French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga announces his retirement after Roland Garros

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga prend sa retraite après le prochain tournoi de Roland Garros, qui aura lieu du 16 mai au 5 juin prochain.

In a video posted on YoutubeFrench tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga announced on Wednesday that he will end his career after the upcoming Roland Garros tournament, which will be held from May 16 to June 5. The 36-year-old athlete talks about his physical condition: “My body tells me that you can no longer go further than what I give you”, Explained in the video titled Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – Announcing the end of his career at the 2022 French Open (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga announces the end of his career at the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros.)

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“My ability to transcend myself no longer exists.”

The French player fell to 220 in the world and came out of four years with injuries. “It took me a long time to make that decision, and I think it’s been several years where there is at least one moment every day in the day where I say to myself ‘What am I doing? Why am I hurt like that? Is there still a reason to put in all that effort?’” Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is recognized as a former N.5 in the world and a longtime N.1 in France.

My abilities to transcend myself no longer exist, my body tells me ‘You can no longer go further than I give you’ Tennis player adds. This will therefore be his last Roland Garros, “The Last Thrill” As he explains, the fifteenth of his career.

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“I hope by then I will be in good shape and be able to be as I have always been in this tournament. The goal is to be myself, the tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. I have always wanted to be successful, to set my goals on top. This will be an opportunity to make it happen one last time.”he insists.