‘Could Have Done More’ – Olympic Silver Medalist and Former Junior Wimbledon Winner Bids Adieu to the Sport at Just 28

Laura Robson, the British tennis Professional was at the peak of her career in the years 2012 and 2013. She defeated Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters and Li Na at the 2012 US Open. Owing to her splendid performance in the tournament, she claimed the WTA Newcomer of the Year. Following that, Laura picked up a silver medal as a teenager in mixed doubles alongside Andy Murray at the 2012 London Olympics.

Thereafter, in the summer of 2013, she invaded the top-30 of WTA singles rankings by achieving the career-highest ranking of 27. However, she could not make use of her splendid gameplay as her injuries started pestering her in 2014. Since then, she was constantly struggling with her injuries and finally decided to say goodbye to professional tennis at just the age of 28.

Laura Robson Announces Retirement

Laura spoke to BBC Sport about her decision to retire from tennis and said, “It feels weird to say out loud. But I’m done, I’m retired. ‘I’ve sort of known that for a while because of what I was told by the doctors last year. But I think it just took me so long to say it to myself, which is why it took me so long to say it officially.”

Further, the Brit admitted that she didn’t want to end her career just yet. But the circumstances made her do so. As she said, “I think I’m always going to have the feeling that I could have done more, unfortunately. I feel like if I had just had another year or two of being healthy. I don’t know what I could have achieved.”

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Robson’s Injuries

Laura Robson incurred injury to her wrist and underwent a surgery in 2014 for the same. Following that, Robson sustained a hip issue that forced her to go back to the operating table in July 2018.

However, the former British no.1 returned to the court in the spring of 2019. She played her first match against Harriet Dart at an ITF event in Sunderland. But, she could not bear the pain and walked out of the match. Later, Laura went under the knife for the second time after which she never returned to the court. Ultimately, she decided to call it quits on her career after her hip injury demanded a third surgery.

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