2011 US Open champion Sam Stosur has introduced she is retiring from professional tennis after the Australian Open. Stosur, 38, has received seven Grand Slam titles throughout all competitions. Now, she is ending her profession in entrance of her dwelling followers at Melbourne Park.
Within the closing event of her profession, Stosur will play in two competitions – she’s going to crew up Alize Cornet within the ladies’s doubles occasion and likewise plans to play with Matt Ebden within the combined doubles occasion. “I am so excited to be again at Melbourne Park enjoying in my twenty first Australian Open, but it surely’s with combined emotions that I additionally share with you that this can be my final event.
I really feel so glad and grateful to have the chance to complete enjoying at my favourite slam – my dwelling slam – in entrance of my Aussie followers, family and friends,” Stosur wrote on Instagram.
Stosur feels it’s the proper time to stroll away from tennis
Final 12 months, Stosur introduced her retirement from singles.
Now, she is placing an finish to her profession altogether. Stosur, who turned professional in 1999, admits she nonetheless loves the sport and needs to play however feels that retiring from professional tennis is the suitable factor to do at this stage of her life.
“Regardless that I’ve made the choice to retire from the game I completely love, a small a part of me can be glad to maintain enjoying perpetually. I do know I will miss enjoying aggressive tennis, all of the wonderful experiences and feelings that include being on the tour, and do what I’ve completed for practically my entire life.
There are such a lot of stand-out matches, some in opposition to legends of the game, that make me look again and assume how grateful I’m for my profession,” Stosur added. It stays to be seen if Stosur can end her profession with a bang and finish victorious within the ladies’s or combined doubles occasions.