Justine Henin

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former world number one Justine Henin plays to make her return to tournament tennis at next year's Brisbane International as part of her preparations for the Australian Open. The Belgian is planning to play two warm-up events later this year but has chosen Brisbane for her official comeback after recently deciding to come out of retirement. "After a 15-month absence I am pleased to begin my second tennis career at the Brisbane International," the 27-year-old said in a statement Wednesday. Henin was given a wildcard into the January 3-10 event because she no longer has a ranking, and will be joined ... Read Full Story

Justine Henin  has joined the roster of stars at  Great Friends Greetings  and is featured in the company's unique line of personalized greeting cards.  Create a beautiful custom printed personalized greeting  from Justine!   Great Friends Greetings  cards are truly special keepsakes. A totally unique gift idea or a clever award, the cards are fun to create and  so exciting  to receive!  Select a  stunning 5x7  for the front and compose a fitting message for inside. (Customers can be identified as the card's author on the back).  Great Friends Greetings  will provide Justine's signature, custom print the card and ship it in a protective ... Read Full Story

Plans for the forthcoming online Tennis Open are well underway as Empire of Sports unveils The Kangaroo Open 2009, the first online Tennis Championship for the sports-based MMO. Kicking off the 2009 tennis season, The Kangaroo Open 2009 has just commenced and will run for two weeks, until February 1st. As with any live tournament, winners will receive cash prizes of up to €1,500 (£1,350). Other prizes include a signed former world number one tennis champion, Justine Henin racquet. Runners up can look to win Prince racquets as well as additional tennis ranking points. The Kangaroo Open 2009 is designed to be as true ... Read Full Story

The Justine Henin comeback rumors have been simmering ever since her countrywoman, Kim Clijsters , announced her return to the WTA tour this summer. Comeback kid Lindsay Davenport added to the speculation this weekend on FSN , saying that she’d “be surprised” if Justine never played again on the pro-circuit. But Justine, ever the kill-joy, refuses to bite. Here she is in Saturday’s L’Equipe (google translated from French): In an interview with L’Equipe this Saturday, Justine Henin . . . announced unequivocally that she will not retreat from her May 2008 decision to put her tennis career firmly behind her. Now 26 years old, ... Read Full Story

STARS Albert Montanes won the BCR Open Romania, beating Juan Monaco 7-6 (2) 7-6 (6) in Bucharest, Romania Gael Monfils beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (1) 3-6 6-2 to win the Open de Moselle in Metz, France Kimiko Date - Krumm Kimiko Date Krumm beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to win the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, Korea Shahar Peer won the Tashkent Open, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3 6-4 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Arantxa Parra-Santonja beat Alexandra Dulgheru 6-4 6-3 to win the Open GDF Suez de Bretagne in Saint Malo, France Thomas Enqvist beat Michael Chang 6-4 7-6 (5) to win the Trophee Jean-Luc ... Read Full Story