Henin, seeded 33rd after receiving a wildcard, beat Elena Dementieva for the second time in her comeback season, winning 6-3 6-2 against the Russian fifth seed.
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Seven-time world champion Schumacher was also third fastest in the morning, meaning the 41-year-old outperformed his younger teammate Nico Rosberg in both practice sessions for the first time in his comeback season.
Clijsters, who has made a successful comeback from injury this season, will be chasing her 29th tour title on Sunday and eighth this year.
The two were together in Denver when Tebow pulled off comeback after comeback during the 2011 season and led the Broncos to the playoffs.
The seven-time world champion told a televised press conference on Wednesday that he was so disappointed that he was unable to even think about reviving his comeback hopes later this season.
The Italian rider will be hoping to make a comeback after a disappointing 2011 season, his first with Ducati after a long period of dominance at Yamaha.
Nadal said before the claycourt tournament that he would have to be patient in his long-awaited comeback, having missed the season's opening grand slam in Australia due to an illness which delayed his preparations.
And as fate allowed Mr. Vick to ascend from 3rd string QB to starter during the 2010 season, he turned the league on its head by turning in a near-MVP season worthy of Comeback Player of the Year accolades.
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But that same season he was named comeback player of the year and was the seventh-highest rated QB (Flacco was 14th).
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"We'll know at the end of the season how important his comeback is, but I'm very happy to have him back, " added the Frenchman.
The 24-year-old former Ospreys star has played for Moseley and London Welsh this season after making his comeback from a serious knee ligament injury.
While still among the elite top-five shoo-ins for Best Picture (the others being Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Silver Lining Playbook, and Les Miserables), I think this picture needs strong showings in the early awards season to make a comeback and really challenge Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty at this point.
Coming off multiple neck operations, Manning threw for 4, 659 yards and 37 touchdowns last season and was the NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
Some Yao supporters think he should take a long break -- even for the whole season -- and make a comeback later.
His body breaks down after two seasons out west, causing him to miss the entire 2001 season before an ill-fated comeback with Mets in 2002.
Zhao and Shen kicked off their comeback fittingly by winning the Cup of China last season.
They started their comeback with less than 11 minutes left and extended their season with a 5-4 overtime win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Valdespin, a late-inning substitute, hit his first career slam to complete a Mets comeback that saved Harvey from his first loss of the season.
Redknapp's team pressed forward in numbers, but for the first time in his Tottenham reign, he was unable to inspire a magical comeback as Fulham secured their fifth home win of the season to move up to ninth.
Schumacher, who had been set to replace the injured Massa at Ferrari last season until a lingering neck injury ended his first comeback attempt, was happy with his opening effort for Mercedes.
Two years ago Italy won their first ever away points in the championship with an 18-18 draw in Cardiff, while last season in the Stadio Flaminio they staged a fine comeback to down Wales 23-20.
Strong parallels can be drawn between Rossi's scenario and the comeback being forged by a certain Michael Schumacher in Formula One this season.
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He began his comeback for his county's second XI at the end of last season and is now part of the England Academy squad this winter.
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In the second half of a year marking the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth, the Met originally planned a revival of "Parsifal" for next season but changed it to "Wozzeck" to accommodate Levine's comeback.
It was a comeback game for Douglas, who was basically a non-entity for most of the season since losing his starting point guard job in February.
New coach Mike McCoy was Tebow's offensive coordinator in Denver during the 2011 season, when the quarterback took over the offense and led the Broncos to comeback after comeback.
And second rower Sia Soliola is poised to make only his fourth appearance for the club after making his comeback last week from a ruptured kneecap that has kept him out since the second weekend of the season.
Expect Enqvist to come under challenge during the season which culminates in London and Henman, who is back in serious training would love to cap his comeback with a title win in his home city, something he never managed during his ATP Tour career, despite near misses at Wimbledon and Queens Club.
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