Kontaveit drama: forced to retire at age 27

Kontaveit drama: forced to retire at age 27

Anett Kontaveit is forced to leave tennis at just 27 years old. The Estonian tennis player, who had been world No. 2 just a year ago, announced this on her social channels, explaining that she has “a degeneration of the lumbar disc in her back.”

The Baltic athlete will end her career after the Wimbledon tournament: “After several medical examinations and consultations with my medical staff I was informed that I have a degeneration of the lumbar disc in my back. It is therefore impossible for me to continue at the highest level in such a competitive field. I am ready for new challenges after my last effort as a professional tennis player: to have fun and compete to the best of my ability at Wimbledon,” she wrote.

The term WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) refers to that association that brings together all female professional tennis players from all corners of the world. The WTA, like the ATP, has as its main objective the organization and management of all WTA events, as well as the compilation of the ranking, called the WTA ranking.