http://www.henin-hardenne.be/bin/index.asp?lang=en Carlos points out the issues! 08/10/2005: A few days ago Justine announced that she would not participate in Fed Cup for 2006. Hastily, the critics lashed out at Justine. Carlos puts things in perspective, and points out the issues. Justine won't play Fed Cup? "This is very simple", explains Carlos, "For two years, she hasn't managed to complete a full season. Now Fed Cup, this is not a week of competition, but three weeks. If a player is involved, this is for the entire year, and not for only one game; this would be un-professional. Her health, emotions, and efforts must be obliged to total concentration. She needs to regroup, to get on her feet. We must think about the long term. She has made the decision, and will resume." At Filderstadt, Justine lost in the opener; but Fed Cup isn't the reason states Carlos."This is not because of the reasons given as refusal for Fed Cup that she lost in Filderstadt. Things are happening at the moment, and it's not revealed to everyone. She's bothered by it, and crossing a difficult moment, this unstables her confidence. But, she will make it through; herself." Certain Belgian critics in opposition to Justine shocked Carlos, and several supporters of the player. How does a person fail to understand the choices of a player that represents his country everywhere in the world. From Melbourne to Los Angeles, while going through Paris or New York "One criticizes more harshly a girl that refuses to play a competition that she already won, than an athlete that refuses to represent his own country to the Olympic Games? Fair weather Belgians, I wonder sometimes how a Belgian divides up his values." If the critics only stopped to make their point there. When Carlos learned that the captain of the Belgian team, Carl Maes, confided in the press that he had attempted to contact the Henin team about 20 times unsuccessfully, and that Justine never bothered to reply. Carlos does not accept keeping silent. "I received 1 or 2 phone calls on his part in 6 months!", explains Carlos. "Some months earlier, we at length explained ourselves on the subject of Fed Cup. I told to him that we could not participate for 2006. Carl plays the same game of Ivo Van Aken, previous Fed Cup coach; it's not on her terms. If a Fed Cup captain wants to really have Justine on the team, he should take his car, and come to see her play Filderstadt or elsewhere! Never was I asked about her health concerns or questions!". In 2003, Carlos Rodriguez already had been shocked by certain facts. Justine defended the colors of the Belgian team, in April at Bree, facing Austria "Is this normal? You tell me. The Belgium versus Austria tie organizer (NOTE: Bob Verbeeck), and the father of a player, Lei Clijsters, pressured me, and I accepted on the condition that the tie be played on the most current surface of the tour events. They said at that time it's cheaper to play the tie on hardcourt indoors!. Captain Ivo Van Aken wasn't even well informed. That tie was finally played on clay, this was the logical view for the seasonal period". "And, this is not all", adds Carlos. "Is this normal equality that Justine received less money than Kim, while it had been authorized that they receive an identical salary? I cannot say how I gained knowledge of the proof, but it's at Roland Garros I learned that Kim had received the double of Justine". "And, one speaks to me after that of an EQUIPE of Fed Cup! We will not return in a year of such bad ambiance, and act as if nothing ever happened. We are not hypocrites!" -- 好嚴重的感覺 沒想到因為身體狀況不參加聯邦盃竟然惹出許多批評 怎麼可惡的人 怎麼這麼不體諒選手..... 大概是Kim終於也能參加 若justine參加很有機會奪冠吧 但真不公平 唉 --

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