Henin’s Return

Justine Henin’s comeback to women’s tennis has been making noise since she announced her retirement in 2008 while ranked no.1 in the world, and tennis pundits are speculating how long that “retirement” will last. If her reason for quitting isn’t bizzare enough (she need to “find herself”), her vacation from tennis saw her joining a reality show, acting on a play (or a movie?), playing the part of a U.N. goodwill ambassador, and maybe really “finding herself” after her divorce from husband Pierre Hardenne. 

Now that she’s back, it’s all very exciting in women’s field again. With another comeback queen, and long-time rival/compatriot,  Kim Clijsters doing so well, the two Belgians are making good on all the hype they’ve been generating these days. They are set to clash at the quarterfinals of this year’s Australian Open, if both get that far.

Here’s a snippet of Henin’s epic win against another one of my favorites, Elena Dementieva.

These two made me palpitate in nervousness and with their awesome, neck-to-neck fight out. I wanted them both to win. Now, give me my zit cream, because I think the stress of watching that match play out just gave me one.