Kto zakończy karierę w 2019?

[COA]

Pamiętam, jak któregoś razu dałem się nabrać i byłem święcie przekonany, że w półfinale AO (nie wiem którego, wyparłem) tym razem będzie jego czas i klepnie Serba. Łezka w oku.

[Mario]

Murraya chyba, jeśli mówimy o tym roku, co zbił Nadula wcześniej.

[COA]

Hmm, to może chodziło mi o 1/4, bo to na pewno był Serb.

Aż sprawdziłem, wychodzi mi AO13.

[Mario]

Spoko, mnie też zlewają się te edycje, po prostu przed meczem z Murrayem to nawet ja w Berdycha uwierzyłem, ten jeden, jedyny raz w życiu.

[Kiefer]

Ja wierzyłem w Berdię na AO z Rafą 2012, chyba ćwierćfinał, wolał jednak pyknąć Federera w ćwiartce US. Zresztą dla Szwajcara i Murraya był dosyć niewygodnym rywalem, dopiero tak od 2014 stał się również i dla nich chłopcem do bicia.

[Robertinho]

Ja też kiedyś na jednym AO wierzyłem w Tomaszka, klubu (prawie)anonimowych berdycholiķów normalnie. xD

[no-handed backhand]

no dobra, skoro tak wszyscy się odkrywamy, to ja też powiem, że zawsze wierzyłem w Berdysia i wierzyć będę.

[Emu]

Sam zawsze z niego szydziłem, ale patrząc na chłodno to był bardzo utalentowany i pracowity zawodnik. Zawsze imponowała mi łatwość z jaką generował moc. Oprócz grze w obronie był co najmniej dobry w każdym innym elemencie, a to należy do rzadkości wśród tenisistów. Pech chciał, że trafił na topowe fab 3,5 i został z czasem kompletnie złamany psychicznie, co przełożyło się również na finały kurników i wyjątkowo marny dorobek jak na tej klasy gracza. Zaczynając teraz swoją przygodę z poważnym graniem zdobyłby o wiele więcej. Jak dla mnie zdecydowanie był to materiał na szlema.
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[Kamileki]

Długie kariery, ale sam moment zawinięcia się dosyć szybki - zarówno u Ferrera, jak i u Berdycha. Cyk, na przestrzeni pół roku obie rakiety na kołkach.

Różnica taka, że u Davida regres był mnie nagły.

Zobaczcie jaki u mnie jest nagły, grudzień prawy bark, lipiec lewy bark i po ptokach.

Wciąż się nie wyleczyłeś?

[Kiefer]

Różnica taka, że u Davida regres był mnie nagły.

Zobaczcie jaki u mnie jest nagły, grudzień prawy bark, lipiec lewy bark i po ptokach.

Wciąż się nie wyleczyłeś?

Teraz udałem się do trzeciego fizjoterapeuty, ale następna dopiero za trzy tygodnie, zabronił mi trenować - w przeciwieństwie do ortopedów, ale ja sam czuję, że to nie ma sensu. Może on jednak coś wskóra, przez 15 lat był fizjoterapeutą kadry piłkarzy ręcznych, tylko tak szczerze to tracę wiarę.

[Kamileki]

no dobra, skoro tak wszyscy się odkrywamy, to ja też powiem, że zawsze wierzyłem w Berdysia i wierzyć będę.

Berdyś out.

[Damian]

Tenisiści którzy przeszli na tenisową emeryturę, zaczynając profesjonalną karierę po 1998 r.:

Acasuso, Almagro, Ancic, Andreev, Baghdatis, Benneteau, Berdych, Blake, Coria, Davydenko, Ferrer, Fish, Gonzalez, Hanescu, Johansson, LLodra, Mayer, Melzer, Monaco, Montanes, Muller, Nalbandian, Nieminen, Roddick, Soderling, Tipsarevic, Tursunov, Youzhny.

[jonathan]

Zwykle starałem się tutaj bronić Berdycha, bo stał się kozłem ofiarnym dla hejterów i był najzwyczajniej w świecie bardzo dobrym tenisistą. Choć trzeba też uczciwie powiedzieć, że zawsze czegoś mu brakowało, chyba najbardziej charakteru.

[Damian]

[DUN I LOVE]

Aaa, to dlatego tylu grajków siedziało na trybunach (Ferru i Radek obok siebie na deblu).

[Federasta20]

Na ten moment:
David Ferrer
Feliciano Lopez
Andy Murray

Mocne nazwiska, trzeba przyznać.

Od tego czasu jeden wrócił do żywych i wygrał turniej, a drugi zgarnął dublet 500stki i ostro walczył z Daniłem na US Open

Tomas Berdych kończy karierę po tegorocznym Bercy, gdzie odniósł swój jedyny sukces w M1000

Trochę zaskoczenie, myślałem, że po mocnym początku sezonu jeszcze trochę pogra.

Sorry Berdia

[DUN I LOVE]

Lalo pewnie odroczył decyzję o rok, Murray może o dwa.

Daniel Brands.

[Damian]

Tim Smyczek

[arti]

Best of 2019: Player Retirements (Part One)

Spoiler:

David Ferrer (Retired: 8 May), career-high No. 3
Humble and hard-working, the Javea native gave his all throughout a 20-season professional career, which ended in May at the Mutua Madrid Open. Aged 17, his poor attitude frustrated Javier Piles so much that Ferrer’s long-time coach locked him in a cupboard. Ferrer returned one week later with a new attitude and resolve that ensured the majority of the 1,110 tour-level matches he contested became a battle of attrition, regardless of the surface or opponent.
Originally a clay-court specialist, Ferrer worked hard on his compact game to become one of Spain’s leading lights, highlighted by a run to the 2007 title match at the Nitto ATP Finals (l. to Federer) — one of seven season finale appearances; seven ATP Tour titles in 2012, including the Rolex Paris Masters (d. Janowicz); the 2013 Roland Garros final (l. to Nadal) and a career-high No. 3 in the ATP Rankings on 8 July 2013.
Gritty and determined, the perennial fans’ favourite helped Spain win three Davis Cups (2008-09, 2011) and he won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, for third on the national list, behind only Manuel Orantes (33) and Rafael Nadal (84). Read Tribute

Marcos Baghdatis (Retired: 4 July), career-high No. 8
Remember the smile, the sheer joy of playing and competing at the professional level. Regardless of when you first watched Baghdatis compete: as the world’s best junior in 2003; his rise into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings with his run to the Australian Open final and Wimbledon semi-finals aged 20 in 2006, or the indifference he showed to mounting injuries that soon affected his peak-performance days, the Cypriot was box office.
With a game fashioned after former World No. 1 Andre Agassi, Baghdatis’ 22 wins over Top 10 opponents, including two Worlds No. 1s: Roger Federer (BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells) and Nadal (Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati) in 2010 were other notable highs in a career that reaped four ATP Tour singles titles, 348 match wins, and a legion of fans worldwide.
Today, with his wife, former WTA pro Karolina Sprem, and three young children, Baghdatis is already providing inspiration to another star, his good friend Stefanos Tsitsipas, who captured the Nitto ATP Finals crown last month. Read Tribute

Nicolas Almagro (Retired: 15 April), career-high No. 9
One of a long line of Spanish clay-courters, Almagro could often be fiery, a trait only heightened in long battling duels when his back was against the wall. But he also competed with a big heart and gave everything in a 16-season professional career.
Almagro contested 23 ATP Tour clay-court finals, from his very first ATP Tour title at Valencia (d. Simon) in 2006 to his 13th and final title at the Millennium Estoril Open (d. Carreno Busta) in May 2016, and reached the Roland Garros quarter-finals in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Back-to-back titles against Top 10 opposition at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in 2008 (d. Nalbandian) and 2009 (d. Monfils) were high points, in addition to his 2014 quarter-final victory over World No. 1 Nadal at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.
Almagro, who also reached the 2013 Australian Open quarter-finals (l. to Ferrer), retired at his hometown ATP Challenger Tour event in April in Murcia, where he now serves as tennis academy director at La Manga Club. In a career cut short by a left knee injury, Almagro won 397 tour-level matches, rising to a career-high No. 9 in the ATP Rankings on 2 May 2011, during a season of three titles from five finals. Read Tribute

Tim Smyczek (Retired: 25 August), career-high No. 68
The American put down his racquets for the final time at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C., wanting to spend more time with his young family. Now studying a two-year Master of Business Administration program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Smyczek is best remembered for his fifth-set loss to Nadal in the 2015 Australian Open second round.
At 5’9”, he was never going to overpower an opponent with his serve and was realistic about the prospect of Grand Slam championship glory, but worked extra hard to make the most of his game. Milwaukee-born Smyczek reached four ATP Tour quarter-finals, highlighted by a run to the 2018 semi-finals at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, but fell short of his long-held Top 30 goal, attaining a career-high No. 68 in the ATP Rankings on 6 April 2015. He won seven ATP Challenger Tour titles. Read Feature

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[arti]

Best Of 2019: Player Retirements (Part Two)

Spoiler:

Tomas Berdych (Retired: 16 November), career-high No. 4
For the best part of 30 years, Berdych dedicated his life to tennis, leaving no stone unturned in his pursuit of excellence, impressive consistency and a beautiful game. Hard work off the court paid dividends on court with 13 ATP Tour titles, including a career-best performance aged 20 at the 2005 Rolex Paris Masters, where, as World No. 50, he became the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion since No. 57-ranked Chris Woodruff at the 1997 Coupe Rogers in Montreal.
Perhaps his finest achievement came in defeat, when he beat Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic en route to the 2010 Wimbledon final, but Rafael Nadal kept Berdych dreaming of Grand Slam championship glory. He played 52 straight Grand Slams — reaching seven semi-finals (or better) — before withdrawing from the 2016 US Open (appendicitis), and 64 straight Masters 1000 events (four finals) before withdrawing from 2017 Montreal (rib). Berdych broke into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings for the first time in October 2006 and rose to a career-high No. 4 on 18 May 2015. He finished seven straight seasons in the Top 10 (2010-2016), earned 50+ wins in five straight years (2011-2015) and recorded 640 tour-level match victories. With Radek Stepanek, he led the Czech Republic to the 2012 and 2013 Davis Cup titles.
When a back injury began to hamper his peak-performances days in 2018, forcing him outside of the Top 50, the Czech’s time on court was numbered. In making the Qatar ExxonMobil Open final and Australian Open fourth round in January 2019, there was hope, however fleeting. Aged 34, Berdych ended his career in an on-court ceremony at the Nitto ATP Finals in London, the scene of his six straight season finale appearances. Read Tribute
Janko Tipsarevic (Retired: 18 October), career-high No. 8
As a big fish in a small pool, Tipsarevic was the world’s best junior with a 33-match winning streak. But as the Serbian freely admitted, his transition through to the upper echelons of pro ranks was a little more complex. By the time the astute and Dostojevski-reading intellectual Tipsarevic broke into the Top 10 in 2011, largely inspired by the performances of Stan Wawrinka, he was on borrowed time.
For two years, Tipsarevic’s star burned bright, taking his aggressive, counter-punching game to the world’s best to earn two 50+ match wins years and a career-high No. 8 in the ATP Rankings in April 2012. He helped Serbia clinch the 2010 Davis Cup and beat his good friend Novak Djokovic, then ranked World No. 1, at the 2011 Nitto ATP Finals and 2012 Mutua Madrid Open — among 15 Top 10 victories. Tipsarevic also reached the 2011-12 US Open quarter-finals.
For five years, Tipsarevic’s career was in limbo as he underwent seven different lower body surgeries. Would he retire? No, he fought back and recorded his first tour-leve match win in 570 days this March at the Miami Open presented by Itau. As a long-time role model for a generation of Serbian players, including Djokovic, Tipsarevic played his final ATP Tour event at the Stockholm Open in October, ending his career with four ATP Tour titles and 286 tour-level match wins. He has already begun work on franchising his tennis academy internationally. Read Tribute

Victor Estrella Burgos (Retired: 9 October), career-high No. 43
It could all been very different for the ‘King of Quito’. Seven years ago, he was nursing an elbow injury and contemplating retirement with 28 tour-level match wins to his name — all from Davis Cup Group II play for the Dominican Republic. Estrella Burgos never could believe his luck, forever playing with a smile on his ATP tournament debut aged 29; when he broke into the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings aged 33 or when he won three straight ATP Tour titles on the clay of Quito between 2015, the year he rose to a career-high No. 43 (13 July), and 2017. He earned the respect of his peers and, aged 39, retired at an ATP Challenger Tour event on home soil in October. Read Tribute
Marcin Matkowski (Retired: 31 July), career-high doubles No. 7
As one-half of the world-class ‘Polish Power’, Matkowski partnered Mariusz Fyrstenberg (who retired in 2017) to become one of ATP Tour’s most marketable doubles teams, winning 15 titles — including the 2008 and 2012 Mutua Madrid Opens. The pair also finished runner-up in 2011 at the US Open (l. to Melzer-Petzschner) and the Nitto ATP Finals (l. to Mirnyi-Nestor). Rising to a career-high No. 7 in the ATP Doubles Rankings on 9 July 2012, Matkowski won 472 match wins and lifted 17 trophies. He retired aged 38 at the BNP Paribas Sopot Open in August.

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