Wimbledon: Justine Henin v Nadia Petrova as it happened

Justine Henin tells BBC Sport: "I am very happy the way I played today. That may be the best level I have played since I have come back. It is not like Nadia did not play well. She pushed me to raise my level so I had to play a good match to win. It is fantastic to play Kim again - it is a great opportunity for both of us and we are going to try to enjoy it."

Henin 6-1 6-4 Petrova
Petrova serving to stay in the match. Henin makes a rare unforced error on the backhand side before Petrova chokes at the net, fluffing a very wooden-looking forehand volley. Petrova then prods a backhand long and follows up with a double-fault - two match points, and Henin only needs one of them, Petrova handing it to her on a plate with a nervy-looking forehand long.

Henin hurdles Barrois

Former world number one Justine Henin reached the third round of Wimbledon with a 6-3 7-5 win over Kristina Barrois.

Henin, the 17th seed who is back at SW19 after ending a 17-month retirement at the start of the year, saw off her unseeded German opponent in an hour and 22 minutes on Court Two.

The Belgian broke twice on the way to taking the opening set 6-3 and looked to be cruising through at 5-2 ahead in the second.

But Barrois reeled off three game in a row, including a pair of breaks, to level at 5-5.