straight sets. Retirement On 24 July 2013, she announced her retirement from professional tennis. In December 2016, Keothavong was selected as the new captain for the Great Britain Fed Cup team, replacing Judy Murray. She was involved in controversy in 2017 when Ilie Năstase, captain of the Romania Fed Cup team, used obscene language towards her and the British team during a match. At the pre-match dinner the day before, Nastase asked for Keothavong's room number. Keothavong was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to tennis. Playing style Keothavong's greatest strength is her powerful forehand which she uses to try to dominate play from the baseline and she adds as much topspin as possible to increase the probability of the ball landing in court. As well as her forehand, she can rely on her first-serve to get her some easy points as she often has a high first-serve percentage and usually wins the majority of points on her first-serve. She rarely has a match where she serves no aces at all, and in her second round match at the 2008 US Open she served a total of seven aces. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 30 (20–10) Doubles: 11 (8–3) Performance timelines Singles Doubles Mixed doubles Fed Cup participation Record against top 10 players References External links 1983 births Living people British people of Laotian descent People from Hackney Central Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Great Britain English female tennis players Tennis people from Greater London Members of the Order of the British Empire