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Nicole Vaidisova announces her retirement from tennis
- Updated: July 21, 2016
On Instagram Nicole Vaidisova announced her retirement from professional tennis. The Current World No. 427 (who was No. 7 in 2007) couldn’t deal with injuries anymore and so decided to stop playing tennis for good.
‘I have been struggling with various injuries on/off for the better part of the last 2 years and it has gotten to the point where I have spent more time in hospitals, physical therapy and doctors offices then on the court, playing the sport I love – wrote Vaidisova in Instagram – This has been painful and exhausting,not just on my body,but on my mind as well and I have reached the point where I did not want to put my body throught it anymore.’ Vaidisova had retired in 2010, then decided to come back on October 2014. It was a successful comeback at the beginning for her since had qualified for a $100.000 ITF Tournament Main Draw winning in total four matches, but the dream to be competitive again ended up very soon. The 27-year-old has no regrets and is proud of her tennis career: ‘I do not regret any decision, good or bad, as it has made me the person I am today. As I close this chapter of my life, I look back in amazement at everything I was able to do. I am proud to have been able to compete with the best athletes in my sport and represent the Czech Republic,the country I love,in many Fed Cups and Olympics, it has been an honor.’
So…This has been one of the hardest words for me to write.After months and months of thinking and agonizing about this, I have decided to retire from professional tennis.It has been one of my hardest and most emotional decisions of my life.As many of you know,I have been struggling with various injuries on/off for the better part of the last 2 years and it has gotten to the point where I have spent more time in hospitals,physical therapy and doctors offices then on the court,playing the sport I love.This has been painful and exhausting,not just on my body,but on my mind as well and I have reached the point where I did not want to put my body throught it anymore.Coming to this final …
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