Good news and bad news

... in the world of Belgian Tennis.

I learned yesterday that Justine Henin, ex-number 1 tennis player and still one of the great talents amongst women's tennis, is forced to stop her come-back attempt due to an elbow injury which she had been dealing with since the last Wimbledon.

I don't want to guess what's going through her mind at this point in time, but it must be terrible. She'd been working so hard for tennis for all her life, but took a break from the sport because she realized that she needed to give her life apart from the sport a serious boost. And when she'd done that and realized that she still loves tennis and wants to do a come-back, this happens—before she'd even been able to accomplish even one of her goals that she'd set for her come-back.

Terrible.

Justine, on the off chance that you read this: you have my greatest possible sympathies.

The slightly better news also involves an injury; but this time it's not a Belgian player, but it involves Venus Williams. Now I'm not one to gloat at sportspeople's problems, and I do wish Venus all the best and a speedy recovery; but since her injury means she won't be able to make it for the Fed Cup tie against Belgium, slightly over a week from now, the result is that Belgium is now favourite for winning this tie. Of course, the team can't claim having won until the tie is over, but hey.

Too bad I can't be there. But there's this other thing that I'm involved with, which just happens to be in the same weekend. Oh well.