Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic has admitted it may be time to retire after a troublesome shoulder injury forced him out of another tournament. The Croat was leading 4-3 against Argentine Franco Squillari in their opening round match of the Nasdaq-100 Open Masters before being forced to concede. He says it's now time to seriously consider quitting.
"I had my dream. I said last year, if somebody told me you can win Wimbledon and not play tennis ever again, I'd pick win Wimbledon. Maybe God heard me and said, 'Ok, it's enough for you'," said Ivanisevic, before revealing his plans of taking a break and then returning to defend his crown at Wimbledon.
"I want to be there at one o'clock on Monday in London. I want to play Wimbledon, that’s my priority. The plan is I take two, three months off and play Wimbledon…that is the only solution. Maybe I might see how it feels and then play the French Open. I don't know, I tell you it's tough. I'm going to go crazy two and a half months," he added.
Filed by Tom Grealis
