Olympic champion Makarova retired tennis player

the champion of the Olympic games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro Russian Ekaterina Makarova announced the end of his professional career tennis player. 31-year-old Russian competed in tennis for 16 years.

“I made the difficult decision to end a professional career in tennis, wrote Catherine in her personal Instagram account. – I am very happy and proud of their sports career. The time has come to move on and start a new stage in life.”

the greatest achievements in round Makarova has achieved in doubles, where she won the Open championship of France and the United States, Wimbledon, and in 2016 in tandem with Elena Vesnina took the gold of the Olympic games.

In the doubles ranking she reached the first lines.