Maximilian Abel returns to the tour 阿贝尔的传奇回归 He didn’t win ATP Comeback Player of the Year but if you were going to write a film script about any returning player, you’d pick Abel. A top-10 junior who lost to Andy Roddick in the 1999 Orange Bowl final, his already spiraling career came to a halt when he tested positive for cocaine in Metz in 2007 and was suspended for three years. That was the least of his legal troubles as it emerged he’d been fuelling his addiction and travel expenses with stolen credit cards. He was sentenced to three years prison in 2009 on 135 counts of fraud. Payments to hookers and threats on his life from Chechen mafioso types while in custody are some of the more lurid details of the tale. In July this year the 30-year-old made his return to tour in Futures qualifying and finishes the year ranked 1091.
Brian Baker completes the set 布莱恩.贝克完成未来赛到大满贯的“全满胜”@ brian_baker 欢迎转载 Brian Baker completed a unique set in 2012 by recording main draw victories at Futures, Challenger, 250, 500, Masters and Slam level. Jerzy Janowicz came close to achieving the same feat, lacking only a win at 500 level from his personal collection.(扬诺维茨还一个500赛的胜利 @与动感大蛇@700兄弟 欢迎转载 @水水的老猫
Cat interrupts play in Szczecin Aka a gratuitous cat gif. You people can’t get enough of cat gifs. What the hell is wrong with you? Michal Przysiezny doesn’t look so amused.
Alejando Falla proves he’s only human 法拉终于退赛了 In his 674th match as a professional, Alejando Falla was forced to retire for the very first time. A virus finally put paid the Colombian’s remarkable streak during the Cali Challenger.
Matteo Viola wins after trailing 0-5 0-40 in the third set (维奥拉在0-5,0-40的时候反败为胜,这个真心酷比了,对手拉约维奇赛后常做噩梦) Viola won five matches from match point down in 2012 but the most impressive was his comeback against Dusan Lajovic in the first round of Australian Open qualifiers where he saved a grand total of 9 in an unlikely 8-6 third set victory.Lajovic still wakes up in a cold sweat thinking about it.
Players breaking national records 为国家获得突破 张择、贾兹里、泽姆亚 Ze Zhang became the highest ever ranked Chinese man when he reached 154, beating the mark of 176 set by Bing Pan in May 1995. @ 十八阿哥张择 @ ace张择 @ cookieszy 欢迎转载 Malek Jaziri seemingly breaks a Tunisian record every time he steps on court. In 2012 he achieved a high rank of 69 and in St Petersburg became the first from the North African country to reach an ATP semi-final. Grega Zemlja became the first Slovene to reach the third round of a slam at Wimbledon and first to reach an ATP final in Vienna (where he lost to Del Potro).It was a fine year for Slovenian tennis overall, the small Balkan nation finishing with three players in the top 100 (Aljaz Bedene and Blaz Kavcic were the others).