Garbiñe Muguruza announces official retirement from professional tennis at 30

Garbiñe Muguruza, who had been away from the courts since 2023, announced a few days ago her definitive retirement from tennis. “I have come this far. I have made the decision little by little. Every day that passed I felt better and I did not miss the circuit at all. I feel that the time has come to retire and open a new life. I feel very young for that word, but I wanted to say it and that’s it,” acknowledged the 30-year-old tennis player.

Winner of two Grand Slams

Winner of Roland Garros in 2016, Wimbledon in 2017 and the Masters Cup in 2021, Garbiñe Muguruza has reappeared at the Laureus Awards gala that took place this Monday in Madrid. Accompanied by her fiancé, the model and businessman Arthur Borges, the former tennis player confessed that she was overwhelmed by the number of messages she has received after the announcement of her farewell to professional sports.

The Basque tennis player took advantage of the red carpet to respond to comments on social networks about her physical change: “Hey, if I don’t train, what am I going to do? I want to live life, I want to enjoy myself, the training regimen is extremely hard the Right, then when you live life more and relax, you want to enjoy it, right? And that Olympic athlete’s physique, we all know that… Let’s be clear, the important thing is to stay healthy and fit. shape and enjoy life,” he said with a smile in statements by Europa Press.

“Now I want a change in my life, a wedding, a dog…”

“My retirement is something that I had been digesting for a long time month by month, you also have to know when to turn the chapter, right? That is very important. I felt that it was a good timing in my life. Now I want a change in my life, a wedding, a dog…”, Muguruza pointed out, acknowledging that his decision to hang up his racket has weighed on his personal life and his desire to do other things.

Immersed in the preparations for her wedding with Arthur Borges a year after their engagement, Garbiñe announced that her wedding will take place in our country although she cannot yet give details of the date or place: “It is in the south of Spain, calmly but yes, you will know.”

“Professional tennis is very hard and it is also a relief not to have to suffer with injuries. I have also suffered a lot with my body, it is hard and I am happy, it is a good time to retire,” the Spanish tennis player added. Muguruza says she is focused on her future and confesses that she does not regret her decision.

“I would love to start a family, I think it is something that I have missed a lot in this life of professional tennis. I miss that human quality and a home, that is very important, a home,” the athlete revealed.

More than a year off the slopes

Garbiñe Muguruza announced last Saturday, April 16, her official retirement from professional tennis at the age of 30 and after more than a year off the courts. The tennis player announced this to the media at a press conference that took place at the Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid.

“The time has come to say goodbye, it has been a long career full of beautiful anecdotes but I feel that the time has come to retire, to open a new stage. I want to be sincere and clear, although I feel young to say that I am retiring because I am only 30 years old…I have been making the decision little by little, these months have been key when I returned home and stopped competing I received the rest with open arms. I did not miss the discipline and the difficulty of it. the life I led before. I have been realizing that what I most want to look at is my next chapter and not the tennis one,” explained the Spanish-Venezuelan, who claimed to be nervous when announcing the news.

The two-time Grand Slam winner lamented that professional tennis “deprives you of many things”: “Now I have plans to start a family, I want to get married, have a dog… And continue being involved in the world of tennis and with my sponsors. “I don’t like to sit around, things will come up.”

He had been out of the circuit since January 2023

Muguruza played her last official match on January 30, 2023 at the Lyon tournament, where she lost in the first round to the Czech Noskova 6-1 and 6-4. After this defeat, the sixth in a row at the time, she decided to take an indefinite break that ended up leading more than a year later to the official retirement of one of the best Spanish tennis players in history.

Last Friday it was announced that his press conference was going to take place in Madrid in which many already sensed news that had been an open secret: “To this day I have no intention of returning to the competition.” My plan right now is to sleep, rest, be with my loved ones, make up for lost time… I don’t see beyond what I’m doing today, tomorrow and this week,” he said in October 2023.

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2024-04-23 18:05:19
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