Former Russian world number one Maria Sharapova bid farewell to the Olympic champion Elena Vesnin who ended her career realizing that she had everything ahead of her.
On Friday, Vesnina played her final match of her career, playing in tandem with Mansur Bahrami against Anastasia Myskina and Nikolay Davydenko in the Northern Palmyra Trophy tournament in St. Petersburg. The match ended with a total score of 9:5 (6:2, 3:3) in favor of Myskina and Davydenko.
– Everything is in front of you. “You now have a wonderful family: husband, children, parents,” Sharapova said after the match with Vesnina, broadcast on Match! Country”.
Vesnine is 38 years old. In 2018, the athlete took a break due to the birth of a child; In 2021, she returned to the field and won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in mixed doubles. In May 2023, Vesnina gave birth to her second child and then announced her return to tennis. This summer, she participated in the Paris Games in doubles. After losing in the first round, the athlete announced that she would retire after the 2024 season. Vesnina won doubles gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics with Ekaterina Makarova. She is the winner of Roland Garros, the US Open, Wimbledon and the WTA final tournament in pairs, as well as the Australian Open in mixed doubles.
The Palmyra North Trophies tournament takes place from November 29 to December 1.
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