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TENNIS :: Marion Bartoli ended his career: "My body is no longer able to bear"

 

The French No.1 Marion Bartoli, six weeks after winning Wimbledon, created surprise again Wednesday by announcing it was ending his career, little after losing to Romanian Simona Halep (3-6, 6-4, 6-1) in the second round of the WTA tournament in Cincinnati (United States).

"It is time for me to end my career," said Marion Bartoli at a press conference shortly after his defeat. "My body is no longer able to endure anything."

The announcement comes two weeks before his opening match at the U.S. Open (August 26), the last Grand Slam of the season.

Bartoli said that Wimbledon had helped to achieve his best but he had also pay physically and mentally.

"I suffered a lot of injuries since the beginning of the year. I'm on the tour for so long, and I really forced and given everything for this Wimbledon. "

"I felt that I had exhausted all the remaining energy in my body. I realized my dream and it will stay with me forever, but now my body is no longer able to endure anything. "

Bartoli, the seventh player in the world, has played just three games since winning Wimbledon.

For his return to competition at the tournament in Toronto (Canada) last week, she beat American Lauren Davis but had to leave the next day against the Slovak Magdalena Rybaricova, 33rd player World.

The organizers had said she had a "tension in the abdominal region," without elaborating.

"I'm sore all over after 45 minutes or an hour of play," she said after his last game in Cincinnati. "I'm doing this for so long. And, yes, it's just physically speaking I can not do it. "

"After a set, my whole body ached. Everyone will remember my Wimbledon title - nobody will remember my match played here, "said Marion Bartoli before leaving the conference room.

(AFP)