 "Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Julia Goerges announces retirement from tennis aged 31")
Berlin: Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Julia Goerges announced her retirement from tennis Wednesday at the age of 31. The German reached her highest ranking of ninth in the world in 2018 and was ranked 45th at her retirement. Her most recent match was a second-round loss to fellow German Laura Siegemund at the French Open. Goerges, in a letter addressed to the game of tennis, wrote that she was “ready to say ‘goodbye’" after a 15-year pro career.
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 💭✍️🎾
— Jule Goerges✌️🇩🇪 (@juliagoerges) October 21, 2020
Announcement in English: https://t.co/Z8oyJUu2ip
Ankündigung auf Deutsch: https://t.co/ri1y8CSU24 pic.twitter.com/ySDqvfdfx3
“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,” she added. Goerges reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2018 before losing in straight sets to Serena Williams. She was runner-up in mixed doubles at the French Open in 2014 alongside Nenad Zimonjic and was a finalist in the Fed Cup with Germany in 2014. Goerges finishes with a 7-10 record in tour-level singles finals. Her most notable titles came in 2011 in Stuttgart, and in 2017 in Moscow and at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.
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