I’m sure you all know by now that Justine Henin has announced her immediate retirement from the sport of tennis. I’ll leave the reminiscing and the obituaries about her career to my fellow writers, and instead I’ll leave you an e-mail I received from the folks at adidas Sport Performance, who has partnered with Justine in recent years:

Adidas would like to wish the WTA World Number One all the best in her future endeavors.

adidas has been side-by-side with Justine Henin since 2003 during which time she won seven Grand Slams, including a record-equalling four French Open titles at Roland Garros, and Olympic Gold in Athens.

Justine Henin has been an outstanding player for adidas Tennis and will remain an ambassador of the adidas brand, continuing to inspire and enable young athletes worldwide.

Martina Hingis had the same support from the German tennis giant after her retirement. They dropped her as soon as the positive drug test results for cocaine were confirmed by a third party. So Justine, just stay away from the blow, ok? We don’t want you to be without clothes!

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