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Henin: Unlikely to return
Justine Henin says she can't completely rule out a return to tennis - but admits it is unlikely.
The former world number one shocked the tennis world by announcing her retirement just weeks before she was due to defend her French Open title.
When announcing her retirement, Henin insisted she would not backtrack on her decision, but in an interview with Laureus released on Wednesday, the 26-year-old indicated she could return one day.
"I can never say for sure that I'll never be back because I hate to say never," she admitted.
Despite this, the seven-time grand slam winner concedes that a return to the court remains a highly unlikely scenario.
"When I do something, I do it 200 per cent, and when I decide it's over, it's over," she added.
"I decided this for myself and I have been amazed by the support of the people around me. A lot of people have understood the decision.
"Being a professional athlete is quite difficult and you make a lot of sacrifices.
"You need to eat tennis, sleep tennis and live tennis and give 300 per cent all the time. I've been doing that for 20 years.
"You know one day it's going to be over and I always said that it would never be an injury that pushed me to stop and that it was going to be my choice.
"I had the freedom to get my choice."
