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Henin leads pack of players who called it quits in 2008

By Kamakshi Tandon
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Justine Henin "I'm here to announce that I'm definitively ending my tennis career." When Justine Henin calmly delivered that statement to an assembled press gathering at Limelette, Belgium, this May an earthquake went through the tennis world. It was unheard of for a player to retire while still ranked No. 1 in the world, particularly an ambitious, driven 25-year-old who had reached the final in six of her last eight Grand Slams and won three of them. But while Henin had been flourishing on ...

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