Author Topic: Justine Henin to retire
Obese_1_Ka-Blooey 
Registered: Jan '06
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Date Posted: 5/14 4:08pm Subject: Justine Henin to retire
Surprisingly, the number 1 women's player is retiring immediately. Well, not so surprisingly, but she was at the top of the rankings at the time.

Any thoughts?

 

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rechedelphar 
Registered: Mar '04
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Date Posted: 5/14 5:48pm Subject: RE: Justine Henin to retire
This is kind of ridiculous. She's not even going to play in the French Open? once you loose a bit a strength and youth time to retire huh. This just dosen't make any sense

 

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Armenian_Jedi 
Registered: Mar '03
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Date Posted: 5/14 6:07pm Subject: RE: Justine Henin to retire
I wish I could care about this.

 

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Date Posted: 5/14 7:38pm Subject: RE: Justine Henin to retire
First Sorenstam, now Henin!

 

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Rogue...Jedi 
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Date Posted: 5/14 9:02pm Subject: RE: Justine Henin to retire
I'm still trying to figure out which announcement surprised me more between Sorenstam and Henin... probably Sorenstam, but I certainly wasn't expecting either.

Pretty much going out on top, though.

 

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Obese_1_Ka-Blooey 
Registered: Jan '06
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Date Posted: 5/14 9:27pm Subject: RE: Justine Henin to retire
I'm curious: if Henin had waited until the French Open, and had won it, would that have affected her decision? She had won the tournament 3 years in a row.

Also, is Maria Sharapova deserving of the sudden title of #1? Sharapova has recently been on a tear, having an overall record of 23-2 so far this year, including the Australian Open, in which she defeated Henin 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.

 

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Darth McClain 
Registered: Feb '00
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Date Posted: 5/15 7:45am Subject: RE: Justine Henin to retire
Obese_1_Ka-Blooey posted:
I'm curious: if Henin had waited until the French Open, and had won it, would that have affected her decision? She had won the tournament 3 years in a row.


I wonder about that, as well. I bet she'll regret the French Open this year because of her dominance the last couple years.

 

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MarcusP2 
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Registered: Jul '04
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Date Posted: 5/15 8:44am Subject: RE: Justine Henin to retire
I'd figured she'd go at the end of the season, not right now.

 

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