Justine Henin
May 25 2008, AP

Justine Henin is certain that she’s done playing tennis. “I don’t think I will ever come back. I think that it’s important just to move on,” Henin said at Roland Garros on Saturday, the day before the French Open starts.Earlier this month, she...

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