Well, now I’m pissed. Yesterday, Justine Henin retired. I wasn’t mad or upset - maybe a little disappointed, but I wasn’t ticked. Now I am. I’ll be the first to say that I didn’t know how rankings worked when someone abruptly retired. Let me see - when was the last time a world number one […]
Her hope of using the German Open to get ready for the French didn’t materialize for Justine Henin after Dinara Safina used three sets to send Henin packing in the third round.
Henin had been to the last six German Open finals and won three of them. Two of those victories preluded her first two French […]
That’s kind of a scary title, isn’t it? Justine Henin has been one of my favorite players on the women’s tour for a long time. To hear Henin is ruminating retirement gave me pause. Seriously? How could she? Now I’ll have to pick a new favorite women’s player!
Thankfully for all of us Henin fans, it […]
Apparently the injury bug has hit the tour. After Venus Williams withdrew from the Family Circle Cup yesterday, Justine Henin announced she won’t be competing in next week’s competition either.
Henin’s website cited a right knee as the problem and thought it too sore to compete in Charleston.
No big deal. It’s just their job. Maybe […]
Competition is truckin’ along down in Miami, and the biggest news so far today is Serena Williams’ upset of Justine Henin. Williams dominated the world number one. And when I say dominated, I mean - well - dominated. 6-2, 6-0 - game, set, match Williams.
I didn’t get to see the match, but it doesn’t sound […]
Even though Justine Henin is the world number one, it hasn’t limited her in branching out and finding ways to apply her love to tennis to more than just demolishing opponents.
Henin plans to open the 6th Sense Tennis Academy at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-In-The-Hills. She and her coach of 12 years, Carlos […]
There’s nothing quite so refreshing as writing a blurb about tennis with your neighbor’s bass shaking your house…someday I’m going to stick it to those f-ers and I’m not going to feel one bit of remorse.
On a different note but equally sad and depressing is the loss of Justine Henin in the quarterfinals at Dubai. […]
The sport of tennis stood up and forced the world to recognize it at the Laureus world sports awards event in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Roger Federer won his fourth straight world sportsman of the year trophy, and Justine Henin was named world sportswoman of the year for the first time.
Henin equalled a 10-year-old record when she […]
I may not like Maria Sharapova too much, but I’m not a complete jerk and I’ll give credit where credit is due. Sharapova rolled No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in a dominant 6-4, 6-0 show.
Beating the world’s No. 1 is no easy task, and Sharapova made it look like […]
Gah. Lleyton Hewitt. He won. That was me eating my words. Now let’s move on.
In other news, David Nalbandian? Cremated. Burnt toast. Hasta la pasta in three sets (6-1, 6-2, 6-3) by Juan Carlos Ferrero. and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took out Richard Gasquet in four. Is it going to be Tsonga in the final with Roger?
For […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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