Why did the professional tennis player Justine Henin retire?
“Henin retired from tennis at age 25, an abrupt ending to a career in which she won seven Grand Slam singles titles and spent more than 100 weeks ranked No. 1. She announced her decision at a news conference one and a half weeks before the start of the French Open, where she had won the past three titles and four overall. Put simply, she realized she was burned out, and became the first woman to quit the sport while atop the WTA rankings. “I always based everything on this motivation — this flame — that was in me.
