Thiem and Mladenovic split
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OldschoolKIaus
Hall of Fame
Nobody cares lol
I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
No wonder she was not in London 
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
Relationships between tennis players don't seem to go well. Hewitt and Clijsters, Stan and Donna, all the way back to Jimmy and Chris.
Fred and Mirka beat the trend of course. Not sure if Andre and Steffi count as both retired?
Fred and Mirka beat the trend of course. Not sure if Andre and Steffi count as both retired?
RelentlessAttack
Hall of Fame
He can do better anyways
AnOctorokForDinner
Talk Tennis Guru
Good news, the nice chap Domi is can do better than the mean witch Cocky is.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
tennisaddict
Bionic Poster
Baggy and Karolina , Fedr and Mirka , Agassi and Steffens are the GOATs
junior74
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jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
Mirka retired so she could travel with Fed. Agassi and Graf were already retired.
If you are both active players, you are going to be traveling all over the place and more often than not, you aren't going to be in the same places
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Unlike Chrissie, Kim and Donna, I don't have the impression Mirka was ever that serious about her tennis career. After she and Roger became an item she wasted no time in dropping it (gave out injury as the excuse but I've never been too convinced).
MurraysMetalHip
Hall of Fame
She’s only interested in winners.
Gary Duane
G.O.A.T.
A comment:
bin mir aber sicher, dass Mladenovic in Österreich jetzt für den Rest ihrer Karriere Thiem-Ex heißt.
I'm sure that in Austria Mladenovic is going to be known as Thiem-Ex for the rest of her career.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Mike Sams
G.O.A.T.
According to Thiem's dad, they barely ever saw each other because of their respective schedules.
octobrina10
Talk Tennis Guru
After Mirka retired, she became Fed's employee - that's why she travelled with him.
Wikipedia: "...a recurring foot injury prevented Vavrinec from progressing further up the rankings, eventually forcing her retirement from competitive tennis in 2002. Following her retirement, she took on the role of Federer's public relations manager, traveling with him on tour."
Mirka Federer - Wikipedia
2nd Serve Ace
Hall of Fame
French and Austrian was never going to work.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
I guess she must have been serious at one point - didn't she get to about no 70?
But I can see it must be terribly difficult to make these relationships work. The men's and women's tours don't coincide at that many points.
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
To tennis players, love means nothing
Try reading some fan-fiction! Love blossoms in some unlikely places.
Tomic and Djokovic probably the weirdest combination.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Her Wiki page says she had achieved a career high ranking of #76 in singles in 2001, around about the time she got serious with Fed. She retired soon afterwards.
Almost unheard of for 2 active players to maintain a relationship whilst both are still playing. They usually only work if 1 partner (usually the woman) gives up like Mirka did or if they wait until the end of their careers before getting serious like Steffi and Andre did.
2nd Serve Ace
Hall of Fame
Just have to comment: never seen Timo's dad at an event until this YE. Kiki was tight with Timo's mom.
Not sure what that family dynamics suggests.
Not sure what that family dynamics suggests.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
She made it to the Switzerland's national representation. Apparently she was more serious than just about every female tennis player in the country. Also, her injuries were well known, so I don't know what is there to be convinced about.
Big_Dangerous
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Big_Dangerous
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van_Loederen
Professional
i think that most girls in this world will feel the same
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
It's not that. Most long-distance relationships between successful people don't last, especially young people. Why should tennis pros be any different?
Graf and Agassi are a very different case. Both in their 30s when they started, one retired straight away.
RF and Mrs Stan-Hater are also very different. She stopped playing very early and become his manager or whatever, started milking the golden goose... Theirs is a lot like a business arrangement...
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
You make it sound as if she's a beauty...
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
Serbia, her country of origin, has a million better-looking women. At least.
Thiem can do a lot better, just by coming to the Balkans, let alone if he scans the entire world.
Let's be real. He is young, rich, popular, successful, healthy. He can pick and choose. Mladenovic is the one who got lucky.
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UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
Maybe he dumped her, not the other way...
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
Why so superficial?
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
Maybe KMlad has other qualities besides her physical appearance?
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
I never disputed that.
But when it comes to young (and most other) people, physical appearance is no 1.
Human nature. Fighting it is a losing war...
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
Presumably there was at least some physical attraction for them to have been together in the first place?
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
Sure, she isn't unattractive.
I was merely responding to a poster who suggested she was out of his league...
Why anyone should be assigned to anyone's league ? She can do better and whatever "better" means to her !
I simply support her and think that she should not be looked at as "Thiem's" former ...
And again, if anyone thinks that there are million better looking women in Serbia and she is million and one on that list ... time to check Google flights ...
I simply support her and think that she should not be looked at as "Thiem's" former ...
And again, if anyone thinks that there are million better looking women in Serbia and she is million and one on that list ... time to check Google flights ...
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
While you're checking flights, you might wanna book tickets to Russia, Poland and the Ukraine...
As far as "Thiem's former", I am pretty sure she doesn't mind this.
