D'arcy And Goran

LISTEN ABOVE AS MARINA ERAKOVIC SPEAKS TO D'ARCY AND GORANMarina Erakovic, New Zealand's top-ranked tennis player for more than a decade, has retired.The 30-year-old former world No 39 has pulled the pin on a career that saw her ranked inside the top 100 for most of her career.Erakovic has spent the past year off the WTA tour with a back injury and despite being close to a possible return, admitted she had lost the motivation to continue."The motivation was very low at the start of the year for me, and that's when you know it would be a really hard grind to give it another crack and I just didn't think I had it in me," Erakovic said.The former junior world No 5 notched up numerous milestones during her career."I accumulated nine WTA titles [one singles and eight doubles], made a further 12 WTA finals, won 18 ITF titles, competed in 36 grand slams, two Olympic Games, one Commonwealth Games and eight Fed Cup ties." Erakovic said.But ultimately injuries hampered Erakovic in recent years."In sport, as in life, no