World No 1 Justine Henin to retire from tennis
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Have your say Read comments World No 1 Justine Henin is set to announce her retirement from professional tennis, according to reports in the Belgian newspaper De Standaard. Henin, who lost in the third round of the German Open last week to Dinara Safina, a player against whom she has never dropped a set previously, has withdrawn from this week's Italian Open, citing fatigue. ...
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Wild World of Wednesday - May, 14 2008
Published 5/14/2008 by Apryl DeLancey (noreply@blogger.com) at Women Like Sports
... Also retiring is the #1 ranked player in women's tennis, Justine Henin. She has withdrawn from the Italian Open this week, noting fatigue as the culprit. Henin is a mere 25 years old. ...
Justine Henin Pulls a Barry Sanders, Retires
Published 5/14/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
Had to do a double-take on this one: Tennis star Justine Henin, 25, is retiring? Huh? She’s currently the No. 1 ranked tennis player in the world, and she’s bailing? Who does she think she is, Barry Sanders? Brett Favre? She’s won the French Open three years in a row, it begins in two weeks, and she’s quitting now? We eagerly await the conspiracy theorists to come out in droves on this one.
On another note, doesn’t Henin sort of look like Mary Stuart Parker?
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Posted 5/15/2008 on William K. Wolfrum
On consecutive days, two of the world’s top female athletes have decided to call it quits. First, Annika Sorenstam announced that 2008 would be her final year, and today world No. 1 women’s tennis player Justine Henin announced her tennis playing days are over. Now, as most everyone is aware, things like this tend to happen in threes. That is why I am making a formal request to ...Video: Justine Henin’s Retirement Press Conference
Posted 5/15/2008 on On the Baseline Tennis News
Watch the video of Justine Henin’s press conference announcing her immediate retirement from professional tennis. Henin, a seven-time Grand Slam champion and current world number one, explained her decision on Wednesday at her tennis club in Belgium. If you cannot view the video, please click here .SI Swimsuit Couples Cursed?; Henin’s Had Enough
Posted 5/14/2008 on SPORTSbyBROOKS
SbB is back on the beach, enjoying the calm, cool waters of the Caribbean . • Does the SI Jinx also cover couples who appeared in the swimsuit issue ? • Justine Henin pulls an Annika Sorenstam , but does it much quicker . • Funny how one innocent cheerleaders-in-undies photo can destroy an entire athletic department . • A San Francisco Giants fan tragically dies after a ...Who Will Be the New No. 1 on the WTA Tour Tennis Rankings?
Posted 5/14/2008 on On the Baseline Tennis News
Although Maria Sharapova seems poised to assume the top spot now that Justine Henin is retiring, she is not 100% guaranteed to become No. 1. Sharapova is expected to become the best tennis player in the world on Monday when the latest rankings are released–unless Justine Henin fails to get her paperwork done in time. According to the WTA Tour rules, Henin must make her retirement ...Allez Justine! Farewell to a Champion
Posted 5/14/2008 on On the Baseline Tennis News
As I’ve reflected today about Justine Henin and her legacy to tennis, I thought back to a story I wrote about her last fall after she won her seventh (and now final) Grand Slam title. Some of you have already read it, yet I feel it accurately sums up what the WTA Tour lost today. Once upon a time, in the tiny country of Belgium a little girl dreamed of winning a Grand Slam ...Justine Henin and Annika Sorenstam Retire, End Careers in— OH MAN LOOK AT THAT HOTTIE!
Posted 5/14/2008 on Dejuiced! Sports News with No Boundaries
Image details: Pacific Life Open Day 14 served by picapp.com So the big news in the women’s tennis and golf world today is the retirement of Justine Henin and Annika Sorenstam , respectively. Much is to be made about how these great athletes are stepping down in their prime and blah blah blah have you seen Ana Ivanovic? Soooo Hot. It’s a good thing for women’s ...Justine Henin Retires!
Posted 5/14/2008 on Tennis Diary
Our newest writer, Mike McIntyre, emailed us this morning with the news: Justine Henin has retired! As of now. Immediately. Mike will be joining us regularly in two weeks. Meanwhile, here are his comments about Justine. A shocking development in the WTA has broken today with the word that world number one, Justine Henin has just announced her retirement from professional tennis today. This ...Justine Henin Quits at 25: Youngest Athlete Ever to Retire on Top?
Posted 5/14/2008 on FanHouse
Justine Henin , the No. 1 ranked women's tennis player in the world, announced her retirement today at age 25. Henin made the announcement, which is effective immediately, just two weeks before she was expected to defend her title at the French Open. She won the French four times, the U.S. Open twice and the Australian Open once. She also won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2004 ...Justine Retires
Posted 5/14/2008 on Tennis Diary
Justine Henin has retired from tennis, still ranked No. 1, though in the throes of a mysterious (or maybe not so mysterious) slump. She made the announcement at a press conference just minutes ago, and it certainly doesn’t sound like she’s going to change her mind: “This is the end of a child’s dream…This is a definitive decision…I started thinking about ...World’s Top Women’s Tennis Pro Retires Abruptly
Posted 5/14/2008 on SPORTSbyBROOKS
The world’s #1 women’s tennis player, Justine Henin , tossed her racket in her bag for the last time professionally, retiring immediately with a week before the French Open . We can think of numerous reasons to avoid France, but this is rather extreme. (And now there is.) While some may choose to speculate about a Hingis -esque retirement party or a Jordan -like trip to ...Henin retires.
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Posted 5/14/2008 on On the Baseline Tennis News
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Posted 5/14/2008 on On the Baseline Tennis News
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