Caroline Wozniacki planning to retire shortly after next year’s Australian Open

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Caroline Wozniacki, the former world-ranked no. 1 has made the plan to retire from the sports of tennis after playing the Australian Open in Melbourne next year in January.

Caroline Wozniacki, who has won the Australian Open back in 2018, announced the news of her retirement on her Instagram handle which says that this retirement has nothing related to her health.

The 29 years old Caroline Wozniacki only wants to start a family with her husband, who is the former MNBA star, David Lee. She also wants to travel with her family around the world to raise awareness about the disease of rheumatoid arthritis.

 

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I’ve played professionally since I was 15 years old. In that time I’ve experienced an amazing first chapter of my life. With 30 WTA singles titles, a world #1 ranking for 71 weeks, a WTA Finals victory, 3 Olympics, including carrying the flag for my native Denmark, and winning the 2018 Australian Open Grand slam championship, I’ve accomplished everything I could ever dream of on the court. I’ve always told myself, when the time comes, that there are things away from tennis that I want to do more, then it’s time to be done. In recent months, I’ve realized that there is a lot more in life that I’d like to accomplish off the court. Getting married to David was one of those goals and starting a family with him while continuing to travel the world and helping raise awareness about rheumatoid arthritis (project upcoming) are all passions of mine moving forward. So with that, today I am announcing that I will be retiring from professional tennis after the Australian Open in January. This has nothing to do with my health and this isn’t a goodbye, I look forward to sharing my exciting journey ahead with all of you! Finally, I want to thank with all my heart, the fans, my friends, my sponsors, my team, especially my father as my coach, my husband, and my family for decades of support! Without all of you I could have never have done this!

A post shared by Caroline Wozniacki (@carowozniacki) on Dec 6, 2019 at 5:31am PST

So far in her career, Caroline Wozniacki has won 30 WTA singles titles and the longest she has held the no. 1 ranking is for 71 weeks.

The Instagram post of Caroline Wozniacki reads as follows,

“I’ve played professionally since I was 15 years old. At that time I’ve experienced an amazing first chapter of my life. With 30 WTA singles titles, a world No 1 ranking for 71 weeks, a WTA Finals victory, 3 Olympics, including carrying the flag for my native Denmark, and winning the 2018 Australian Open Grand slam championship, I’ve accomplished everything I could ever dream of on the court. I’ve always told myself when the time comes, that there are things away from tennis that I want to do more, then it’s time to be done.”

“In recent months, I’ve realized that there is a lot more in life that I’d like to accomplish off the court. Getting married to David was one of those goals and starting a family with him while continuing to travel the world and helping raise awareness about rheumatoid arthritis (project upcoming) are all passions of mine moving forward.”

“So with that, today I am announcing that I will be retiring from professional tennis after the Australian Open in January. This has nothing to do with my health and this isn’t a goodbye, I look forward to sharing my exciting journey ahead with all of you. Finally, I want to thank with all my heart, the fans, my friends, my sponsors, my team, especially my father as my coach, my husband, and my family for decades of support. Without all of you, I could have never have done this.”

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