Clarisa Fernández宣佈退役
阿根廷女將Clarisa Fernandez決定結束她職業網球生涯，因為一直不斷的受傷，
讓她難以繼續在競爭激烈的網壇繼續打下去。她最讓大家印象深刻的大概是2002年
法網打進四強，一路擊敗Clijsters，Dementieva，Suarez，四強輸給Venus Williams。
不過之後一年就開始因為膝蓋傷勢，打打停停，已經動過三次大手術，去年底有過短暫
復出，但是打完今年澳網後，膝蓋情況仍舊沒有改善，也讓她有了退役的決定。
目前她正要完成她高中學業，並準備在Córdoba大學攻讀企管，因為網球仍是她的最愛，
她希望完成學業後能繼續從事跟網球有關的工作。
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2211
Fernandez Says Goodbye
CÓRDOBA, Argentina - She had flashes of brilliance interspersed with
struggles with injury, and in the end those injuries proved too much. Clarisa
Fernández, perhaps best known for reaching the semifinals of Roland Garros
in 2002 and reaching the Top 30 shortly afterwards, announced her retirement
from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour earlier this month after a lengthy battle
with knee injuries.
Fernández began playing tennis when she was six years old but only began
taking it seriously at 15, training with the man who would eventually become
her full-time coach, Leonardo Lerda. She played her first professional
tournament at an ITF Women's Circuit event in Buenos Aires in 1997, and after
a few years began playing regularly on the Tour.
"I started playing seriously pretty late, and it was thanks to Leonardo and
all of his help that I could make it," Fernández said. "I improved so much
when I began working with him and there was even more to come after I started
on the Tour."
The 2002 season brought the left-hander her best career results, including a
breakout fortnight on the terre battue of Roland Garros, where - ranked No.87
in the world - she became one of the most unlikely semifinalists in the
tournament's history, stunning then-world No.4 Kim Clijsters along the way
before falling to then-No.2 Venus Williams. In 2003, she made it all the way
to No.26 in the world.
But in May of 2003, just a few months after cracking the Top 30, she began a
lengthy, on-and-off struggle with her knees. She would undergo three
surgeries - one in 2004, one in 2005 and one in 2007 - but since it was a
complication she had since birth, the problem never quite went away. The most
recent operation was on her right knee; after this year's Australian Open she
began struggling with her left knee, which seemed to be the final straw.
"Reaching the Roland Garros semifinals was important for me, as was getting
all the way to No.26 in 2003. I felt I was getting better and better and I
have so many great memories from those years, despite the injuries. But when
I started having problems again after the Australian Open this year, I
decided it was time."
Fernández is in the process of finishing her high school degree and in
September will begin studying at the University of Business Administration in
Córdoba.
"If everything goes well, I'm hoping to spend the next few years focusing on
my studies, and then hopefully I can find a new career in the tennis world.
Tennis is my passion and I will always feel connected with it."
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