She is a tennis star, a world number one and one of the greatest players in women's tennis.
Although she was short, her strong offensive and strong psychological qualities made her occupy the world number one throne for 117 weeks.
Who is this legendary woman?
She is: Justin Henin
<h1>A small body, a great strength, attracts the attention of a "good teacher"</h1>
Born in 1982 in an ordinary family in Belgium, Haining has been very passionate about sports since she was a child, often going to some sports competitions with her family and exercising physically.
At the age of 10, when she first walked into the clay court, she was just a small fan. She sat in the stands of the French Open with her mum to watch the matches and has developed a keen interest in tennis since that day.
Later, Haining began to learn tennis skills, and whenever she had free time, she would go to the tennis court to practice, sometimes because she was too addicted, until the staff of the stadium reminded her:
"Little friend, we are closed at the time, so you can come early tomorrow."
At this time, Haining reluctantly left the tennis court.
In order to train better, she also set a schedule for herself, which was strictly enforced every day, and the wind and rain did not change.
Later, even though her mother died of illness, she endured the grief and practiced every day, because Haining always remembered what her mother had said in her heart:
"As long as you persist, no matter how well you do it or not, you have no regrets."
Haining has always remembered this sentence deeply in his heart.
A small body can actually exert great strength. This enthusiasm attracted Carlos Rodriguez, an Argentine who had a short career, and it was he who later led Li Na to a second Grand Slam singles title. Carlos's performance as a player was not ideal, so he retired early and chose a job as a tennis coach. But there is no denying that he is indeed a good coach and the Belgian's brilliant career has begun.
At this time, only two years before the death of Haining's mother, young Haining had not yet been able to fully recover from her grief, but Carlos believed that she would be able to break through on the tennis court and give her unlimited support.
Later, the haining family's economy was in a state of affairs, and Carlos not only gave her some financial help and solved their urgent needs, but also encouraged her:
"As long as you play hard, you can get a bonus to help your family."
Under Carlos' leadership, Herning won the French Open for three consecutive years, reaching the top of Roland Garros four times in total.
Carlos is also a teacher and father, leading Haining step by step, to achieve the transformation from the French Open junior champion to the seven-time Grand Slam women's singles winner, creating a good story in the tennis world. The two masters and apprentices meet and know each other, which is the strongest master-apprentice relationship in the history of women's tennis.
<h1>Hanging all the way, fearless, known as the "Queen of Red Earth"</h1>
Haining is a rare all-round player in the women's tennis world, and her skills on clay are even more perfect, and she is known as the "Queen of Red Earth". She uses a pre-emptive strategy to make up for her short stature, and she exerts her strength as early as possible in each round to suppress her opponent first. Quickly attacking shallow balls, you can also defend on the bottom line, using the advantage of one-handed back-shots to come to the net and play a more lethal return ball, which most players can't do.
Haining's delicate mind made her grasp the timing, her strong and powerful, precise and sharp front shot, as well as elegant stretching SLR posture, the ball hit is efficient and not lacking in beauty, but such a "two-sided good hand" is really rare in today's women's tennis world.
Henin's playing style is very similar to the "Swiss King" Federer, and he also won the title of "Female Federer". Henin also advocates the offensive style of play in the whole field, also has a gorgeous one-handed backhand, and also has a more comprehensive tennis technique. Unfortunately, on Federer's dominant Wimbledon meadow, Henin never won the championship, and two runners-up in 2001 and 2006 made her the third "Golden Slam" winner in Agassiz's history after Graf.
Between 2003 and 2007, Henin won the French Open women's singles title four times, achieving the great feat of "Three Consecutive Villages", and Roland Garros was once regarded as her "back garden".
In his career, he faced the "Russian Red Pink" 114 times, and Henin only lost 13 times. Against the "Serbian Twins", Haining achieved a brilliant record of 15 wins and 0 losses. Facing the "Chinese Legion", she also won 5 battles and 5 victories, and did not taste a defeat.
In fact, Haining is most proud of fighting with Serena, the two have played 14 times before Haining retired, Serena's record is 8 wins and 6 losses, she suppressed the "Iron Man" from technical play and psychological warfare, but Haining repeatedly defeated Serena at its peak with fast movement, exquisite lines and amazing physical willpower. After she retired, Serena never met a rival as strong as Henin.
Martina Navratinova, seeing Henin win her third French Open title, said:
"Or those men's tennis balls should be called 'men's version of Henin', because Henin has surpassed anyone at this time."
<h1>Due to physical and mental exhaustion, I regret quitting the tennis world</h1>
Although Henin performed well, she suffered many injuries, and her coach once said:
"Her will is stronger than her physical strength. This is both her strength and her weakness. ”
She was just too desperate, and her body was plagued by diseases.
In 2007, Haining withdrew from the Sydney station and the Australian Open due to bronchitis, and later withdrew from the Santiago station due to a right wrist injury, withdrew from the Beijing station due to a respiratory infection, and the injury to her right shoulder made her abandon the Moscow station.
All the diseases seemed to be clustered on her, but she still didn't want to give up.
In 2008, Herning went on to win back-to-back victories, winning the Sydney title. However, in the subsequent Australian Open, the knee injury unfortunately recurred, resulting in a quarter-final loss to Sava, regrettably ending a 32-game winning streak since the 2007 Wimbledon semi-finals.
But she still did not accept defeat, and soon after, Haining competed in the Dubai Open as the defending champion, losing 0-2 to Italy's Schiavone in the quarter-finals. On May 14 of the same year, Haining was physically and mentally exhausted, retreated from the rapids, and retired from the peak with a huge advantage of more than 2,000 points in his hometown, becoming the first player to rank first in the world when he retired.
On September 22, 2009, through an interview with Belgian national television, Haining officially announced that she would return in 2010 and re-compete in women's tennis. This undoubtedly made her fans excited, but the fans were also worried about her body.
Sure enough, in 2011, after Haining returned to three races, his elbow was injured again. This time the doctor made it clear to her that the elbow injury was too severe to continue to compete in the tennis world with this passion, and that it was difficult to maintain a high level of play.
Helpless, Haining officially ended his professional tennis career.
<h1>postscript</h1>
Fading from her glamorous status as a champion, Haining's life has always been busy, she also founded her own tennis school, and then she also started her own family and became a mother.
Henin later said in an interview with the "WTA40 Love Celebration":
"I finally achieved my dream when I was a little girl and not too many people believed I was going to be a great player, but I did. So for me, that day was very emotional. ”