Marion Bartoli took an emotional trip down memory lane as she returned to Wimbledon at the weekend, but the retired champion insisted she is at peace with her decision not to defend the title she won last year.
Bartoli quit aged 28 just a month after winning the first grand slam title of her career against Germany's Sabine Lisicki at the All England Club.
Look at my shoulder. Literally I can't even lift my arm every morning. It was the same last year, and didn't improve from a year after, even without playing much tennis
After toiling for so long to savour the sweet taste of success at a major, Bartoli, whose injury-ravaged body was already wearing down after years on tour, decided bowing out as a Wimbledon champion was the perfect end to her career.
Since then the flamboyant Frenchwoman has been focused on her new life off court, working to design a range of shoes and jewellery.
But, with Wimbledon getting under way yesterday, Bartoli accepted the All England Club's offer to take part in the traditional pre-tournament press conferences for last year's champions.
A day before defending men's champion Andy Murray breezed through his Wimbledon opener with a confident 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 win over baby-faced Belgian David Goffin, Bartoli returned to the scene of her greatest triumph. And she could have been forgiven for feeling the urge to pick up her racquet again, but she is adamant she could never contemplate returning to the tiring grind of dealing with constant injury problems.