29 year-old and former number 1 women’s tennis player Amelie Mauresmo says she is not retiring. She contemplated it, but is going to give it another shot for 2009.

“I was not that far from packing it all in because I was so far away from getting back to the level that I wanted to play at,” Mauresmo told L’Equipe sports daily. “But I am not the kind to take hasty decisions and so I though it over and decided to continue playing. I want to prove to myself that I am strong enough to get back to my best form. I am not too much interested in where I am in the rankings but I want to be able to win tournaments again. My last title was in Antwerp in 2007 and quite frankly I miss all that. I really want to once again be playing in big tournaments feeling that I can win them by beating the best players…For the moment I am not looking past next year. It all depends on how it goes. If it is a repeat of what happened in 2008, that will be it for me. But if I can succeed to do what I have set out to do we will see.”…

Mauresmo is definitely still in excellent shape. Look at those arms in the picture above! The picture is from September 22, 2008 in Beijing when she played against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia at the 2008 China Open. Mauresmo lost the match with 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Source: Tennis-X

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Amelie Mauresmo is Not Retiring