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Laura Robson – who won junior Wimbledon at 14 and an Olympic silver medal at 18 – has announced her retirement from tennis after undergoing three hip surgeries.
Robson underwent her first hip surgery in July 2018 and returned to the court in the spring of 2019. However, she still struggled with pain so went under the knife again in December.
Robson resumed training in December last year, but was forced to return to the operating table for a third time in January 2022. As a result, she has decided to call it time on her career.
Speaking to BBC Sport about her decision to retire from the sport, Robson said: ‘I went through every possibility of rehab and of surgery.
‘I had another hip surgery and probably did the best rehab block of my life – I went to all the best specialists and had some incredible people that I was working with just to get me back on court – and then the second time I hit, I just knew.
‘It feels weird to say out loud, but I’m done, I’m retired.
‘I’ve sort of known that for a while because of what I was told by the doctors last year, but I think it just took me so long to say it to myself, which is why it took me so long to say it officially.’
Laura Robson has officially retired from tennis after struggling to return from her hip surgery
She underwent her third hip surgery in January 2022 after first going under the knife in 2018
She went on to add: ‘I think I’m always going to have the feeling that I could have done more, unfortunately. I feel like if I had just had another year or two of being healthy, I don’t know what I could have achieved.
‘But I’m really proud of the Olympics, of playing Fed Cup – playing for your country in any way was always one of my favourite weeks of the year – and I think playing Wimbledon and the US Open the time that I did well, I will have those memories forever.’
Robson became a teenage sensation after winning the junior Wimbledon girls’ title at just 14
Robson went on to win a…
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