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Garbine Muguruza: Former Wimbledon and French Open champion confirms retirement from tennis

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Garbine Muguruza: Former Wimbledon and French Open champion confirms retirement from tennis

Former world No 1 Garbine Muguruza has announced her retirement from professional tennis at the age of 30. The 30-year-old Spaniard won the French Open in 2016 before lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish on Centre Court the following summer but she had not played a competitive match since January 2023. At a press conference where she was announced as a Laureus Ambassador, Muguruza said: "If 25 years ago, when I started hitting my first tennis balls, someone had told me that I would become a professional tennis player, that I would fulfil my dream of winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon, that I would become No 1 in the world and win the WTA Finals, I would have thought this person was crazy. "Tennis has given me a lot in this first part of my life. It has been a fantastic journey in which I have experienced unique situations. I have travelled all over the world and experienced many different cultures. "I am tremendously grateful to all the people who have helped and accompanied me throughout this chapter, because without them I would not have been able to get here. "I have grown and matured in a very different way than what can be considered normal, and now I am ready to start a new chapter in my life, which will surely be linked in some way to tennis and sports. "I hope that my collaboration with Laureus Sport for Good is the beginning of many more projects in which I can dedicate myself and help young people through sport."

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