TENNIS in DEPTH.

Justine Henin will join a top-class women’s field which features nine of the world’s top 10 players including Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Caroline Wozniacki and Elena Dementieva and Australia’s world number 13 Samantha Stosur in a tournament which runs from January 10-16.

Henin, who held the number one ranking for 117 weeks, announced her comeback to professional tennis in September after 15 months on the sidelines.

Her first tournament will be in Brisbane in the first week of January.

She was also granted one of four discretionary wild cards to the Australian Open at Melbourne Park next month.

“The women’s draw is very impressive and it will be great to get some tough, competitive matches at the Medibank International Sydney before heading to Melbourne,” said Henin, a three-time winner in Sydney in 2004, 2006 and 2008.

“I have a lot of happy memories of Sydney and have won the title three times, so I am looking forward to returning in January as part of my preparation for the Australian Open.”

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