FILE PHOTO: Britain Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Garden Tennis & Croquet Membership, Wimbledon, England – 28/6/16 Nice Britain’s Johanna Konta celebrates successful the primary set in opposition to Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig REUTERS/Paul Childs
Former world quantity 4 Johanna Konta introduced her retirement from tennis on the age of 30 on Wednesday, saying she was grateful she acquired to reside her desires as knowledgeable.
Struggling for type and health this yr, Konta dropped to 113th on the earth and performed her final tour match on the Cincinnati Open in August, struggling a first-round loss to Karolina Muchova.
The Briton withdrew from Wimbledon in June when a member of her staff examined optimistic for COVID-19. She additionally missed the Tokyo Olympics after contracting the virus.
Just a little replace from me 👋 pic.twitter.com/L1tpjDHW1o
— Johanna Konta (@JohannaKonta) December 1, 2021
“Grateful — that is the phrase that I’ve most likely used essentially the most throughout my profession, and is the phrase that I really feel explains it greatest on the finish,” Konta mentioned in an announcement.
“My enjoying profession has come to an finish, and I’m so extremely grateful for the profession that it turned out to be.
“By way of my very own resilience and thru the steering of others, I acquired to reside my desires. How extremely lucky I depend myself to be.”
Konta achieved a career-high rating of quantity 4 in 2017 after reaching the Wimbledon semifinals. She additionally made the final 4 on the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 French Open.
Konta reached the quarterfinals on the 2016 Olympic Video games in Rio, shedding in straight units to Germany’s Angelique Kerber.
“Johanna’s completed tennis profession has thrilled followers in Britain and around the globe,” Girls’s Tennis Affiliation chairman Steve Simon mentioned.
“We want her nothing however nice happiness and success as she embarks on what I’m positive can be a really thrilling subsequent chapter of her life.”
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