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"Life goes on."
Since Thursday, Justine is training again, says condition trainer Eddy
Kuypers, who admits she has serious marriage problems. Henin’s husband
is still in their apartment in Monaco, though, so hopes for saving the
marriage stay alive.
With Eddy Kuypers, for the first time someone close to Justine tells
us what is going on.
What’s precisely going on?
It’s definitely got to do with relationship problems, there is a
reasonably serious crisis going on. Although I don’t know anything
more than we can read in the media. I don’t ask Justine about it.
Where do her husband and she stay?
Justine is in Belgium, her husband stays at their apartment in Monaco.
So he didn’t leave with smashing doors and all of his stuff?
No. But I don’t know if the break-up is final or not. (if it is a real
break-up or not.)
Do you know when problems raised?
On New Years day, Monday, apparently they had an argument. [That day,
Pierre-Yves flew back from Zaventem to Monaco, red.] Tuesday, Justine
let me know she had marital concerns and hadn’t left for Australia.
Wednesday I sms-ed her and let her know she was welcome if she felt
the need to distract herself. Thursday she called me and asked if I
still wanted that and at what time we could meet. “Live goes on,” she
said. “And tennis is my job.” Her reaction surprised me.
When did she pick her life up again?
Well, already that Thursday, she trained for 2 hours. Also today
[yesterday] she has trained for 2 hours, and she will keep training
until Monday.
How is she?
Psychologically, of course she isn’t at her best. Obviously, she is
lacking sleep, but it’s okay. Physically some problems are bothering
her, like a contracture, I suspect it’s due to stress. At the moment
we’re doing, what I call, maintenance training. The amount of
repetition and power she needs to do the exercises are less than
normal, you see.
But there’s no depression, like some are suggesting?
No, not at all
It happens that people with problems loose weight.
I don’t have the impression she’s lost weight. Although, she might not
be so hungry.
When I hear you talking, I get the impression she can play tournaments
again very soon?
At the end of December, her physical condition was perfect, and you
don’t loose condition that fast. At the first of February, she could
play again, from a sheer physical perspective. Psychology is from a
different order. She only wants to play when she is in top-form: to
play at least semis and finals, not to walk there as a figurant.
Monday we will plan a new program for her with her coach Carlos.
Does she reflect upon the consequences of her marital problems?
She doesn’t mind if she looses a lot of money, but she does think
about her # 1 ranking, I think. Justine is a very clever girl you
know!
