Recently-retired Justine Henin doesn’t want to completely dismiss the possibility of returning to tennis.

However, this doesn’t mean the former world No.1 gave hints that she’ll return. It’s more like "never say never" than really having some plans to come back to the Tour.

"I can never say for sure that I'll never be back because I hate to say never," said the 26-year-old Belgian who believes the biggest disappointment of her career is failing to win a Wimbledon title. "But for me, and the people who know me, they know that when I do something, I do it 200 percent — and when I decide it's over, it's over and I go to the next step." Read more »

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World No.1 Justine Henin surprisingly retired last week, while still being at the peak of her tennis career, and 21-year-old Maria Sharapova, who has improved to No.1 in the rankings after Henin’s retirement, said that she understands the Belgian's desire to quit playing professional tennis.

"Justine is 25 years old and she had achieved so much in her career," Sharapova said. "If I was 25 and I had won so many Grand Slams, I'd quit too." Read more »

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Justine Henin surprised the tennis world by announcing her retirement from the sport on Wednesday, totally unexpectedly for basically everyone. Today, Henin’s official website published the full version of the Belgian's speech at the press conference, so far we only had excerpts.

"It's a great day in my life, I believe that you can call it that. I'm here today to announce to you that I am putting a definitive end to my tennis career. I know that it is a shock for many people and a surprise, but for me it's decision I've thought about for sometime now. It is not a decision which I made because of a simple defeat in Berlin. I've thought about it in my head for sometime, for a few months already, since the latter month of 2007. It's an end to a beautiful adventure. Read more »

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Justine Henin yesterday shocked everyone, except probably her family and closest friends, announcing her retirement while still being the highest-ranked women’s tennis player and just after a more than phenomenal year 2007.

The 25-year-old Belgian calmly announced her decision at a press conference at her tennis club. Her coach for twelve years Carlos Rodriguez wasn’t as strong and couldn't hold his emotions.

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Justine Henin, top-ranked women’s tennis player, has shocked the world by announcing her retirement on Wednesday. Why did this come up so suddenly? The Belgian had mentioned she considered retirement and gave a time frame of two to five years, but who would have expected the world No.1 to retire just ten days after those statements.

Ok, this year hasn’t been so good for Henin, at least not by her standards, but it was far from being lost. I mean, she suffered some early losses and upsets, but she was still the best player out there in the majority of cases.

Anyway, I can’t say I'm stunned because I still can't believe the news, it hasn't reached my reason yet that Justine Henin has retired. Read more »

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