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Q. Is this the biggest disappointment of your career?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: Oh, it's one of the biggest because I don't know what is harder: to lose even when you're playing well and just you lose, or just when you have to retire like that. I think it's very disappointed because I was playing so well, and I had a lot of good chances to win here. When you lose that like this, it's pretty hard.
Q. There will be a lot of people who say you should have kept playing to finish a final. How would you answer them?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: I mean, everyone has the right to think that. But it's my health. I just have to think about myself right now because it's only me on the court. It's me that is feeling the bad way I was feeling.
I don't care about what these people would say.
Q. Can you tell us what you and Amélie discussed both at the net and then later when she came over to your chair?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: Yeah, she just asked me what was the problem, how I felt. She had very nice words for me. So it's been pretty good.
Q. You've had the experience of winning your first Grand Slam and then going on to win others. What sort of effect do you think winning her first might have on Amélie and her career?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: I don't know. You know, right now I'm not thinking too much about that. But it's great for her. She was waiting for that for such a long time, and it's finally coming out, very strange way, Kim and me. But I'm sure it will give her a lot of confidence. She worked very hard
Q. Was Amélie hitting the ball well? Did you think she was playing well?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: I think she had a lot of time because I was very far from my baseline, no energy, nothing in my ball. So she had a lot of time. When you have this kind of time, it's pretty hard to do mistakes, you know.
But she was playing pretty consistent, I agree.
Q. You actually called for the trainer after that very long 33‑stroke rally.
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: I was dead, yeah.
Q. Was that the thing that actually broke it in the end?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: Yeah, just after that point I was feeling like short of breath and no legs, no power, nothing. I say, I am going to ask the doctor what we can do. But there's nothing we can do at that point when you're feeling like that. So I think that was really the best decision for myself.
Q. What was the little medicine you were sucking from like a tube of toothpaste?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: Yeah, it relieves the pain a little bit on my stomach.
Q. Do you think your retirement detracts from her achievement?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: I don't understand. No, I don't think so, because you have to take the opportunities. It's not her fault. I think that she did her job perfectly. She kept the ball in the court. She felt probably I wasn't feeling good and couldn't move very quickly. So she did a good job when we see the circumstances.
Q. Do you feel sorry for her that she didn't get to experience the moment of winning a championship at all?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: First feeling sorry for myself, and then I can feel sorry for her (smiling).
Yeah, it's great when you win a Grand Slam after a big fight, for sure, after a normal match. But I'm sure she enjoys this moment, and she deserve that.
Q. Did it ever occur to you near the end maybe you should wait at the ball and maybe tank the last four games and let the match finish?
JUSTINE HENIN‑HARDENNE: I mean, you know, it's hard when you're on the court and so much in pain. I think it's very easy to say that here in press conference. But when you're on the court and you suffer a lot and you feel like you don't have anything to give, it's pretty hard to stay on the court.
I have no regrets about the decision I took.
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