Today we are sharing two sad news, there are two post-90s athletes in the world men's tennis who are retiring, and they will basically say goodbye to their beloved rackets after the 2024 season.
The first is Austria's Dominic Thiem, and the second is Argentina's "Bantam" Schwartzman.
Thiem is the 2020 US Open champion, the first post-90s Grand Slam champion, and it was also the highlight of his career. He has reached the highest ranking of No. 3 in the world and is known as the leader of the post-90s. Tim is a famous player born in September 1993, and he is only 30 years old, not yet 31 years old. But Thiem has been in a slump since 2021 due to injuries and hasn't been able to breathe a sigh of relief since.
Thiem was so devastated by the repeated defeats that he decided to retire after the ATP 500 Werner tournament in October, which was also held in Thiem's hometown.
After playing the last game in front of his hometown parents and announcing his retirement, it can be regarded as the end of his career.
Thiem has been plagued by injuries in recent seasons and his world ranking has been hovering around 100, making him uncompetitive. Thiem is good at clay, but he doesn't play well on clay these days. Thiem also reached the final of the French Open in 2018, only to lose to Nadal.
Since you are struggling and still can't get out of trouble, then choose to retire.
The second is the Argentine bantam Schwartzman, also known as the strongest 170 on the surface, and Schwartzman is also announcing his retirement. The 2024 season will be the last season of his career, and he plans to bid farewell to his home country in Buenos Aires next February.
Schwartzman was born in August 1992, and his real age is not yet 32 years old, but the performance of the cliff decline in the past two years has made him constantly doubt his life.
Schwartzman has been missing out on the main draw since the beginning of the year, and even lost in the qualifying round. He has now fallen to No. 142 in the world in singles. He couldn't enjoy the game, so Schwartzman simply chose to retire so that he could live in style.
Schwartzman is a very cheerful and humorous young man, and he has a good relationship with Nadal. Despite his poor physical condition, he is only 1.70 meters tall, but he is extremely talented in tennis, and he trains very hard, growing two scuds.
Schwartzman has been ranked No. 8 in the world and has four ATP singles titles. He has won the round of 16 of the Australian Open, the top 4 of the French Open, the third round of Wimbledon, and the top 8 of the US Open.
Schwarzman met Nadal in the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open, and Schwartzman was in complete control of the pace of the match before the rain, but then postponed the rematch, but his form was sluggish, and his majesty was absent, and Nadal reversed to win.
At the 2020 French Open, Schwartzman narrowly defeated Thiem in five sets in the quarterfinals, creating the best Grand Slam record of his career and advancing to the top 4. It's a pity that Schwartzman's form has plummeted in the past two years, and his height is at an extreme disadvantage, so he can't achieve better results.
These two pieces of news are absolutely sad, and he announced his retirement in his early 30s, which is very helpless. Think of Djokovic about to turn 37, Nadal about to turn 38, and still be able to play on the court and even maintain a high standard, Thiem and Schwartzman are several years younger but in poor form, which is also the gap between the big players and the big players. [Text/Fighting Jianghu]