World number one Justine Henin has admitted that she may not be able to defend her Olympic gold medal in Beijing because the city's air pollution triggers her asthma.
Henin had planned to compete in the China Open in September but was forced to withdraw because of her asthma prompting fears she may have the same problem next August.
"I've had asthma for a few months now and I felt very bad in New York at the end of the [US Open] so Beijing, I was really concerned about that," Henin said. "I was pretty disappointed because I wanted to play the tournament and get used to the conditions.
"It is true that Beijing is going to be tough with the Olympic Games with the problem I have but now it seems that everything is under control which is very important because the Olympic Games remain a very important goal for me in 2008."
Ha valamelyikőtöknek esetleg meglenne akár videón, akár DVD-n a 2007-es US Open Henin-V. Williams elődöntője, akkor nagyon megköszönném, ha el tudná juttatni a részemre. A felmerülő költségeket és egyéb kiadásokat természetesen teljes egészében vállalom. (Egyébként a főnököm a női tenisz nagy szerelmese - azon belül is Henin és Mauresmo szurkoló -, és ő kért meg, hogy szerezzem meg a felvételt a számára.)
