Injured Henin to miss U.S. Open
Justine Henin has
ruled herself out of this year’s U.S. Open after discovering that an
elbow injury she suffered at Wimbledon was worse than initially thought.
The former world
number one, who is just six months into a comeback, fell heavily on her
right elbow during her fourth-round loss to fellow Belgian, Kim
Clijsters, and tests revealed the damage will force her to miss the
last grand slam of the year. “I took several medical examinations that
have revealed a partial ligament fracture of the right elbow,” she said
on her website on Thursday. “This injury will keep me away from the
courts for a rough period of two months, with the consequence that I
have withdrawn from the US Open (starting August 30).”
Henin said she would undergo more tests in about four weeks that
would determine when she might be able to return to the courts. The
injury is a setback for the seven-time grand slam winner, who stunned
the tennis world when she walked away from the game in 2008 when she
was still at the top and worked as an ambassador for UNICEF in central
Africa and south-east Asia. She returned to tennis earlier this year
made the final of the Australian Open, losing to world number one
Serena Williams, but has not yet added to her collection of grand slam
titles.
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