Retired from the courts at the height of her glory, Marion Bartoli became a happy wife and mother.
The announcement, in the middle of summer 2013, had the effect of a bomb. Just one month after triumphing at Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli called it quits at just 28 years old after a defeat in the second round of the Cincinnati tournament against Simona Halep. “I just can’t do it anymore. she said in tears. The time has come for me to retire and end my career. I feel like the time has come for me to go. »
“There are so many things to do in life other than playing tennis. I’m sure I’ll find something. I just need some time to settle in. There is a lot of excitement to start this new life, both as a woman, a wife and a mother”, she continued. Ten years later, Marion Bartoli is a fulfilled woman.
“Thank you for being by my side”
Marion Bartoli indeed gave birth to little Kamilya in December 2020 after getting married in the summer of 2019. The lucky one? A former Belgian football player named Yahya Boumediene. Six years his junior, the winger played in several Jupiler Ligue clubs, notably Mouscron and Union Saint-Gilloise, but also in Morocco, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
And while she had not hesitated to shoot her previous companion, “an absolute asshole” who had made her experience “hell” by making her feel self-conscious about her weight, she appears to be totally won over by her husband. “I am also lucky to have a husband who loves sport, and tennis in particular, so he and our daughter accompany me to Roland-Garros”, recently confided the former player who regularly declares her love for him on social networks. “ Thank you for being by my side every day my love and for making my life much more magical “, she recently wrote to her other half.
