Olympic Gold Medallist Monica Puig gets married to tennis player Nathan Rakitt
WTASunday, 13 November 2022 at 08:00
Retired tennis player Monica Puig got married in her native Puerto Rico to tennis player Nathan Rakitt.
Puig's best career result came in Rio at the Olympic Games where she had a surprise run to win the gold medal. Her run included wins over the likes of Serena Williams as she played amazing tennis that left everyone shocked.
Puig never achieved the same level outside of that event despite being a fairly solid player. Multiple injuries and surgeries left her out of the sport for a very long time but she attempted a comeback earlier this year. A match in Madrid against Collins saw her beaten and not long after that, she announced her retirement.
The reason for it was simply that her body can't keep up anymore. Puig and Rakitt met at a tennis clinic 15 years ago and got married recently.
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