{"id":206876,"date":"2025-10-12T06:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206876\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:32:09","slug":"former-wimbledon-finalist-delays-long-awaited-comeback-to-tennis-and-discusses-when-she-will-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206876\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Wimbledon finalist delays long-awaited comeback to tennis and discusses\u00a0when she will retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2025 tennis season has seen some incredible returns, mainly on the WTA Tour. <\/p>\n

In July, the Washington Open was headlined by Venus Williams\u2019 comeback<\/a> to the sport, having spent over a year away, with the American legend going on to compete at the Cincinnati Open as well as the US Open.<\/p>\n

Two-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova also played for the first time<\/a> this year after taking the entirety of the 2024 season off due to the birth of her first child. <\/p>\n

Now, a former Wimbledon<\/a> finalist, who was set to take to the courts after almost two years, has delayed her return.<\/p>\n

\"VenusPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesSabine Lisicki discusses return to tennis and retirement<\/p>\n

Sabine Lisicki, who reached the Wimbledon final in 2013, was set to feature at a WTA<\/a> 125 tournament in Mallorca this week, but withdrew as she did not feel ready yet.<\/p>\n

Lisicki last played at an ITF event in Dubai in December of 2023, and was hoping to play again on the Spanish island a year after giving birth.<\/p>\n

As per RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland<\/a>, the German said: \u201cI haven\u2019t thought for a second about ending my career because of my pregnancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to end my career the way I imagine it and at a time I feel comfortable with. I don\u2019t want my retirement to be determined by external circumstances. I just want to feel like it\u2019s the right time. I think you can tell then.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the one who puts the most pressure on myself anyway. I\u2019m ambitious and I\u2019m pushing myself, and then we\u2019ll see when the time is right for my comeback.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SabinePhoto by Mike Hewitt\/Getty ImagesSabine Lisicki\u2019s route to the 2013 Wimbledon final<\/p>\n

Lisicki\u2019s 2013 Wimbledon run began with two comfortable victories over Francesca Schiavone and Elena Vesnina, before knocking out 14th seed Samantha Stosur.<\/p>\n

In the fourth round, she clinched the biggest win of her career, defeating the defending champion, Serena Williams<\/a>, in three sets. <\/p>\n

After triumphing over Williams, Lisicki beat Kaia Kanepi and fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska to advance to the final, where she met Marion Bartoli.<\/p>\n

Despite her best efforts, she could not find an answer for Bartoli in the championship match, losing in straight sets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The 2025 tennis season has seen some incredible returns, mainly on the WTA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,101087,82,593,4306],"class_list":{"0":"post-206876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sabine-lisicki","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}