After considering stepping down from tennis for months, Guillermo Coria announced his retirement from the professional tennis circuit at age 27 today.“I didn’t feel like competing anymore,” Coria said in statements published on the Argentine Tennis Association’s website.I'm not sure about you but it's heartbreaking for me to see him chosen this time of the year, during the Rome Masters tournament to announce his retirement.
“I’ve made the decision I will not play again.”
“In 2005 I began to feel less and less like competing,” he said.
“My passion just wasn’t the same and it’s impossible to do things well when it’s like that. In this sport, you have to be at 100 percent,” added Coria, who is currently ranked 672.
“I’m very happy with the decision I’ve taken, since I have new projects and I will be able to spend more time with my family,” Coria said.
I remembered so well the year 2005, when Coria gave such a remarkable and memorable performance at the Rome Masters final against Rafael Nadal. I sat through the entire match for an incredible 5 hours and 14 minutes! Nadal won the match 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(6) in the end.
Coria is also a finalist for Roland Garros in 2004 and formerly ranked third in the world.
Now leave you guys with my favourite match ever.
Now leave you guys with my favourite match ever.
(Via AP)
