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Justine Time, Henin makes one of the great grand slam returns
Justine Henin’s storming run to the final of the Australian Open illustrates exactly what women’s tennis has been missing in her absence.
The Belgian played just one tournament in the run-up to the Melbourne grand slam following an 18-month “retirement” but it looks as though she has never been away.
Henin poised for comeback too, but will she do a Clijsters?
Former world number one Justine Henin is poised to announce her comeback to professional tennis 16 months after she retired, Belgian media reported on Tuesday.
Henin, 27, will make the announcement on the evening news shows of French-language stations RTBF and RTL in Belgium, a number of newspapers reported.
Mum’s the word as Clijsters bids to match Goolagong
Kim Clijsters’s return to the WTA Tour during the U.S. hardcourt season later this year will inject more excitement into the unpredictable world of women’s tennis.
Since the retirement of her Belgian compatriot Justine Henin last May, the world number one ranking has changed hands so many times that most fans must be thinking they are suffering from blurred vision.
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