Justine is in mourning because she left tennis due to a persistent elbow injury,revealed by herself.
After losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the at the Australian Open, seven time grand slam winner announces the retirement and that at the age of 29, it was time to hang up the racquet for good.
Henin admits she is going to struggle with life away from the court. "I regard ending my career more like a sentence that's been handed down than a decision I've made. The will is there, but physically I can't [carry on]. Now I have to mourn the end of my career.
She added: "I'm going to miss all the great feelings you have as a professional tennis player. I hope I'll pick the racquet up again one day, but more than anything I want to live a normal life."
At Wimbledon in June 2010,she first got injured and required an operation but says the injury pain was still affecting her problems six months later in Melbourne.
She added: "It got to the point that I needed 10 minutes in the morning just to get my elbow functional.”
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