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French Belgian RTL-TV will be airing a special tribute to Justine Henin entitled Justine une star, une femme (Justine, the star – the woman) on November 18. (Henin’s Official Website)
Maria Sharapova helped participate in the opening of Lifestyle City in Dubai. (Tennis Info Blog)
Nicole Vaidisova will be traveling in Latin America with Reebok from November 14-19. (Bradenton Herald)
Israel’s Shahar Peer may compete in Dubai and Doha next season. (ESPN)
TAG Heuer is launching a holiday internet advertising campaign with Maria Sharapova entitled “What Are You Made Of?” (Online Media Daily)
OrthoLite has designed a new advanced foam insole ideal for tennis, called the X-40 High Rebound. (OrthoLite)
Venus Williams will be greeting her fans at the Steve & Barry’s store at the Parks at Arlington on Monday. (Dallas Morning News)
Mashona Washington has returned to competitive tennis after recovering from a knee injury. (Desert Sun)
Nicole Vaidisova is scheduled to play her first event of 2008 at the Australian Women’s Hardcourts. (Sportal)
Venus and Serena Williams plan to play doubles together at the Beijing Olympics. (Sydney Morning Herald)
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I wish I could get to see the Henin show.
There’s something about being number 1 that just doesn’t add up for me wrt Justine. Maybe watching this will give me – and whoever is like me – an upclose, insiders perspective.
I ‘ll do my best to find this channel,but my fear is it won’t be in english . Yikes!
What does not add up, Daxpin? Look at her record for 2007 alone. Does not need an insider to add it all up. Duh!!
Miguel,
No, I wasn’t talking about Justine’s performances on court
That’s unquestionable…
I just feel she just doesn’t command that “I am in charge of this turf” reaction from me yet – off court I repeat.
Does this have anything to do with being Belgian ? I mean is she huge in Belgium ? And their press ?
Or does this have to do with her seeming easyging personae as against a dramaQueen like Serena ?
Even Roger on the men’s court adds some off court flavour, and you can feel it, even if only his gait when walking…
Or am I the one that needs to self-inspect ?
Dapxin, I see where you’re coming from with this. Serena Williams exudes confidence, both on and off the court. Sharapova is the same way. Often we expect champions to look (and act) tough, bloodthirsty, and like you said, as if they are in charge all the time.
But with Henin, it is different. She’s completely changed the way we can look at the world’s best. Sure, she is the greatest player in the world right now, but you’d never know it by looking (or listening) to her.
It’s more of a quiet, subtle confidence.
There’s photos of this Justine tv special on her website. It looked like a very flashy tv show.
http://www.justine-henin.be/public/gallery_offcourt.asp?lang=en
Thanks Matt for posting the link to the images!