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Była liderka rankingu WTA Justine Henin powiedziała, że choć brakuje jej tenisa, nie wróci do zawodowego Touru. Belgijka przyznała za to, iż chętnie podjęłaby się pracy w roli trenera.
- Wiem, że kibice chcieliby znów zobaczyć mnie na korcie. Ja jednak jestem 32-latką i nie mam ochoty na powrót do rozgrywek. Nie czuję się na siłach. Niedawno odbijałam piłkę z dziećmi i przez następne trzy dni bolało mnie całe ciało - mówiła w rozmowie z magazynem Ciné-Télé-Revue Justine Henin.

Belgijka to jedna z najwybitniejszych tenisistek pierwszej dekady XXI wieku. Była liderką rankingu WTA, łącznie wygrała 43 turnieje, w tym siedem wielkoszlemowych (czterokrotnie Rolanda Garrosa, dwukrotnie US Open i jeden raz Australian Open). Jej niespełnionym marzeniem pozostaje tytuł w Wimbledonie, w którym dwa razy grała w finale. - Szczerze mówiąc, nieco brakuje mi tenisa. Tenis na zawsze pozostanie dużą częścią mojego życia - przyznała.
32-latka z Liège wyjawiła, iż chciałaby się podjąć pracy trenerskiej. - Odrzucam wszystkie zaproszenia na turnieje legend, bo uważam, że jestem na to za młoda. Czas na to przyjdzie za trzy-cztery lata. Widzę siebie za to w roli trenera. Jeżeli dobra tenisistka przyszłaby do mnie po radę, nie zamknęłabym przed nią drzwi - powiedziała.

In a dream first round match-up at the Abierto Monterrey Afirme on Tuesday night, Ana Ivanovic defeated old rival Nicole Vaidisova to move safely through to the second round.

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It was only a few hours before when Ivanovic knew she would face Vaidisova - she knew she had a qualifier, but because of Monday's rain-out the final round of qualies was played Tuesday morning, and any of the qualifiers could have been slotted into that spot next to the tournament's No.1 seed.

But it was Vaidisova, a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist and former World No.7, who got drawn into that spot. And Ivanovic looked completely psyched up for it, winning in straights, 6-1, 7-6(4).

It wasn't all plain sailing - after storming out to a 6-1, 3-0 lead in just over half an hour, Ivanovic watched on as Vaidisova brought out some vintage form, winning five of the next six games to go ahead 5-4 and eventually pushing the second set to a tie-break. Ivanovic wrestled control back just in time, though, reeling off four points in a row from 4-3 down to close out the breaker and the match.

"When I saw I was going to play against her I knew it would be a tough match because she's a great player," Ivanovic said of Vaidisova. "She didn't play for a while, and now she wants to play again, and in the second set she was playing really well and making some really good shots out there.

"I'm happy I won the tie-break because you never know what will happen in a third set."

Most of the other seeds in action in the day session advanced, with No.2 seed Sara Errani winning the first 11 games en route to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Lauren Davis, No.3 seed Caroline Garcia fighting nearly two hours for a 7-5, 7-6(5) win over Karin Knapp, No.4 seed Timea Bacsinszky fighting almost two and a half hours for a 7-6(8), 3-6, 6-4 win over Yanina Wickmayer, and No.8 seed Magdalena Rybarikova battling over two and a half hours to scrape past Serbian wildcard Jovana Jaksic, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

The only seed to fall in the daytime was No.6 seed Alison Riske, though it's not like she fell to just anyone - former World No.2 Vera Zvonareva won eight games in a row to win that one, 6-4, 6-0.

The night session began with No.5 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova winning 11 games in a row from 6-4, 3-1 down to beat Anna Schmiedlova, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, improving her career record in Monterrey to 16-0, and then No.7 seed Daniela Hantuchova coming back from the brink of defeat against Monica Puig, saving four match points in the third set - one at 3-5, three at 4-5 - to prevail, 7-6(1), 3-6, 7-5.