(August 14, 2013) 2013 Wimbledon Ladies’ champion Marion Bartoli has announced her retirement from tennis after losing her match to Simona Halep 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 at the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday night in Mason, Ohio.
“Well, it’s never easy and obviously there is never a time to say it or whatever, but that was actually the last match of my career, ” Bartoli said to open her post-match news conference. “Sorry.”
“It’s time for me to retire and to call it a career. I feel it’s time for me to walk away actually.”
The 28-year-old Frenchwoman ranked No. 7 in the world continued: “I made my dream a reality and it will stay forever with me, but now my body just can’t cope with everything.”
Bartoli said her achilles heel, shoulder, hips and lower back hurt constantly when she played.
“My body just can’t do it anymore. I’ve been already through a lot of injuries since the beginning of the year. I’ve been on the tour for so long, and I really push through and leave it all during that Wimbledon.
“I really felt I gave all the energy I have left inside my body. I made my dream a reality and it will stay forever with me, but now my body just can’t cope with everything.”
So what does Bartoli plan on doing in the future? “Oh, gosh, I don’t know,” she said. “I haven’t think about it so much. There is so many things to do in life rather than playing tennis, so I’m sure I will find something. I just need a bit of time to kind of settle down.”
“It’s been a tough decision to take. I don’t take this easily. I mean, I’ve been a tennis player for a long time, and I had the chance to make my biggest dream a reality. I felt I really, really push through the ultimate limits to make it happen.
“But now I just can’t do it anymore.”
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