Faultless Belgians (9/11/2001)

Belgium's second win in the competition was once again engineered by straight-sets victories from Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters.

Henin had to overcome a determined challenge from Australia's Rachel McQuillan in the first set of their opening clash on court one before running out a 7-5 6-0 winner.

Henin struggled for consistency in the first set, building a 4-3 lead only to lose her next service game to keep the contest finely poised.

The world number seven managed to hold her nerve when serving to stay in the set at 4-5 and she got the decisive break in the next game, a thundering forehand cross court leaving McQuillan stranded on her second break point.

Henin had to save two break points in the 12th game before another forehand winner gave her the set in 47 minutes.

The Belgian then ran away with the second set to complete victory in 65 minutes.

Clijsters clinched a winning 2-0 lead ahead of the doubles with an easy 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alicia Molik.

"It's nice to get comfortable wins early on," said Henin. "There's still a game we have to win tomorrow, though (against Spain)."

from reuters.com