“My body reminds me that the skills to surpass myself are no longer there”said in a video the current 220th in the ATP rankings, 37 years old.
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The end of a long career. At almost 37 years old (he will be on April 17), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga announced his retirement from sport, in a video published on Wednesday April 6 on his social networks. Le Manceau will bow out after Roland-Garros, scheduled from May 22 to June 5.
It is with great emotion that I announce today my decision to end my professional career at the next tournament of @Roland Garros
It is with great emotion that I announce today my decision to stop my career at the next French Openhttps://t.co/yCmP3wch3o— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (@tsonga7) April 6, 2022
“This is the tournament that best represents everything I have done“, Tsonga said in the video, adding that he wanted “finish on the field“. Twice semi-finalist at Porte d’Auteuil (2013 and 2015), the Frenchman played in a Grand Slam final, in Melbourne in 2008.
“It took me a long time to make this decision. I’ve been thinking for many years, ‘Why am I hurting myself like this?’ My head tells me ‘you can play all your life’, but my body reminds me that the skills to surpass myself are no longer there”said the current 220th in the ATP rankings.
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