Julia Goerges says auf Wiedersehen to tennis: ‘The moment to say goodbye has arrived’

Former world No 9 Julia Goerges has announced her retirement from tennis, saying “I am ready to close the tennis chapter of my life and open a new one” during a farewell message.
The German made her professional debut in 2005 and won seven WTA Tour singles titles while she also secured five doubles titles.
She reached a career-high of nine in the WTA Rankings in August 2018, which came on the back of her best Grand Slam performance as she made it to the semi-final at Wimbledon before losing against Serena Williams.
The 31-year-old confirmed her retirement on social media, writing:
Dear Tennis,
I am writing to you, because I am ready to say ‘Goodbye’. When I started playing tennis at the age of 5, I would never have thought that we would go such a long way together.
You have given me so many different types of emotions throughout our journey and I am very thankful for everything you have shown and taught me. I learnt how to deal with the toughest losses but also enjoy the most amazing wins of my career, to fight back many times when I was struggling with you and through it all we never lost sight of our dreams.
I always knew how I would feel when it is time to say goodbye to you, and that moment has arrived. I am ready to close the tennis chapter of my life and open a new one, which I am really excited about.
Thank you for everything you have given me. You will stay forever in my heart ❤️
Yours, Jules
P.S. Huge thank you to my family, friends, team, sponsors and fans for supporting and believing in me always, I couldn’t have done it without you.
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