I hadn't heard from Tsonga for a long time, when suddenly came a message about his imminent retirement. This feeling is familiar, when argentine Del Potro also suddenly released his retirement news.
Remembering the beginning of the year, the two had a hard time getting out of the trouble of injury and actively training, which made people once see the preparation for a "protracted war". Unexpectedly, what was waiting for was the news that the two people had retired before and after.
Unconsciously, they have all been fighting in the tennis world for more than ten years. It is said that ten years is a hurdle. Following the trajectory, let's take a look at what the men's singles world rankings were like ten years ago today.
The season ten years ago was the season when the Big Four had the most evenly distributed the Grand Slams, and each of the four won a championship.
Among them, Djokovic, Nadal and Federer undoubtedly occupied the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, and Murray finally saved the moon, defeating Djokovic in the US Open and winning the Grand Slam title for the first time.
Therefore, the ranking of the opening year is also "appropriately" arranged in the order in which the four have won the Grand Slam that year: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray.
They were far behind the legions, with more than 3,000 points. Starting from fifth place, there are Spanish stable man Ferrer, French Aritssanga and Czech bird Göbertic.
What characteristics do these three people have in common? They all won the runner-up of the Grand Slam in the era of the giants, and it is the giants who have no chance to go further.
Tsonga lost to Djokovic, who won the first Grand Slam, while Ferrer and Berdych lost to Nadal.
There is no doubt that the three of them can be called the most stable three supporting roles in the golden age of giants.
Counting further down, there are still some veterans who are still running on the tour today, such as: Isner, who ranks eleventh, Simon and Monfils, two of the four little swans of France "back-to-back", Lopez, the fifteenth-ranked and oldest Spaniard on the tour, and Gasquet and Vodasco, who rank eighteenth and nineteenth.
Of course, among them, such as the tenth-ranked Argentine master brother Del Potro and the ninth-ranked big fish Fish Fish Fisch have retired.
Although Del Potro has been plagued by injuries throughout his career, although Tsonga has been suppressed by the giants fiercely enough, it can be seen that in the last moments of their careers, they still have a love and attachment to tennis! I believe that unless it is a last resort, it is not easy to say goodbye to tennis!
Since you have said goodbye, then I wish them a life outside of tennis to be alive and well! (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)