Former Global No. 1 Angelique Kerber will retire after the Olympics.
The German made the announcement Thursday on social media from Paris, the place she’ll compete in her 3rd Summer time Video games.
“The end line,” Kerber, 36, wrote on Instagram. “Earlier than the Olympics start, I will already say that I can by no means fail to remember #Paris2024, as a result of it is going to be my ultimate skilled match as a tennis participant. And while this would possibly in fact be the correct resolution, it is going to by no means really feel that manner. Just because I like the game with all my center and I am grateful for the reminiscences and alternatives it has given me.
“The Olympics, I have participated in to this point, had been extra than simply competitions as they constitute other chapters of my existence as a tennis participant: the climb, the height… and now, the end line.”
Kerber has 14 occupation singles titles, together with the Australian Open and U.S. Open, each in 2016, and Wimbledon in 2018.
She’s going to face some other former No. 1, Naomi Osaka, within the opening spherical of the Olympics. Kerber received a silver medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Kerber retires as one among handiest 9 ladies to win greater than $30 million on excursion and with a singles file of 680-377 (.643).
–Box Stage Media
