As the Madrid Masters were in full swing, another veteran chose to end his tennis career.
South African Cannon Anderson, known as the first player in Africa in the history of the men's tennis, recently announced that he will hang up the shoot.
Anderson was the same year as Nadal and is now 35 years old. At the age of 25, he won his first tour title in a local tournament. At the Canadian Masters in the same year, he beat the defending champion Murray in the second round and broke out in a shocking cold.
The following year, he beat Roddick and Isner to win his second career title.
However, from the third crown to the fourth crown, there was a long three years in between. In these three years, his final winning rate was very dismal, losing to Dimitrov, Zverev and others, accumulating eight runners-up.
It wasn't until 2018, after playing a small climax, that he regained his championship on the tour.
At The Newport tournament last July, he beat Brooksby to win the title, the last time he won the title in his career. He has won seven ATP Tour titles.
In 2015, Anderson was named to the world's top ten for the first time. His most brilliant period came in the 2017-2018 season.
He first reached the grand slam final for the first time at the 2017 US Open, becoming the first player to reach a grand slam final and be taller than two meters. However, when he met Nadal, who was rejuvenated for the second spring of his career, Anderson regrettably lost.
The following year at Wimbledon, he made a comeback. In the quarter-finals against defending champion and eight-time champion Federer, he staged a two-two chase and three- to reverse the victory over Federer in a way that saved the match point.
In the following semi-finals, he wrestled with another serving cannon, Isner, for more than six hours, creating the second longest Wimbledon and the fourth longest tennis match, and finally narrowly defeated his opponent.
In the final, face another giant, Djokovic. At one point, Anderson got the set, did not cash in on the victory, and finally lost in three sets.
A series of dazzling performances also raised his ranking to the world's fifth-highest all-time high; he was shortlisted for the year-end finals for the first time, which was the only time in his career.
In 2019, Anderson also received the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award.
Looking at the many grand slam runners-up in history but not a crown, most of them are tragic characters, and Anderson is destined to be a member of the long river.
Seven champions, two-time Grand Slam runners-up, fifth in the world... Such an achievement is exciting enough! Now he has announced the official hanging shoot, wishing this cannon player who is good at ball and good luck in his future life! (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)