Puerto Rican Monica Puig, Olympic singles champion in Rio in 2016, announced on social media on Monday that she would end her 28-year career because her body, strained by injuries in recent years, had suffered. ” enough “.
“Four surgeries”
“For the last twenty-eight years of my life, tennis has been everything to me. It has given me some of the most thrilling and memorable experiences. But sometimes good things come to an end. Today, I announce my retirement from tennis. After three years of battling injuries and four surgeries, my body has had enough.she wrote on social networks.
Puig gave Puerto Rico its very first Olympic gold medal, in any sport, by winning the final of the ladies’ singles in Rio at the expense of the German Angelique Kerber, then 2nd in the world.
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She had attempted a comeback in April in Madrid where she lost in the first round to Danielle Collins (7-5, 6-0), then in Saint-Malo in France where she had given up in the fourth game of her first round against Fiona Ferro. At Roland-Garros, she was a consultant for the ESPN television channel.
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