Marion Bartoli retires from tennis with immediate effect . The Wimbledon made the announcement after losing to Venus Williams 's Simona Halep . Bartoli won the Frenchwoman title by beating Sabine Lisicki 2004 . The world No . ` I think a lot of people are either second guessing her decision or just saying 'You know what , Marion Bartoli played her tennis career on her own terms , in her own way , this is exactly the way Marion Bartoli would go out . ' one says her body can no longer take the strain of professional tennis .
Marion Bartoli retires from tennis with immediate effect . The Wimbledon made the announcement after losing to Venus Williams 's Simona Halep . Bartoli won the Frenchwoman title by beating Sabine Lisicki 2004 . The world No . one says her body can no longer take the strain of professional tennis .