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Post by Brinyi on Jan 26, 2008 9:09:20 GMT -5
Tenista puertorriqueña Kristina Brandi anuncia su retiro San Juan, 24 ene (PL) La tenista puertorriqueña Kristina Brandi, primera jugadora del país, confirmó su retiro del deporte activo y quedó fuera del equipo boricua para la Copa Federación, anunció hoy Humberto Torres, presidente de la Asociación en la nación caribeña. Brandi, de 31 años, tomó la decisión de colgar la raqueta después de los Juegos Panamericanos de Río de Janeiro, disputados del 13 al 29 de julio último, precisó Torres a la prensa. "Ella quería seguir hasta Beijing 2008 pero se dio cuenta de que le iba a costar mucho dinero mantenerse activa. Fue una decisión muy personal", agregó el directivo. Con el retiro de Brandi, el plantel puertorriqueño quedó integrado por Vilmarie Castelví, ahora la primera jugadora de la isla, Jessica Roland, y las juveniles Paola Calderón y Mónica Puig.
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Post by janie on Jan 26, 2008 11:11:05 GMT -5
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 22, 2008 8:54:01 GMT -5
www.clarin.com/diario/2008/04/22/deportes/d-05601.htmClarisa Fernández has retired from professional tennis. Her last match was a 3 & 3 loss to Cornet at the AO in January. She is of course best known for her surprise SF at the 2002 Roland Garros. Her career high mark was 26. No WTA titles but 7 ITF singles crowns. She had contunual problems with her knee cartilage since she was a teenager, and even had both knees operated in 2004. This time it was a left knee injury that brought an end to her career. Buena suerte Clarisita! ~~~~~~ clink ~~~~~~
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Post by janie on Apr 22, 2008 16:40:33 GMT -5
Oh no! Goodbye, Clarisita.
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Post by Grarliner on Apr 25, 2008 17:44:32 GMT -5
Aww. We liked her! We really liked her!
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Post by The Chloe on May 14, 2008 7:17:53 GMT -5
Henin retires.
No, really.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on May 14, 2008 7:24:29 GMT -5
WTF. It's even on Serbian news pages. First I though they're full of crap like most of the time but apparently everyone reported it. But honestly, I don't know what that press conference can be about if not retirement.
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Post by The Chloe on May 14, 2008 7:27:16 GMT -5
I shed a tear at work. Lol.
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Post by R. Black on May 14, 2008 7:29:33 GMT -5
Maybe she's knocked up.
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Post by Brinyi on May 14, 2008 8:05:59 GMT -5
Raison invoquée : un ras-le-bol du tennis transformé en véritable « burn-out». (sick and tired of tennis, basically).
So, when will the inevitable comeback announcement be? My prediction is Oct. 17, 2010.
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Post by lexpretend on May 14, 2008 8:55:14 GMT -5
I don't know what to think. All the most reliable news outlets are reporting it nearly as if it's a given. BBC changed their headline from "Henin set to announce retirement" this morning to "Fatigued Henin to clarify future" now, though.
I guess the questions are a) why, and b) when. Retiring with immediate effect would be shocking. Retiring without Wimbledon and just one Slam behind Serena is just annoying.
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Post by Brinyi on May 14, 2008 9:22:17 GMT -5
"I am here to announce that I am definitively ending my tennis career. I am turning the page. I feel no sadness. Rather, it is a relief."
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Post by Edna Krabappel on May 14, 2008 9:29:16 GMT -5
So, just a few months ago she was on her way to becoming one of the all time greats, and now she's retiring and feeling relieved. Uhm, OK.
This is Clijsters x 100000.
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Post by Pamela Shriver on May 14, 2008 9:29:51 GMT -5
To mirror Hurley's Seles reaction: Oh. Looks like Lindsay will be a top 24 seed at Wimbledon.
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Post by janie on May 14, 2008 9:45:27 GMT -5
I'm stunned.
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Post by DBBN on May 14, 2008 10:08:33 GMT -5
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Post by Brinyi on May 14, 2008 10:12:51 GMT -5
It's sort of too bad that the tennis seems to make its best players so miserable and unhappy and uncomfortable at such a young age. I remember reading Henri Leconte's capsule portraits of his contemporaries and they all seemed paranoid, unbalanced or clinically depressed. Roj has been an exception to the rule but that seems to have changed this year too.
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Post by sasha on May 14, 2008 10:14:05 GMT -5
Ooh. Let's guess what the real reason is!
2:1 Another deathly illness/injury probably due to steroid abuse. 4:1 Was busted for steroids, and is retiring to save face. 5:1 All of Justine's beaus and Ballbuster loves men!!1 :hearts:. 10:1 She lost to Dinara F'ing Safina on clay. Why play anymore.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on May 14, 2008 10:22:34 GMT -5
I just can't believe it's a loss of motivation or something like that. That would really be lame. Come on, she's been through much worse. I know it's her life and we have no idea how she feels and blah, but she was capable of so much more, and to throw it all away just because.... No words. Perhaps her body is breaking down and she realizes she can't work hard enough to keep herself on top of the game, and we all know how much work is necessary for someone with her game and a physique like hers. That would be sort of understandable... Or she's pregnant, or doped or whatever.
And that stupid Wimbledon '06 final. Arrrgh.
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Post by DBBN on May 14, 2008 10:34:53 GMT -5
It probably is 'roids. Whatever. No Hingis, Myskina, or Henin means I could really end up not giving a shit about women's tennis anymore. Men's tennis is more exciting to watch, and the forthcoming Sharapova/Serena strangehold will only lead every player to play like that from now on. There needs to be someone challenging for Slams with an alternative game. I doubt it will be Zvonareva or Radwanska.
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Post by janie on May 14, 2008 10:38:25 GMT -5
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Post by DBBN on May 14, 2008 10:40:29 GMT -5
Fuckin' Carlos Meal ticket gone!
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Post by R. Black on May 14, 2008 10:42:32 GMT -5
A depression is a possibility. It is bizarre for her to say that retiring is a "relief". A relief from what?
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Post by janie on May 14, 2008 10:49:22 GMT -5
A relief from pushing her body harder than it was built to stand?
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Post by janie on May 14, 2008 10:52:11 GMT -5
Now we'll be forced to hear the hypocritical comments of the other players about her retirement ... ughh. She retired, I guess I'd better just tune out the coverage that will ensue. But I am sad.
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Post by sasha on May 14, 2008 12:05:52 GMT -5
I doubt it's lack of motivation. RG is her tournament. She not playing her best, but still good enough to be a favorite. Why quit now? Less than a week after her last match? I remain pessimistic.
Oh, she could be pregnant, too. We know how Justine badly wants to build a family, and all that.
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Post by DBBN on May 14, 2008 13:00:28 GMT -5
GRAR. This is very disappointing. Just another sign pointing to how ancient I've become.
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Post by janie on May 14, 2008 13:16:41 GMT -5
"I thought long about this," Henin said, her voice cracking and eyes watering. "I started thinking about it late last year. I was at the end of the road. I leave with my head held high."
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Post by The Chloe on May 14, 2008 13:31:41 GMT -5
I have no doubt that this is truly it for her. And I really did shed a tear at work. Henin has always been a personal heroine to me. She's flawed, but perseveres. The last couple of years I've been less of a fan of women's tennis than I have been simply a fan of hers. I didn't really have heroes growing up... I probably should have, given the poor role models that surrounded me, but kind of dropped the ball on that one. Regardless, she's been on the short list since I grew up and got white hairs and what not.
Hopefully whatever the reason for her retirement, she finds happiness in the next stage of her life.
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Post by janie on May 14, 2008 13:51:43 GMT -5
LIMELETTE, Belgium (AP) -- The fire burned fiercely within the slight frame of Justine Henin, always bent on winning yet another Grand Slam title by outfighting opponents far bigger, far stronger, time and again.
Then, one day, the fire was gone.
At 25, after half a year of seeking to rekindle that flame, the seven-time major champion finally accepted that it was out forever, announcing her decision Wednesday to leave the sport as the No. 1 player in the world.
"I always based everything on this motivation, this flame that was in me. And once I lost that, I lost many, many things," Henin said ...
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