After ignoring domestic problems almost throughout her career, the superwoman of women's tennis gave up the game to lead a normal tennis-free life.

She had dug too deep, she admitted, in those years of struggle.

Her career has been punctuated with sudden disappearances and riveting comebacks.

Hinged on her whipping backhand, she possessed an all-round game that could dent the most powerful of hitters.

She was strong yet vulnerable; not afraid to fight with the big girls, but constantly having to find the champion within her.

'We had to remind her she is No 1,' said Carlos Rodriguez, her coach since 14, who was her constant companion on her journey.

But no more. Justine Henin has ranked the priorities of her life.

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