She celebrated the greatest success of her career six years ago in Rio against Angelique Kerber. A golden future was in store for her. But now Monica Puig is surprisingly ending her career because her body is on strike.
Rio Olympic champion Monica Puig has ended her tennis career at the age of only 28. The Puerto Rican, who won her country’s first ever gold medal in the 2016 final against Angelique Kerber, made the announcement on Instagram on Monday. “After three difficult years with injuries and four surgeries, my body has had enough,” Puig wrote.