Kim Clijsters
What Happened to the Champions?
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Justine Henin announcing her retirement in May, 2008
To understand something of the state of the women's game--indifference, injuries, overall malaise--take a look at your last three Open champions and where they are now:
2005: Kim Clijsters. Retired in 2007 at age 23
2006: Maria Sharapova. Injured.
2007: Justine Henin. Retired in 2008 at age 25
It was a trend we documented two years ago, and it still seems to be in a down-cycle.
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