“I have all the time in my mind that I want to come back. “I wanted to retire last year, but first the pandemic and then my cancer, you know, I couldn’t,” she said. Suarez Navarro had originally planned to retire in 2020, but the coronavirus delayed her progress, and then when her Hodgkin’s diagnosis came last September, she had no choice but to start fighting for new goals. But we have great memories here, we played doubles, and we have a very nice relationship for many years, and I'm just happy that she's here and she's going to play - I'm very inspired." “For me it was fun to see her and sad that it's the last time that she is going to be here. Muguruza, who fell in first-round action to Marta Kostyuk, says that she will always cherish her memories with her friend and compatriot. 'Carla, let's go, just go there, you don't have any expectations, it's already incredible that you're here!'” “I was very happy to see her because she didn't know until the last moment, if she was going to come, and I was like pushing her. Suarez Navarro, a former doubles partner of Garbiñe Muguruza, both on tour and at the Olympic games, needed a bit of prodding from the Spaniard to make her return to Paris for Roland-Garros official. Roland Garros is one of my favorite tournaments, so I have really clear that my first tournament will be this one.”įormer finalist bounces back with a 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 win over Carla Suarez Navarro in the Spaniard’s final #RolandGarros.
But, well, every time I had on my mind that I want to be here, I want to come back. “It was a long time, really tough moments,” Suarez Navarro said of her battle with her illness, which featured two month of chemotherapy treatment last year. On Tuesday in Paris the former World No.6 ran out of steam against Sloane Stephens and fell, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, but the mere fact that she was able to return to the red clay and compete so vigorously is an inspiration and a victory in and of itself. She got what she aimed for, and inspired many in the process. The Spaniard, diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last September, resolutely set a path to a clean bill of health and a subsequent return to the sport’s biggest stage for a farewell fitting of a former star and widely respected tour veteran. Though it did not end in victory, the brilliant Roland-Garros career of Carla Suarez Navarro has come to an end in the most triumphant manner.
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