CINCINNATI: Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has announced to retire from tennis just 40 days after winning her only Grand Slam title.
The 28-year-old French tennis star said that was taking the decision with immediate effect because of persistent injuries.
“It’s time for me to retire and to call it a career,” Bartoli told reporters with tears in her eyes following defeat by Simona Halep at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. “I feel it’s time for me to walk away.”
Bartoli, ranked 7th in the world and who beat Germany’s Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon final in July, said her Achilles, shoulder, hip and lower back hurt continually when she plays.
“It’s never easy… but that was actually the last match of my career. I just can’t do it anymore,” she added.
