The Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza, double Grand Slam champion (Roland Garros 2016 and Wimbledon 2017), has announced her retirement at the age of 30.
Muguruza announced this at a press conference in the run-up to the Laureus Awards, which will be held this Monday in Madrid.
The former world number 1 He had not played a game since January 30, 2023. “The time has come to say goodbye to a long and beautiful career full of moments and anecdotes. The time has come to open a new stage in my life,” she explained in his introduction.
Garbiñe emphasized that “it was not a quick decision. Little by little I have been realizing that what I want most is to look towards my next chapter and not so much that of tennis that we all already know.”
His last official match was then played in the Lyon tournament and His last victory was obtained in September 2022, in the round of 16 of the Tokyo tournament.