Six-time Grand Slam champion Salisbury retires
Six-time Grand Slam champion Salisbury retires. Former world number one doubles player and six-time Grand Slam doubles champion Joe Salisbury retires from professional tennis.
What happened
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Salisbury won doubles titles at the Australian Open and US Open ByRussell FullerTennis correspondentPublished3 hours agoFormer world number one doubles player and six-time Grand Slam doubles champion Joe Salisbury has retired from professional tennis. There was an errorElena Rybakina beats the two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka to win her first US Open and her third Grand Slam title overall. The four-time Formula 1 world champion had a maximum of 35 laps and 75 minutes to pass everyone on an adapted track at the grand prix circuit in Northamptonshire.
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The wider picture
There was an errorAlexander Zverev wins the second Grand Slam of his career by beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-6 (7-6), 5-7, 6-2 in the final of the US Open. The venue was fitting, as in 2023 Salisbury and Ram became the first pair in history to win three consecutive US Open men's doubles titles. Salisbury is Britain's most successful men's doubles player of the Open era. "Salisbury took a three-month break at the start of this year, having told BBC Sport about the anxiety which had been affecting him on tour.
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What has been reported
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What happens next
"I feel the time has come to bring my journey with the Ghana national team to an end," he said in a post on social media. "I leave happy, proud and with the peace of mind of knowing that I gave everything every time I wore this shirt. His younger brother Nico, who also plays for Athletic Club in Bilbao, chose to represent Spain and has gone on to become a World Cup and European Championship winner with La Roja.
He said his time with Ghana had given him "much more than football". He also won the 2020 Australian Open with Ram, and two mixed doubles titles with Desirae Krawczyk. The 34-year-old says he has been thinking about his future for a while, and is now "very happy with the decision". "Tennis has been my life for as long as I can remember and I have been incredibly fortunate to have had all the opportunities, experiences and success that I have," he posted on Instagram.
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