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Gianluigi Quinzi, the Next Gen genius who retires from tennis at the age of 25 due to stress

Hard and surprising news that comes from Italy, with the definitive retirement from professional tennis of Gianluigi Quinzi, with only 25 years. The one who was champion of Wimbledon Junior 2013 and great promise of world tennis, he has been prey to media pressure and competitive stress when he saw that he was unable to live up to expectations. His best ranking was 142 in the world, reached in 2019, and he participated in the Next Gen Finals 2017, losing in the group stage to Hyeon Chung, Andrey Rublev and Denis Shapovalov.

“The moment I realized that it was going to be impossible to reach the top-100, it was impossible for me to change the chip and continue with enthusiasm. As a young man I was a winning tennis player and seeing myself in the position of losing many games has been Very hard. I have suffered a lot of stress, I had been sacrificing for tennis for 20 years and had no long-term financial security, “explains Quinzi on sportmediaset.com. “Entering a tennis court had become a duty, a suffering for me. I had not had fun or feel passion for this sport for a long time,” says a man who wants to become a coach and is already assuring Federico Vita, an Italian tennis player very promising 16 year old.

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