Michael Llodra says he will retire at the end of next season

[JRAJ1988]

http://www.**************.org/Michael-Llodra-says-he-will-retire-at-the-end-of-next-season-articolo14287.html

I suppose as he'd be 34 next season retirement is fair enough, in my opinion he carried the can for a dying breed, the serve and volleyer. One of the best.

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

unique player.. was expected ! karlovic will probably follow soon, stepanek, haas ...grew up watching these guys!

 

[FedererWinsWimbledon2014]

unique player.. was expected ! karlovic will probably follow soon, stepanek, haas ...grew up watching these guys!

and the king himself will be soon to go, scary...


nice career Llodra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaël_Llodra#Grand_Slam_finals

 

[CaptainCool309]

But who will carry on Serve and Volleying in the singles game when Michael Llodra and contemporaries like Stepanek and Karlovic are gone? Stakhovsky...?

 

[Bender]

Shame, he had incredible touch if I remember correctly

 

[papertank]

He must just be tired of the tour lifestyle, since he's a good enough doubles player that he could stick around in the top 20 of doubles for quite some time if he dedicated all of his time to it.

 

[tacou]

What a fun player and refreshing game. When I first got into tennis I randomly came across many Llodra matches and found myself thoroughly entertained. His US Open upset of Berdych was particularly enjoyable.

I will be certain to watch him as often as I can in 2014. Glad we have a whole year

 

[llodra_fan]

Aww man ! What a bad news to start the day !! Only one year left to watch the last of the dying breed

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

When you see this year his results have been poor, now the only surface he plays well on is indoor hardcourt, anywhere else he's became very average. Probably a good decision.

I wish he beat Dimitrov yesterday