A champion who gave so much to his sport is retiring: the long post on social networks moved the tennis community.
The signs had all been there. Starting from the drop in performance, which is completely physiological when the fateful spark goes out.
Diego Schwartzman he had already lost that spark a while ago, in truth. And she had made no secret of it. Already in a previous post posted on social networks he had highlighted that he was tired. Not just physically, although on that front too, obviously, it is legitimate to feel like that after so many sacrifices.
It is above all mentally, yes, because it is not easy, at a certain point in your career, to identify new stimuli. And the Argentine tennis player evidently failed to find any. So much so that, a few hours ago, he officially announced on Instagram what his fans feared: Schwartzman is retiring, his sporting history has come to an end.
He won’t do it immediately: he will complete the 2024 season and then, in February, he will definitively say goodbye to tennis in his homeland, Argentina. Beyond the news itself, which threw into despair those who, over time, had believed in him, it is interesting to delve into the reasons that would have led El Pequeas they renamed it, to leave the scene alone 31 years old.
Tennis, Diego Schwartzman retires: the announcement spreads on social media
In this regard, there are many ideas contained in the long post he entrusted to social networks. “How many moments that I would never have imagined – we read in his post, accompanied by several photographs – how many anecdotes that I would never have dreamed of, how many people I have met who have helped me grow, who have taught me a lot, who have made me a much better player and person than anyone ever believed.”
A promising start, but the “thrust” is coming now. “All these beautiful moments they have become something that weighs on me today and it is difficult for me to continue to fully enjoy it.
On the one hand, leaving a life that has given me so much is a very difficult decision – Diego writes again – but on the other hand, how happy I was playing tennis pushes me to continue wanting to keep the smile on and off the court as I have always done.
However today sometimes I struggle to find that smile again. Inside me, a competitive animal prevents me from having fun, playing and traveling like before.”
A wonderful journey, Schwartzman emphasizes, but one that no longer amuses him. And that’s it. A post full of melancholy and nostalgia, of feelings that the tennis player seems unable to explain either to himself or to others.
