German tennis player Julia Goerges announced on Wednesday her retirement as a professional tennis player after playing for 15 seasons in the elite of women's tennis.
Goerges ends her career at 31 years old (she will turn 32 next December) after having shone on the WTA circuit, especially in recent years. The German tennis player closes her career with seven WTA titles In his track records achieved in Bad Gastein (2010), Stuttgart (2011), Moscow and Zhuhai (2017), Auckland and Luxembourg (2018) and Auckland again in 2019, in addition to having reached another 10 finals.
Julia Goerges wanted to say goodbye to tennis with this emotional letter that the player published on her social networks:
“Dear tennis
I am writing to you because I am ready to say 'goodbye'. When I started playing when I was 5 years old, I never would have thought that we would spend so much time together.
You have given me many kinds of emotions during our journey and I am very grateful for everything you have shown me and what you taught me. I learned how to deal with the toughest defeats and how to enjoy the biggest victories of my career, how to keep fighting when I was upset with you, and yet we never stopped chasing our dreams.
I always knew how I could feel when it was time to say goodbye to you, and this moment has come. I am ready to close the tennis chapter in my life and open a new one that I am also very excited about.
Thank you for everything you have given me. You'll always be in my heart.
Yours
Jules
Postscript: A big thank you also to my family, friends, team, sponsors and fans for always supporting me and believing in me. I couldn't have done it without you. “