Game over for Ancic
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rainingaces
Legend
Thats horrible news having to retire at 26. He could have been top 10.
Marius_Hancu
Talk Tennis Guru
I had great memories about him at Wimbledon.
babbette
Legend
2 down already this year. Lapenti also announced retirement.
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=363253
Tennis sensation
Legend
Thats sad news.
LetsGoRoddick
Professional
Wow, he's only 26? That's a pretty harsh way to retire. I remember watching him in 2005. Can't believe at all he was only 20 then.
Darn. Will be missed.
Darn. Will be missed.
Fee
Legend
I saw him play at Indian Wells last year, just barely 12 months ago. Talked to him after he beat Bobby Reynolds in the first round, he was pretty happy and thought he would be returning to the tour full time. Unfortunately, he sustained a back injury and he just cannot get it healed, which I suppose isn't too surprising for a tall guy.
heftylefty
Hall of Fame
Suck to have to retire at 26,but the kid has a law degree. Now that's thinking ahead.
jwbarrientos
Hall of Fame
Sad for tennis, even that he became a lawyer, congrats for that.
forthegame
Hall of Fame
Very sad, I always hoped he would at least get back on tour full time.
Really sad, but c'est la vie..
Really sad, but c'est la vie..
I don't see that coming. He is still recovering from the surgery he had. We'll have to wait and see if he still plays at the same level. I mean look at delpo, he can still play well.
accidental
Hall of Fame
I think he could have had a Soderling like impact on the tour if he had been healthy
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
That is what real mono and real back injuries will do to you.
I am sorry to see him go, he is a great guy and player.
I am sorry to see him go, he is a great guy and player.
He was a Wimby contender.
accidental
Hall of Fame
He was a Wimby contender.
Yes he was, and he had that result when he was only around 21. Imagine how much damage he could have done if he could have competed fully during the last few years...
egn
Hall of Fame
He was easily going to be a wimbledon winner I felt, his serve and volley game was effective on the slow grass. Even coming back from mono he made the QFs with no problem. His game was great for grass and this was all early in his career. Sigh. He had tons of potential.
Spin Doctor
Professional
He had mono for 2 years?? I still don't understand how mono affects so many tennis players to such a degree but you never hear about it in other sports.
Wicked4hand
Rookie
Very sad... Serve n volley
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
No other sport does what tennis does, usually the other sports have team members to take ropes when needed. In tennis it is 100% on you, you travel around the world all year, and you only had four weeks off.
Not only that you are required to play so so many tournament, then on top of that in order to keep a high ranking you have a lot of pressure to play even more trounaments.
No other sport even comes close to comparing.
li0scc0
Hall of Fame
Kind of confusing as well. In cycling, it seemed like we all got it, and it knocked you out for a couple months, and for half a season you were weaker. In 2006, I got mono in April, raced poorly through early July. By mid-July I started getting results again, and by mid-August was competing full strength and even won 2 of my last 3 races in late August/early September. Cycling is a lot harder on the central nervous system and immune system than tennis due to the insane amount of hours one has to train.
At the pro level, Basso, Cunego, etc. all had mono and competed solidly within the same season. Pretty much all professional cyclists end up getting mono (aka glandular fever).
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
What the heck is "real" mono, doctor? :neutral:
You do realize it can run the gamut from not so severe to very severe, right?
IvanisevicServe
Banned
This really sucks. I really wanted to see him in Wimbledon at least one more time. He's the kind of guy who could enter as a wild card and wind up in the final, kind of like another certain Croatian.
MurrayisBEAST
Rookie
I haven't really seen Ancic active on the tour in a long time.
maverick66
Hall of Fame
Sad day. I used to rip it up with him in Virtua Tennis 3. So much power I loved him.
accidental
Hall of Fame
Yeah I definitely thought he would win a major at some point when he first came on tour. He was the last guy to beat Federer before Federer went on his 5 years winning streak at Wimbledon, and he did it as a teenager. So much potential... Its weird he's only 26, he's been around for so long that I thought he would have been older
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
Obviously Ancic's was sever enough to actually mention, rather than use as an excuse. Same goes for the back problems.
mandy01
G.O.A.T.
This thread had NOTHING to do with Fed at all but some how you managed to bring him up just to take potshots.How idiotic..But then again,quite expected from a ****.
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jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
No you just brought him up moron, I never said his name at any point. And I really don't feel sorry for you at all.
If you are going to criticize one person about injuries then you should criticize them all. However, biased people like yourself can't see the light because you are too inept.
mandy01
G.O.A.T.
Yeah right! Everyone knows what you're alluding to but somehow they're supposed to be morons.Funny how you mentioned 'mono' or 'bad back' and conveniently left out 'knee injury'.Everyone knows what you were trying to do,****.
As for what you feel or don't feel about/for me-that of course,is basically irrelevant.
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mandy01
G.O.A.T.
Again IRRELEVANT! This thread had NOTHING whatsoever to do with any other player at all! It was the sad retirement of a talented player who could unfortunately never recover well enough physically to compete well on the tour.Instead you manage to completely ruin it with your postshots at some other player.No need to play innocent.You know yourself,that you were basically trolling, ****!
For all your criticism of the '****s' ,you're no different from a '**** yourself.
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tacou
G.O.A.T.
both of you shut up this is Mario Ancic's thread.
Mario was a great player one of my favorites. even the past few years with injury whenever he got a month or two under him he got good results. at only 26 it is ashame to see him go as he'd definitely be a top10-15 threat and a big time player at Wimby and USO.
I will never use another on VT3 out of respect.
Mario was a great player one of my favorites. even the past few years with injury whenever he got a month or two under him he got good results. at only 26 it is ashame to see him go as he'd definitely be a top10-15 threat and a big time player at Wimby and USO.
I will never use another on VT3 out of respect.
mandy01
G.O.A.T.
I'm sorry,couldn't resist
Yeah I'm sad he had to go as well.I liked him.I was afraid Del Po might meet a similar fate but fortunately he's back.I hope whatever Ancic takes up in the future,it goes well for him.I wish him all the best.
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Sad ending to a great career
A sad ending to a great player's and a great person's career.
He will be missed on tour...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Th-_dWLcI&feature=related
A sad ending to a great player's and a great person's career.
He will be missed on tour...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Th-_dWLcI&feature=related
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