Andreescu reflects after retirement at WTA Finals: 'At some point an athlete has to stay stop'

Andreescu spoke afterwards and said that she heard her knee crack and that despite trying to deal with the pain, she couldn't go on any longer and said that sometimes athletes just have to listen to their body.

“I stepped weirdly on a return,” Andreescu explained in her post-match press conference. “I heard my knee crack. It kind of went inwards. Putting pressure afterwards on it really bothered me. I could barely bend my knee. But I fought with the pain as much as I could.

“At some point an athlete has to say 'stop' and just listen to their body. That's what I did.”

“It's disappointing 'cause this is the last tournament of the year, you want to go all out,” she added. “You're playing one of the biggest tournaments of the year, too. It's not easy.”

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