Henin battles past Sharapova

Justine Henin recovered from the loss of her first set at the French Open for five years to beat Maria Sharapova today and extend her winning run at Roland Garros to 24 matches.

Four-time champion Henin looked in real danger of her first defeat in the tournament since 2004 when 12th seed Sharapova had three points for a double-break in the deciding set after the contest resumed this afternoon at one set all.

But the Belgian 22nd seed hit back to win five of the next six games and seal a 6-2 3-6 6-3 victory after two hours and seven minutes spread over two days on Philippe Chatrier Court.

Henin will play seventh seed Samantha Stosur of Australia in round four tomorrow.