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Henin dropped her first set since losing the Wimbledon semifinal to Marion Bartoli, but stretched her winning streak to 16 matches, including a run to the U.S. Open title. Golovin lost the Porsche Grand Prix final for the second straight year, after beating No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova in Saturday's semifinal. Henin now has 37 career titles. She also won the French Open and is 54-4 for the year.  Thomas Niedermueller/Bongarts/Getty Images Sunday's win for Justine Henin increased her career titles to 37 and improved her record for 2007 to 54-4. "I finally got this title,'' said Henin, who had lost twice in the final of the tournament, in 2001 and 2003. Henin had a choice of driving away in a Porsche 911 convertible or taking $92,410 in cash as the first prize. "Give me a few minutes to think about it,'' Henin said on the court during the award ceremony. Golovin played a strong first set and took advantage of some uncharacteristic mistakes by Henin, who netted an overhead smash and than double-faulted to go down 4-2. Golovin took the set with a forehand winner. The two traded service breaks at the start of the second but Henin took command of the match after breaking again for a 3-2 lead. She finished with 36 winners, 11 more than Golovin.
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