Retirement on Vinci’s mind?

NEW YORK: Roberta Vinci, who stunned Serena Williams on the way to last year’s US Open final, says she will ponder retiring at the end of this season. After the

NEW YORK: Roberta Vinci, who stunned Serena Williams on the way to last year’s US Open final, says she will ponder retiring at the end of this season. After the 33-year-old Italian lost to Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals, Vinci was asked by a reporter whether she’d be back in 2017. “I don’t know. This is the question you’re going to ask me now?” a smiling Vinci said good-naturedly. She is currently ranked No 8. “I really don’t want to be someone who says ‘I’m retiring,’ then, after two weeks, ‘No, I’m not retiring.’ ‘I’m retiring.’ ‘I’m not.’ I don’t know. It’s something I’ll need to figure out at the end of the year,” Vinci said in Italian. “Let’s see what I’m feeling and if I have a desire to continue. Putting aside my injuries, I’m playing good tennis.”

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