Estonian Anett Kontaveit, who reached a profession excessive of No.2 on the earth final 12 months, is retiring on the age of 27 because of a degenerative again damage and can play her closing event at Wimbledon subsequent month.
Kontaveit lower her 2022 season quick in October and took one other two-month break in February to give attention to the problem.
“After several doctor’s visits and consultations with my medical team, I have been advised that I have lumbar disc degeneration in my back,” she wrote on Instagram on Tuesday.
“This does not allow for full-scale training or continued competition. Therefore, it is impossible to continue at the top level in such a highly competitive field.
“I’m prepared for brand new challenges after my final effort as an expert tennis participant – to benefit from the recreation and compete as exhausting as I can at Wimbledon.”
Kontaveit, now ranked 79th in the world, exited the Australian Open in the second round and has not played since a first-round defeat at the French Open in May.
A quarter-final run at Melbourne Park in 2020 is her best grand slam result to date.
Kontaveit gained 4 titles and reached the WTA Finals in a breakthrough 2021 season and was ranked world No.2 final September on the US Open, the place she misplaced to Serena Williams within the second spherical.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
