Kto zakończy karierę w 2022?

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Na Us Open 2017 też nas spacyfikował, ale Roger ładnie wrócił na RG 2012 odwracając z 0:2.

W sumie nie wiadomo wuj wie po co, było dać pomęczyć się z Novaczkiem w semi niż samemu zebrać 0-3 wypuszczając dużą przewagę w 1 i 2 secie.

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Rogerio Dutra Da Silva

Dutra Silva On Rio Finale: 'It Was A Perfect Way To End My ATP Career'

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Brazilian reflects on his 19-year career
Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva played the final match of his 19-year career on Wednesday, when the 38-year-old and countryman Orlando Luz lost against doubles stars Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the first round of the Rio Open presented by Claro.

“I feel great. It was a perfect way to end my ATP career, with the crowd full,” Dutra Silva said. “Everybody is here, family, friends and to play against one of my best friends on Tour, so it was the best scenario to end my career.”

<a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jami ... iew'>Jamie Murray</a>, <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brun ... iew'>Bruno Soares</a> and <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/orla ... w'>Orlando Luz</a> (far right) celebrate the career of <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roge ... w'>Rogerio Dutra Silva</a> (middle right) following the Brazilian's final match on Wednesday.
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Dutra Silva reached a career-high No. 63 in the ATP Rankings in 2017 and a career-best No. 84 in the ATP Doubles Rankings in 2018. He is a four-time ATP Tour singles quarter-finalist.

The Brazilian found some of his best tennis later in his career, winning his only tour-level title in doubles in 2017, when he lifted the Sao Paulo trophy alongside Andre Sa. Dutra Silva also made the 2012 Hamburg championship match with Daniel Munoz de la Nava and the 2019 Rio de Janeiro final with Thomaz Bellucci.

“I’m such a lucky guy to have a lot of really good moments,” Dutra Silva said. “I think the Olympic games here in Rio were really awesome. When I made the final here as well a few years ago was very good.”

The 38-year-old was always a fighter on court, earning two of his five major main draw singles wins from two sets down. The Brazilian said this might not be the last he sees of the ATP Tour.

“Now it’s some time off, but I want to be a coach on the ATP Tour,” Dutra Silva said. “Let’s see in a few years if I can come back and still work at ATP tournaments.”

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Frederik Nielsen

Wimbledon Champ Frederik Nielsen: ‘A Hell Of A Ride’

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Denmark Davis Cup captain looks to life beyond tennis.
On 7th July 2012, Frederik Nielsen was on top of the world.

“It was one big ride of joy from start to finish,” recalls the 38-year-old of a manic Wimbledon fortnight as he and Brit Jonathan Marray came from nowhere to clinch the doubles title with a thrilling five-set win over Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau. “Playing with Jonny made it better because we got along well, and we were able to get the best out of each other.”

Fast forward 10 years and the Denmark Davis Cup captain announced his retirement from professional tennis after a second-round doubles defeat partnering Treat Huey at the 2022 Australian Open.

“I still loved the lifestyle of being a professional tennis player,” Nielsen told ATPTour.com this week. “But I didn’t have anything left to play for and it was the natural finishing of my career.

“Combined with the fact that I have a young kid, Ciara [Nielsen’s wife] has put a lot aside for my tennis and I look forward now to having her priorities at the top of the list.”


The Wimbledon win is inevitably a career highlight for Nielsen, who had always held a personal connection with the tournament. “I grew up coming to Wimbledon,” he said. “My grandfather [two-time singles finalist Kurt Nielsen] was a member there so he had access. I remember every morning I would look at the order of play, see what courts I was going to go to.

“Sometimes when I walked past a court that didn’t have a match on, I would put my hand on the grass to feel what it was like because I’d never played on a grass court, and I was just in awe of the entire experience and place. Every time I’ve come back, I’ve been able to appreciate the grandness of Wimbledon.”

Clinching a Grand Slam title helped push Nielsen to his career-high doubles ranking of 17 in the 2013 season and he also picked up two ATP Tour titles (Chennai 2014 with Johan Brunstrom, Munich 2019 with Tim Puetz), but the Dane is just as proud of his achievements on the singles court.

“When I started playing, I didn’t think I was going to be good enough to get one ATP [Ranking] point,” he said. “That never got lost on me, I was always able to remember where I came from and fully enjoy whatever the tour bought to me, whatever level I was playing.

“Qualifying for the Australian Open singles [in 2012] was huge. If you’re in the main draw of a slam that’s the pinnacle of tennis. I never really expected to do it, so to get that chance was special. A lot of hard work over many years and I was able to play a slam, that was big for me.”

Nielsen was also a Davis Cup stalwart for Denmark, playing in 45 ties between 2003 and 2021. “We were lucky to have some years where we had success,” he said. “It culminated by playing a full-strength Spain team at home. The camaraderie with those particular guys in the team and the euphoria of achieving that was definitely special.”

Nielsen will stay in tennis, having started a job as National Coach at the Danish Tennis Federation alongside his Davis Cup duties. It marks an exciting new chapter after a highly satisfying career on tour.

“I loved every second of it,” he said. “It’s been a hell of a ride and I feel very privileged to have experienced it.”

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Alejandro Gonzalez.

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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Blaz Kavcic

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Jeden z najlepszych challengerowców w historii.

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Był ktoś lepszy?

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Był ktoś lepszy?

Lu chyba.

[Damian]

Tommy Robredo

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Tommy Robredo's Unforgettable Career

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The former World No. 5 hangs up his racquet after 23 years on the ATP Tour
Tommy Robredo has brought an end to one of the longest careers on the ATP Tour. The Spaniard, who will be 40 in May, leaves behind a glittering career in which he picked up 12 ATP Tour titles, reached No. 5 in the ATP Rankings and played in the Nitto ATP Finals. On Monday, he hung up his racquet after 23 seasons competing at the top.

Robredo did so at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, the same place where he claimed his first ATP Tour win at 16 years of age over Italian Davide Sanguinetti. Since then, he has played 891 tour-level matches, winning 533, putting him sixth on the all-time Spanish winners’ list.

Most Tour-Level Wins Among Spaniards

Players Wins
1) Rafael Nadal 1,048
2) David Ferrer 734
3) Manuel Orantes 722
4) Carlos Moya 575
5) Fernando Verdasco 557
6) Tommy Robredo 533
7) Feliciano Lopez 503
“I dreamt of being a tennis player and I managed to get very good in the world of tennis, with big titles and achievements. I’m very happy that people have been able to enjoy it, but above all that I’ve done what every child dreams of, being a professional,” Robredo told ATPTour.com.

The player born in Hostalric in 1982 was 18 years old when he reached his first ATP Tour final in Casablanca, where he defeated Olivier Malcor, Jiri Vanek, Germán Puentes and Younes El Aynaoui to reach the championship match, where he fell against Guillermo Cañas. However, that run helped him climb into the world’s Top 100. At 19, Robredo lifted his first trophy in Sopot.

These would just be the first of many memorable moments in his career. In 2004, he enjoyed what was probably one of his finest moments. At the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, which is held at his home club — the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899 — he won his second ATP Tour title.

En route to the trophy, he saw off Karol Beck, Fernando Verdasco, Fernando González, Kristof Vliegen and Gastón Gaudio in an epic final that went to five sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

“The title at the Trofeo Conde de Godó in 2004 was spectacular,” Robredo said, before recalling another series of unforgettable chapters of his journey on the ATP Tour. “On top of that title in Barcelona, there are other moments that I had [at the ATP Masters 1000] in Paris-Bercy in 2006, when I qualified for the Masters [Nitto ATP Finals]. Also the title [at the ATP Masters 1000] in Hamburg.”

2006 was a standout year. Robredo played 78 matches, with a record of 49-29, and at the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris (l. to Nikolay Davydenko in SF) he qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals. A few months earlier, he had claimed his first Masters 1000 title in Hamburg, where he beat Jiri Novak, Florent Serra, Paul-Henri Mathieu, David Ferrer, Mario Ancic and Radek Stepanek.

In April he lost his second final in Barcelona to an emerging talent named Rafael Nadal. He also earned another title in Bastad. All of these results catapulted him to his career high of No. 5 in the ATP Rankings on 28 August 2006.

His season was capped off in November, when he was among the year’s top eight players at the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai. Although he failed to get through the group stages, he left with a victory against James Blake.

“I also have other great memories like the US Open match against [Juan Carlos] Ferrero that I won in the fifth-set tiebreak and beating Roger Federer [at the 2013 US Open) and Novak Djokovic [in Cincinnati in 2014],” the Catalonian said.

However, it is not only the victories he has fond memories of. “There were other unforgettable titles, but one of my favourite moments was the defeat to Andy Murray in the final in Valencia. It was a spectacular match. There were many really wonderful moments,” Robredo said.

In 2007, he earned himself two more titles in Sopot and Metz, while in 2008 he reclaimed the Bastad title. 2009 saw him produce a fantastic South American swing, with trophies in Costa do Sauipe and Buenos Aires, while he also took the spoils in Santiago in 2011. And in 2013 he enjoyed something of a second youth with titles in Casablanca and Umag.

Robredo
Robredo won his final ATP Tour title in Umag in 2013. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images.
At 31 years of age he earned himself the nickname of ‘Marathon Man’ at Roland Garros. “I still get goosebumps when I think about the French fans on their feet,” Robredo admitted.

In Paris he produced three straight comebacks from two sets down, rallying past Igor Sijsling in the second round, Gael Monfils in the third round and Nicolas Almagro in the fourth round.

“The entire journey has been really wonderful,” Robredo said. “I love tennis and being able to enjoy this world and being part of it is really wonderful. I have always had moments throughout these years that are more memorable because of a title or a special victory, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t moments when I didn’t win that weren’t also spectacular. I’m happy with my whole career, and with all the years I was able to be there.”

Now after losing against Bernabe Zapata Miralles at his home tournament, where he started his journey in 1999, is time for Robredo to stand aside.

“There was no better place than here to retire,” Robredo said. “The time has come. Last year I still wasn’t ready, I thought I could play a bit more, but I didn’t like playing without fans, so I was much more excited to say goodbye this year the way I wanted to.”

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Już się przestraszyłem, że żebro nie pozwala grać.

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Kevin Anderson.

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[Kamileki]

Niezapomniane finały z Rafą i Novakiem.

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Trochę geriatrii w tym roku odpadło.

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An Emotional Goodbye For Marc Lopez In Madrid

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The Spaniard hung up his racket after a brilliant career on the ATP Tour
The standing ovation in the Manolo Santana Stadium was the best possible send off for Marc Lopez, who brought a brilliant ATP Tour career to an end on Thursday. Tribute was paid to the Spanish player on the Mutua Madrid Open clay in recognition of a lifetime of sporting achievements.

Marc says adios to the Tour with a brilliant professional career under his belt. He is one of the most decorated doubles players in modern tennis, with a total of 14 titles to his name, including the gold medal from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with Rafael Nadal, the 2012 Nitto ATP Finals with Marcel Granollers and the Roland Garros crown he claimed with Feliciano Lopez. His achievements are now part of tennis history.

On an unforgettable day, the giant screens of the Manolo Santana Stadium showed an emotional homage to the Catalonian player, one of the best-loved among his peers. Nadal, Lopez and Granollers, the three doubles partners he has competed with throughout his career, had all recorded a heartfelt farewell for the memorable afternoon in the Spanish capital.

“'Bulet’, I hope you enjoyed your last game. It was a genuine pleasure to share practically a whole career with you,” said Nadal, with whom he won his first titles in the 2009 season. “Although it seems like it’s your last match, you never know. You’ve already said goodbye with Feli, now with Carlos. I think we should have our turn at some point in the future.”

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The Catalonian has enjoyed a few emotional weeks on Tour. After competing with Lopez at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an event he had always dreamt of winning and eventually conquered alongside the Toledo native in 2018, Marc wanted the Madrid event to be the stage for his final matches, alongside Carlos Alcaraz, the great promise of Spanish tennis.

"I just want to congratulate you for everything. You’ve had an incredible career and, more importantly, you’ve achieved your dream; reaching the pinnacle of tennis,” Nadal continued. “I’m so glad there are people like you, good people, who things go so well for. Enjoy it and I wish you the best for the future. We’ll continue to share that future together, big hugs,” ended the Mallorcan, who added Marc to his coaching staff in December 2021.

The Barcelona native was unable to hide his emotions as he listened to the man from Manacor, a trusty teammate who played a vital role in some of the most important moments in his career.

The event provided the perfect send off for a hugely important figure in the history of Spanish tennis, who claimed a number of titles rarely won by members of the Armada in men’s doubles. The Roland Garros, for the first time since 1990, the Nitto ATP Finals, last won by a Spanish duo in the 70s, and the Olympic gold, never previously won by his countrymen, were all claimed by a Spaniard with an innate talent for the game.

One of the most special moments came on the court of the Manolo Santana Stadium. Feliciano, the man with whom he shares his only Grand Slam title, presented him with a commemorative framed picture of the highlights of his career. Arm in arm, Marc Lopez and the director of the Mutua Madrid Open listened to the message the latter had recorded for his friend.

”As you can imagine, it’s not easy for me to record a message for you. First, I want to congratulate you on your incredible career,” Feliciano said. “You’ve been a great champion, I’ve been lucky enough to share those moments with you on court. I wish you the best in your new life, with María and Berta. I hope another child will come soon. If there were more people in the world like you, it would be a better place. I wish you well in everything you do”.

Granollers, also had some words for the man with whom he formed one of the most recognisable teams on Tour.

“I wanted to congratulate you on your great career. Thank you for all the great moments we have shared. Also, thank you for being a great friend,” Granollers said. “Now I hope that your future, which is also very important, is just as successful as your tennis career. I’ll see you around at tournaments. Thank you for everything.”

It was a farewell for an athlete who is greatly admired for the way he has always competed but, above all, he was praised for the person he has always been.

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