The Marriage of Elena Dementieva

When she retired in 2010, Elena Dementieva said that she wanted to start a family. On Saturday, July 16, 2011, Dementieva will be getting married to Maxim Afinogenov, a hockey player. Rumors of their engagement surfaced in 2007, so it's nice to see them finally tying the knot.

Although she has said that this retirement is permanent, we all know how that turned out for Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters, so don't lose hope tennis fans. Maybe she'll realize that she can play tennis and have a family. But if she doesn't, we'll always have amazing memories of her triumphs, the greatest of which being her Olympic Gold Medal in 2008. Lena, we tennis fans love you, and we'll never stop missing you even if you stop missing us.