As the news broke that Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin would not be competing for Belgium in the February 6-7 Fed Cup tie against Poland many fans on the forums questioned Kim and Justines tenacity Clijsters, who fell to Nadia Petrova in the 3rd round of the Australian Open 0-6, 1-6 had let it known that she “needs a fresh period to build up training” to “make it impossible to compete in the Fed Cup,” said the Belgian federation. Henin the Australian Open finalist had already stated that it is too early in her comeback to play a best of five series.

Many fans have expressed anger at a lost opportunity to see these two women compete, but both women have expressed their desire to continue playing tennis on her own terms. Their respective returns to competition have already seen a grand slam victory and grand slam runner-up, deepening the field in the womens’ game. Both players know how grueling the four can be and will be looking to enjoy their time in competition.

Avoiding injuries paramount if the best is yet to come and given their results in their 2.0 Grand Slam debuts, the future is bright.
For those fans hungry to see more of Justine, her next outing will be Indian Wells. Kim’s next match will be the Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Squre Garden on 1st March
 

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