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Early Retirement Raises Questions

Posted May 18, 08 11:50 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – When a 25-year-old tennis star quits at the top of her sport, at least one columnist thinks it's tough not to wonder if drugs were somehow involved. That's Rick Morrissey's reaction to Justine Henin's abrupt retirement this week. Henin has no link to drugs, but in the current sports world of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, anything out of the ordinary raises eyebrows, Morrisey writes.

The 7-time grand slam winner has a spotless career and the No. 1 player in the world said she stopped playing because she lost the passion for the game. Martina Hingis quit tennis last year amidst accusations of  a positive cocaine test at Wimbledon that she denied. The International Tennis Federation suspended her for two years anyhow.

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In this June 8, 1997 file photo, Justine Henin, of Belgium, holds the winner's trophy after defeating Cara Black of Zimbabwe in the women's junior final of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.   (AP Photo)
In this Tuesday, June 5, 2007 file photo Belgium's Justine Henin returns the ball to United States' Serena Williams during their quarterfinal match of the French Open.   (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
Belgium's Justine Henin gestures towards journalists after a media conference at Justine N1 tennis club in Limelette, Belgium, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 file photo, Belgium's Justine Henin plays a shot in her finals match against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney.   (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
Martina Hingis was banned for two years Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon last year.   (AP Photo)
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