Game over. At 36, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga announces, in a video posted on social networks, to end his career after Roland-Garros. “It’s been several years where every day in the day there is a moment when I say to myself: What do I do ? Is there still a reason I’m trying so hard? “he explains, in this video. “My head tells me that I can play for life, but my body reminds me that I can’t go any further,” he continues.
It is with great emotion that I announce today my decision to end my professional career at the next tournament of @rolandgarros ????
It is with great emotion that I announce today my decision to stop my career at the next French Openhttps://t.co/yCmP3wch3o– Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (@ tsonga7) April 6, 2022
“It will be my 15th Roland and I hope that by then I will stay in shape and that I will be able to be who I have always been”, continues in this same video the tennis player, alongside his wife. Noura El Shwekh. Why Roland? “It’s the tournament that best represents everything I’ve done,” he replies. ” The decision is made. I got into my head that I had to stop at a time that I chose and at a time when I could still go on the field. »
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