Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Monica Seles Tenis Sports Player

Future hall-of-famer Monica Seles has not played a competitive tennis match in nearly five years but had hinted a few months back that she might come back for one last go-round at the age of 34. But the former number one player, plagued by a foot injury, has thought better of it and announced her retirement from the game she once dominated winning four Australian Opens, three French Opens, two U.S. Open and making it to the finals of Wimbledon in 1992.
"I have for some time considered a return to professional play, but I have now decided not to pursue that," she said in a statement. "I will continue to play exhibitions, participate in charity events, promote the sport, but will no longer plan my schedule around the tour." I have many memories of Monica including the way she burst onto the scene as a 15-year-old in 1989 beating Chris Evert in a tournament final and the next month, making it to the semifinals of the French Open. a year later, she would be the champion in Paris at sweet sixteen. She'd giggle her way through press conferences, grunt her way through matches, and change her hairstyle every few months. She was a fun champion and contrasted nicely with the more serious Steffi Graf, her biggest rival. The two had seemed destined for a Chris Evert-Martina Navratilova type of rivalry with their most thrilling match was the epic 1992 French Open final. On an unforgettable Parisian afternoon, Seles prevailed 6-2, 3-6, 10-8