Russian Dmitry Tursunov and Australian Chris Guccione advanced to men’s final. Tursunov beat France’s Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 7-6 (4) while Guccione defeated Czech Radek Stepanek 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4.