Next champion to retire?
Juan Carlos Ferrero joins Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Fernando Gonzalez, Rainer Schuttler, Arnaud Clement and Ivan Ljubicic as 2012 retirees.
Former No. 1 and 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero says he’ll retire after playing in his hometown Valencia Open next month.
“It was a complicated decision to leave a world you have lived in intensely. But I have had a tough year and you start to notice that you don’t have the same ambition and motivation.”
Next champion to retire?
- Lleyton Hewitt (29%, 24 Votes)
- Venus Williams (17%, 14 Votes)
- Rafael Nadal (14%, 12 Votes)
- Francesca Schiavone (11%, 9 Votes)
- Tommy Haas (11%, 9 Votes)
- Robin Soderling (8%, 7 Votes)
- David Nalbandian (7%, 6 Votes)
- Other (4%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 84
