Paris Olympics bronze medallist Sara Sorribes Tormo takes indefinite break from tennis

Tennis-'I've been suffering': Sorribes Tormo takes indefinite break

(Reuters) -Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo is taking an indefinite break from tennis after the Olympic medallist said on Thursday that the physical and mental toll it had taken on her in the last few months had been too much. Read full story

Tennis star, 28, announces sudden break that may be 'permanent' in sad statement

Sara Sorribes Tormo is walking away from professional tennis.

Paris Olympics bronze medallist Sara Sorribes Tormo takes indefinite break from tennis

The 28-year-old Sorribes Tormo, who won a bronze medal in women’s doubles at last year’s Olympics with Cristina Bucsa, said she “doesn’t know if it (the break) will be permanent or temporary.”

Tennis, a machine that devours bodies and minds, now forces Valencia’s Sara Sorribes, a 28-year-old guerrilla woman who simply claims to have lost her illusion. Hence the stop announced on Thursday, perhaps temporarily or indefinitely. The fact is that the athlete needs to slow down, take a distance, observe with perspective and go putting things in their right place because today, her physique and her head do not give up today for more. Without…

Sara Sorribes gives herself time, for her, for her head and for her body. She does not know whether she is definitive or temporary, but she needs to stop at this point in her career. At 28 years old, Valencia announces this pause after having won two individual titles and six doubles, with Olympic bronze with Cristina Bucsa as a colophon at the last Olympic Games in Paris. "I wanted to tell you that I have decided to take a time. A time for myse…

Vall d’Uixó has been the cradle of a figure who has been able to make a name in the competitive world of women’s tennis: Sara Sorribes Tormo. Born on October 8, 1996, this 28-year-old girl who has parked her sports career this Thursday for her mental health began her idyll with racket at age six thanks to her mother, who was a tennis monitor. Her parents, Jorge Sorribes and Cristina Tormo, have always been a fundamental support in her career. Si…