Emotional World No.1 Iga Swiatek walks out of interview in tears after Olympic dream ends with defeat to Qinwen Zheng
For every gold medal, trophy and accolade won in sport, there are hundreds of athletes who have to instead endure the pain of falling agonisingly short., the Croatian hit a low point as she even considered calling time on her tennis career, having been plagued by a run of injuries.
"There was a couple of times in my career that I didn't want to play tennis any more," she said back in July. "Most of you know that it was after my surgeries, but actually there was one recent one.Fleetwood loves winning in Paris and returns to Olympic venue after caddies’ heart surgery "I didn't have any energy, any motivation to keep practising, keep pushing because I felt like the last couple months I've given everything for tennis, and I wasn't getting the results that I kind of expected."And the current world number 21 already had another career option ready for her to make the switch: back in 2021, she founded a candle-making business, DNNA.
Andy Murray fights back tears and receives standing ovation with retirement confirmed after Olympics defeat with Dan EvansBecause Vekic has followed up that career best with an achievement which could put her into the history books.
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