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Retired Belgian tennis player Justine Henin addresses a news conference in Brussels February 14, 2011.Former world number one Henin has quit tennis, for a second time, after doctors advised her to end her career due to an injured elbow. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Oh, the mournful life of Justine Henin. In some [...]
Continue Reading →(FILE) A file photograph of Justine Henin of Belgium reacting after losing her match to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in their women’s third round match at the Australian Open Tennis Tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 21 January 2011. Henin retired from tennis for a second time on Wednesday, 26 January 2011, saying a recurring problem with [...]
Continue Reading →Yikes. The tennis gods must be angry. Rafa goes down to Ferrer with a left hamstring injury and now this. Justine Henin annouced today that she is retiring from tennis for a second time due to the elbow injury she sustained last season after slipping on the Wimbledon grass. Huge huge thanks to GTT reader [...]
Continue Reading →Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark hits a return to Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during their match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 21, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) So far, I like the odd days Down Under better than the even ones (and no, [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain (2nd R), Roger Federer of Switzerland, Sam Stosur (R) of Austrlia and Kim Clijsters of Belgium (L) embrace at a Rally for Relief tennis match to raise money for victims of Australia’s flood disaster ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne January 16, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (AUSTRALIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) [...]
Continue Reading →Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, world tennis’ number one ranked female player, returns the ball during a practise session on center court at Melbourne Park ahead of the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 14 January 2011. Wozniacki is playing for her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, which runs from [...]
Continue Reading →Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates winning the men’s singles final against Czech Thomas Berdych at the Wimbledon championships in Wimbledon on July 4, 2010.Nadal beat Berdych 6-3,7-5,6-4. UPI/Hugo Philpott Ah yes, the European ESPYS. Except these, like, are kind of a big deal (at least in countries where tennis is a respected mainstream sport and not [...]
Continue Reading →Justine Henin reports from her website that she will not play for the rest of the 2010 tennis season! This is a complete and total bummer for the WTA Tour. Looks like no possible “Battle of the Belgiums” at the US Open this year. Justine’s message to the world via her site: Here’s a photo [...]
Continue Reading →Kim Clijsters beat Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 at the Best of Belgium tennis exhibition in Brussels on Thursday. According to the exhibition website, a record tennis crowd of exactly 35,681 people showed up to watch the match – topping the previous record set in 1973 in Houston, when 30,472 spectators watched Billie Jean King defeat [...]
Continue Reading →Justine Henin will be a no show at this year’s US Open. Via her website (I suspect someone used Google translate): Following my fall at Wimbledon tournament in 8th final, I took several medical examinations that have revealed a ligament partial fracture at the right elbow. Therefore, I regret to announce you that I can’t [...]
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