Continuing her recovery from an elbow injury she sustained during her Wimbledon loss to Kim Clijsters Henin has begun hitting balls for the first time since the grass-court Grand Slam.
"I've started hitting the ball again. Slowly but what a great feeling! Keep those fingers crossed!" Henin said in a post on her Twitter account.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion return to the game is definitely a welcome news to all fans she is making her official return to tennis on Dec. 9, at the now almost institutionalized "Diamond Games" exhibition in Antwerp, Belgium? Henin will be playing her domestic rival Kim Clijsters with Yanina Wickmayer and Francesca Schiavone .