Russian tennis player Elena Vesnin confirmed reports that she was retiring from her career.
Previously, Vesnina was listed in the “inactive athletes” section of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) website.
– I have news. First of all, I will participate again in the Northern Palmyra Trophies tournament.
Secondly, within the framework of the Legends Match, there will be a match that will end my career,” said the tennis player, whose appeal was published on the Telegram channel of the Northern Palmyra Trophies tournament.
The competition will run from November 29 to December 1. On the first day, Anastasia Myskina, Vesnina, Nikolay Davydenko and Mansur Bahrami will play an exhibition match.
Vesnina, 38, is the winner of Wimbledon (2017), the French Open (2013), the US Open (2014) in doubles and the Australian Open (2016) in mixed doubles.
At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Vesnina won the doubles tournament with Ekaterina Makarova. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev won silver medals in mixed doubles.
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