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Net loss: Henin picks living life over tennis

baltimoresun.com     May 18, 2008   13 related          

Life happens. "It is my life as a woman that starts now," Justine Henin said Wednesday upon stepping down from her perch atop women's tennis at age 25, and worn out. Could it be that the burden of being 5 feet 5 3/4 inches and 125 pounds in the era of what Mary Carillo calls "big-babe tennis" was...                    

Henin may return if she can't find peace

dailymail.co.uk     May 17, 2008   6 related          

Comments Justine Henin's family believe she may yet return to tennis — perhaps even within a year if she fails to find satisfaction in her new life. The 25-year-old Belgian women's No 1, who quit the game on Wednesday, played tennis for fun yesterday against her brother, Thomas, at his new club...                    

Justine Henin ready to live life away from tennis

iht.com     May 15, 2008   294 related          

The happiest I've ever seen Justine Henin was away from a tennis court. It was about an hour after the lithe Belgian with the bigger-than-you'd-think strokes won the 2007 French Open. Not quite a full year later, Henin again was surrounded by her relatives, again content as could be, only on...                    

Timeline: the playing career of Justine Henin

guardian.co.uk     May 14, 2008   4 related          

Henin won seven grand slam women's singles titles during a glittering career Henin decided to quit while she was still at the top. 1992: Attends French Open final between Steffi Graf and Monica Seles. 1997: Wins junior girl's singles title at French Open. 2001: Reaches semi-finals of French Open...                    

On Tennis: Henin suffers uncharacteristic lack of focus

nwsource.com     May 12, 2008          

Given the way she was talking, Justine Henin's early exit from yet another tournament wasn't that much of a surprise. ... Henin continued to slump following an utterly dominant 2007 season, losing to Russian Dinara Safina in the third round of the German Open last week....