Mauresmo considering retiring from tennis



PARIS (AP)—Former No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo is considering retiring from tennis.

The Frenchwoman, who is currently ranked No. 20, decided Thursday to scratch her last two tournaments of the season, at Linz and Luxembourg.

Mauresmo said on her Web site: “Since I came back from the U.S. Open, I’ve been trying to practice but I can’t find again the desire to come back to competition. I don’t want to rush or force things. (I will take) some time to think before making a decision regarding the remainder of my career.”

The 30-year-old Mauresmo won two Grand Slam titles in 2006, at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

I think its time. She doesn't seem to have the fire on the court so much. Her good wins are becoming fewer and fewer and she's not really a factor anymore at the big tournaments. Has to be tough but I think she knows its the end of the road.

And...she can always try a comeback in a few years.

It's official.

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Much as I enjoyed her game, I feel like she's just been going through the motions for a couple of years now. It seemed to me that once she had bagged her slams and been #1 she was kind of at a loss for motivation.

She's had a great career. It took her a while to get her nerves under control. But when she did it was a sight to behold. Her Wimbledon in 2006 was the great example of how she managed to stay steady. She lost the opening set to Justine but the steeled herself, and starting breaking down the Henin Forehand and it worked like a charm. Justine's Forehand was in a shambles by the end of the match; Amelie did great work keeping up the relentless attack on it forcing Justine to hit up a lot more than she wanted to. Her other great result was winning the 2005 Year End Championships, which was here in Los Angeles at Staples Center. She snuck into the Semis after someone else lost, the rolled through two matches to take the whole shebang. She clearly took that momentum from that score right into Australia with here a couple of months later.

I liked to watch her when she was at her best. And the very best to her in wherever she chooses to go next

I think she would have won more if not for the Sisters. I remember the 2004 Wimbledon semifinals she played against Serena. I don't recall ever seeing Serena forced to play at the net as much as she did in that match. She was even serving and volleying at the end of the nearly 3 hours match. It was an exhausting match, which I believe had a lot to do with Serena coming out flat against a zoning Sharapova in the finals. And I also recall the 2002 U.S. Open semifinals against Venus, where she pushed the elder williams to a close third set and was about to break Venus to get back on serve. Venus, who had won like 3 tournaments in a row over the summer, was down love-40 on her serve and hit 3 service winners/aces in a row to on her way to finishing off the match.

Last night at Paris tournament they had a nice little final tribute for Amelie

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