London, July 02: Lindsay Davenport admitted she may have played her last singles match at Wimbledon after being beaten by Venus Williams in the quarter-finals here yesterday.
The 1999 champion, who has to have cortisone injections to be able to play with a foot injury which will require surgery later this year, said she was not sure how much longer she could go on playing.
"It definitely ran through my mind out there that this could be my last singles," she said after her three-set defeat. "I am not saying its over. I am just not sure any more." Williams, the fourth seed, won 6-2 2-6 6-1 to move into a semi-final with Belgian second seed Kim Clijsters.
Davenport is committed to playing until the end of the year and said any decision on whether to retire would likely be influenced by how her foot stands up to the hardcourt season in North America this summer and how successful the surgery is.



She currently plans to have an operation to release a trapped nerve after the end of season WTA Tour championships in Los Angeles in the first week of November.



If that went well, Davenport said she could still be able to play in next year's Australian Open at the end of January.



Surgery, she said, was unavoidable even if she gave up tennis. "I have to have it or else I will not be able to walk again."


Bureau Report