Henin laughs off quit talk

World number one Justine Henin has laughed off claims that she could be forced to quit playing tennis in two years.

A Belgian newspaper report had claimed that injuries could make the 25-year-old bring down the curtain on her glorious playing career.

But Henin told reporters after beat Argentina's Jorgelina Cravero 6-3 6-0 inside 55 minutes in the first round at Wimbledon: "I think that is a bit of a mistake in the paper.

"But, no, it is going to be four, five more years - three certainly depending on injuries but not just two."

Henin, who will play Russia's Vera Dushevina in the second round at the All England Club, has long suffered bouts of illness in her career and had a nasty asthma attack.

But having sealed a hat-tick of French Open titles earlier this month, she looks fully fit following a traumatic few months in which she also divorced her husband of four years, Pierre Yves-Hardenne and dropped out of the Australian Open.

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