Tennis
Victoria Azarenka gives up in the middle of the match and says she wants to “take a break”
(Miami) Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, who retired in the middle of a match on Sunday, leaving 16-year-old Czech Linda Fruhvirtova to advance in 8and of the WTA 1000 finals in Miami, apologized and said she wanted to “take a break”, citing the “extremely stressful last few weeks”.
“I shouldn’t have entered the court today. The past few weeks have been extremely stressful in my personal life. The last game wore me out so much, but I wanted to play in front of a big crowd because it helped me out in my first game. I wanted to try, but it was a mistake,” Azarenka wrote in a statement.
The 16and world is indeed going through a difficult period. In Indian Wells two weeks ago, she inexplicably broke down in tears during her match against Kazakh Elena Rybakina, but ended it with a 6-3, 6-4 loss.
She then closed her accounts on the networks and did not reappear until Friday in Miami, where she fought to beat 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5) the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (54and).
The Belarusian, who, like her compatriots and the Russians, plays without mention of her country or representation of her flag, according to a directive from tennis authorities in response to the war in Ukraine, was one of the few sportswomen from her country to openly condemn this conflict initiated by Vladimir Putin.
Fruhvirtova in disbelief, but happy
“I hope to take a break and be able to come back”, she added, saying to herself “sorry for what happened”.
“I always look forward to the challenge of competition and the pressure that comes with it, but today was too much. I must and will learn from this. I want to congratulate my opponent and wish him good luck for this tournament and the start of his professional career,” she concluded.
Linda Fruhvirtova became the youngest player to reach 8and in Miami since Maria Sharapova and Tatiana Golovin in 2004, did not mask his disbelief when he saw Azarenka leave the court.
PHOTO GEOFF BURKE, USA TODAY SPORTS
Linda Fruhvirtova
“I don’t know what happened in the end. It was an honor to play against her. You never want to end the match this way, but it does happen. We shook hands and then she left,” she told AFP.
Until then, the 279and world champion, who enjoys an invitation, flew over the proceedings in the face of her eldest, very frustrated, who often shouted her anger on the court and threw her racket on the ground, before making her abrupt decision after being trailing 6-2 , 3-0.
For Fruhvirtova, sensation of the Florida tournament, the adventure continues. In the next round, she will be opposed to one of the favorites of the event, the Spaniard Paula Badosa (6and).
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Saying goodbye to professional tennis in 2025 retired 27 players.
The most famous are Richard Gasquet, Fabio Fognini, Fernando Verdasco, Vasek Pospisil and Diego Schwartzman.
Ukrainian Vladislav Manafov He did not compete at the professional level for the entire year but did not announce his retirement.
He completed his professional career
Grégoire Barrere- Richardas Berankis
- Rohan Bopanna
- Pedro Cachin
- Salvatore Caruso
- Marius Kopil
- Marcus Daniell
- Ivan Dodig
- kyle edmund
- Ernesto Escobedo
- Christopher Eubanks
- Jonathan Esserick
- Fabio Fognini
- Richard Gasquet
- Martin Klizan
- Denis Kudla
- Gianluca the Wizard
- Nicolas Mahut
- Matve Middelkop
- Dennis Novak
- Vašek Pospisil
- Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Tim van Ruythoven
- Luke Saville
- Diego Schwartzman
- Fernando Verdasco
Tennis players who did not play during 2025 but did not announce their retirement
- André Begemann
- 🏳️ Teimuraz Gabashvili
- Fred Gil
- Emilio Gomez
- Marcel Ilhan
- 🏳️ Andrey Kuznetsov
- Juan Ignacio Londero
- Vladislav Manafov
- Fabrice Martin
- Gerald Meltzer
- Gonzalo Oliveira*
- Max Purcell**
- Milos Raonic
- Hunter Reese
- Blaj Rola
- Tennis Sandgren
- Weissborn himself
*– Oliveira was banned for using methamphetamine
** – Purcell was disqualified for use of prohibited substances
Source: Sport UA
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13 former tennis players have already announced their careers in 2025. end of career.
The most famous of the girls listed below are Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia.
Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko He has not played professionally since the fall of 2024, when he played for the Ukrainian national team in the KBDK Playoffs. Lesya did not announce the end of her career.
- Ysaline Bonaventure
- Eugenie Bouchard
- Alize Kornet
- Lauren Davis
- Andrea Gamis
- caroline garcía
- Simona Halep
- Michaela Krajicek
- Petra Kvitova
- Akiko Ohmae
- Bibiana Schofs
- Wang Qiang
- Yanina Wickmayer
Tennis players who did not play all year but did not announce their retirement
- Kaia Sofa
- Lesya Tsurenko
Tennis players who took a break from their careers due to motherhood
- Ounce Jabeur
- Daria Saville
- Anna Carolina Shmidlova
- Caroline Wozniacki
Source: Sport UA
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On Monday, December 29, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) last updated the rating in 2025.
As in principle, there have been no significant changes since the end of the Final Tournament in November.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka finished the season on top. Also in the top 5 were Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina.
As for Ukrainian women, the country’s best tennis player in 2025 is 14th-ranked Elina Svitolina. She is followed by Marta Kostyuk (26th) and Dayana Yastremskaya (27th). Alexandra Oleynikova also entered the top 100 at number 96.
There are six more representatives of Ukraine in the top 500: Yulia Starodubtseva, Angelina Kalinina, Daria Snigur, Anastasia Soboleva, Veronika Podrez and Katarina Zavatskaya.
The new season starts on January 2 – the United Cup team tournament will be held in Perth and Sydney, Australia. And on the 5th, the WTA 500 tournaments will start in Brisbane and the WTA 250 tournaments in Auckland. Sisters Kostyuk, Yastremskaya and Kichenok will play in Brisbane, while Svitolina and Starodubtseva will play in Auckland.
Ukrainian women in WTA singles rankings
Ukrainian women in WTA double the rankings
Source: Sport UA
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