To speak of CiCi Bellis is to speak of a talent weighed down by injuries throughout his career. A player with an innate talent who repeated injuries forced her to hang up her racket.
Back in 1999, a certain CiCi Bellis was born in the United States. No one knew it, but that girl was predestined to do great things in the world of tennis, and soon she began to make waves despite her young age. At just 17 years old, she was already established among the top 40 in the ranking, reaching 35th place in the world ranking and everything indicated that she would continue to rise.
Review of his brief career
However, there was one match that changed everything. It was April 2017 and the young CiCi was facing an always complicated Naomi Broady, a player with a powerful first serve and who is difficult to get her hands on when inspired. Well, CiCi suffered in her flesh from the missiles at the British player’s serve and that overexertion during the match for so long caused her a problem that in the long run would be the key to her premature retirement.
And it is that the American accused that overexertion and the result of that began an ordeal of injuries and discomfort in the arm. He was able to compete in 2018 at a good level (good games against Garbiñe Muguruza, Simona Halep or Karolina Pliskova in the Arab tour that same year), but nothing would be the same. The relapses began and the young American would be forced to undergo several surgeries with which to recover the necessary strength to play tennis.
CiCi was able to play a tennis match again. After a 2019 in which he practically did not play games, he was able to return in 2020 and savor the honeys of success again by beating Marta Kostyuk in the Macon ITF final. However, shortly after he would play his last professional match against Kawa with a loss as a result. A tennis player who became number 1 in the world at the junior level in 2014 and who reached the third round of all the Grand Slams except Wimbledon, and who beat renowned players such as Pliskova or Cibulkova among others. A player who managed to win a category 125 title at a young age and who aimed very high, but whose injuries ended up hampering her career.
