 World number one Amelie Mauresmo feels she may have finally conquered her big-match nerves - just in time to do battle for the Wimbledon title with Justine Henin-Hardenne today. The French top seed, who turned 27 earlier this week, had reached the semi-final in each of her last three visits to the All England Club, only to fall short when in command of the match. This year, however, Mauresmo maintained her composure to overcome both the challenge of former French Open champion Anastasia Myskina in the quarter-finals and then dug deep to see off the power game of 2004 Wimbledon winner Maria Sharapova in an epic encounter on Centre Court. It is something she now hopes will stand her in good stead against the Belgian number three seed. Mauresmo declared: "It is always a learning experience every time you go out on the court. "I am trying to learn from the bad moments I had, learn also from the moments where I was able to overcome these moments of tension." "Nerves are a big factor - I think it plays a lot on the women's game maybe more than the men's game. "Emotions are a big part in women, so in women's sports also. It makes it pretty exciting. "Sometimes you suffer a lot also, so then the reward is even better." Should Mauresmo triumph against Henin-Hardenne, who retired ill during their Australian Open final at the start of the year, she would certainly be a worthy winner of a second Grand Slam title of 2006 given the tennis played here. The match-up between the pair, neither of whom are averse to the serve-volley game, is already being hailed as the perfect final. Henin-Hardenne was runner-up at the All England Club in 2001, and then reached successive semi-finals before being struck down with the energy-sapping virus which almost ended her career. With the 2006 French Open title already secured, many fancy the 24-year-old to become only the 10th women in the history of the sport to secure a clean sweep of Grand Slams. Mauresmo said: "One of us will go out of this having shown better than the other one. Hopefully it will be me who takes the title." | 
