Justine Henin Gives Back to Kids

Justine Henin may be the only number one to retire at such a young age due to "burn out" but she doesn't cease to impress everyone with her gifts. Henin just launched an official website for her non-profit organization that supports different projects aimed at kids suffering from serious illnesses like cancer. You can see for yourself at www.justineforkids.be.

Justine can be quoted off her site: "After several months of work, I am very happy to launch my new charity organisation, Justine For Kids. Children living with illness face many painful and difficult obstacles. It's always necessary to have the desire to fight, to hope and the spirit to believe in dreams. This is the message of Justine For Kids which wants to bring a little comfort to the children who suffer."

In addition, the RTBF tv channel has also fallen for the gift of Justine Henin and is making her into a television star. Reportedly, she will be on a show called De twaalf werken van Justine Henin, which translates as The twelve works of Justine Henin, in which she will have to take on 12 various challenges from modeling, to cooking to becoming a part of a soccer team. She was also given a part in a popular soap opera called Plus belle la vie, to play herself. But, that is not all, she will also be a VJ, and start hosting a music show that revolves around world renowned singer Lara Fabian.

While we are on the subject of Belgian tennis greats, it cannot go unreported that the speculations about Kim Clijster's return to the WTA have been confirmed as true. She was seen training on and off the court for several hours each day with a coach and trainer and she has officially asked the WTA for wild cards into the hard court events, namely Toronto, Cincinnati and the US Open. "I don't need to be number one again. I have done that and I don't need to do it again. I am just going to see how things evolve", says Clijsters. Who knows maybe she was inspired by Jelena Dokic and will herself in turn inspire Justine Henin to give it another try.