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Elena Dementieva, one of the most accomplished women's tennis players of the last decade, retired from tennis Friday."It's so emotional," Dementieva, 29, told the crowd after Francesca Schiavone defeated her 6-4, 6-2 in her last round-robin match at the year-end WTA Championships in Doha, Qatar. "It's so hard to say goodbye to all of you. I'm going to miss you so much."
Dementieva finishes her career with 16 WTA titles after 12 years on the tour. She entered the top 20 in September 2000 and remained ranked inside the position for 524 weeks of the last 529, including this week.
Although Dementieva ends her career without a Grand Slam, one of her greatest accolades came at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where she won the gold medal in singles, defeating Caroline Wozniacki, Serena Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Dinara Safina in an incredible run.
It is a bittersweet ending for Dementieva. Injuries plagued the Russian all season long, as she was forced to retire in the middle of her semifinal match at Roland Garros with a calf injury that later kept her sidelined from Wimbledon.
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