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Fognini, who - gossip says - she will marry next June.
Less mediatic but no less successful, indeed, is Roberta Vinci, a year smaller than
Pennetta (1983 against 1982): together
with Pennetta she won the four Fed Cup,
has long been No. 1 in the world in doubles with Sara Errani, with whom she
won 25 tournaments, including all Grand
Slam, becoming the fifth most successful
pair in the history of tennis.
A tennis match of friendship with the
long final hug between Flavia and Roberta, the former almost apologizing
for having won, the second embracing
her friend with the warmest and sincere congratulations ever. But also a story
with a surprise ending: after reaching
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the highest point of her career, Pennetta has announced his retirement, at age
33. She wants to enjoy life, putting aside
the sacrifices that sport, inevitably, brings with it. A right choice, at least in this
writer's opinion: it takes courage to leave when you're at the best, but it is the
only choice you have if you do not want
to become a pale doppelganger of what
you once used to be.