Tennis: No 1 skips Fed Cup

World tennis No 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne will skip next year's Fed Cup and concentrate on WTA events and the Olympics.

Henin-Hardenne, who also pulled out of this year's Fed Cup finals in Moscow, said the defence of her French and US Open titles and continued pursuit of the top ranking, combined with playing at the Olympics, would leave no time for the team competition.

It was unclear whether Belgium's No 2 player, Kim Clijsters, who also skipped this year's Fed Cup finals, would play in next year's competition.

Belgium won the Fed Cup two years ago when Clijsters and Henin-Hardenne played in the final.