Caroline Wozniacki announces shock retirement at 29 by cracking on-court joke; watch video

Former World .1 Caroline Wozniacki anunced her retirement from sport on Friday after losing in third round of Australian Open. Dane lost to Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. In post-match interview, an emotional Wozniacki said that it was only fitting that her last match would be a three-set grinder and that she would end her career with a forehand error.

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Caroline Wozniacki retirement was on cards at Australian Open

Last year, 29-year-old h said that Melbourne Park, where she h won her only Grand Slam title two years ago, would be where she would bow out of professional tennis. True to her word, tennis champion me Melbourne Arena her last stand.
During third-round match, Wozniacki was overwhelmed by Jabeur with a barr of 43 winners. Her last stroke as a professional tennis player was a forehand which went long and ushered World .78 Jabeur to Round 4 of Grand Slam.

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Caroline Wozniacki bids farewell to game, having spent 71 weeks as World .1's women's singles player. During her time in tennis, she won 30 WTA titles and received almost 27 million pounds in prize money. And even though former champion may have lost her last game, she will always have 2018 Australian Open win to her name.

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On personal front, Caroline Wozniacki was diagsed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2018 and h been working towards managing autoimmune disease. Caroline Wozniacki said that she wants to be more than just a tennis champion as she gets older. She has reportedly enrolled in Harvard Business School. She also has a few family holidays planned including a late honeymoon with her former NBA player husband David Lee.