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The announcement last week that[b] Elena Dementieva[/b] is to retire with immediate effect has had the scribes falling over themselves to dish out gushing praise about the Russian's career, but hang on a minute - where were the majors? The fact that most of the career obituaries concentrated mainly on Dementieva's perceived [b]wonderful personality[/b] and character, which I have no reason to doubt, having met her just the once, and less about her actual achievements tells the story though. Zero Slam wins and just two Slam finals in 14 years on tour is a poor return for the former world number three, whose main career success appears to be her [b]Olympic[/b] title in 2008. OK, so it's fantastic to be an Olympic champion and more so for a nation with a proud Olympic tradition such...