Stosur drops massive career announcement

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This year's Australian Open volition beryllium Samantha Stosur's past tourney successful her storied career.

The tennis icon, present 38 years old, made the announcement connected the eve of this year's expansive slam successful Melbourne.

This year's tourney volition beryllium her 21st appearance. She'll articulation Alize Cornet of France successful the women's doubles and Matt Ebden successful the mixed doubles.

"I'm truthful excited to beryllium backmost astatine Melbourne Park playing successful my 21st Australian Open, but it's with mixed feelings that I besides stock with you that this volition beryllium my past tournament," the 2011 US Open victor wrote connected societal media.

"I consciousness truthful blessed and grateful to person the accidental to decorativeness playing astatine my favourite slam – my location slam – successful beforehand of my Aussie fans, friends and family.

"Even though I've made the determination to discontinue from the athletics I perfectly love, a tiny portion of maine would beryllium blessed to support playing forever.

"I cognize I'm going to miss playing competitory tennis, each the astonishing experiences and emotions that travel with being connected the tour, and doing what I've done for astir my full life.

"There are truthful galore stand-out matches, immoderate against legends of the sport, that marque maine look backmost and deliberation however grateful I americium for my career."

Stosur thanked her family, enactment unit and sponsors for their enactment implicit a vocation that's spanned much than a decade.

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"There are galore others who person helped and supported maine down the scenes and astir the world," she continued.

"You cognize who you are, I anticipation you cognize I couldn't person done it without you, and I volition convey you each successful person.

"For now, I'm looking guardant to getting connected the tribunal 1 past clip successful beforehand of my astonishing fans, who are the crushed I spell retired determination and play the athletics I love, and enjoying this fantastic thrust 1 past time."

Stosur reached a career-high No.4 successful the women's singles satellite rankings and No.1 successful doubles.

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