Henin retires, again


Unlike her fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin’s comeback didn’t produce any Grand Slam titles. This season, a nervous-looking Henin flopped in Melbourne, falling to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round. Still hampered by an elbow injury sustained, ironically, against Clijsters at Wimbledon last year, Henin called it quits for the second time. “I had hoped for a different return and dreamed of a different ending,” Henin said.  Why Henin couldn’t wait until the Australian Open ended to make the announcement is beyond many.

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