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Post by TennisHack on Apr 2, 2006 21:29:57 GMT -5
Updated through Miami 06
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Post by TennisHack on Apr 16, 2006 21:27:12 GMT -5
Updated through Valencia & Houston 06
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Post by TennisHack on Apr 23, 2006 22:25:13 GMT -5
Updated through Monte Carlo 06
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Post by TennisHack on Apr 24, 2006 11:52:49 GMT -5
2006 Retirements
Albert Costa
Thomas Enqvist
Galo Blanco
Nicolas Escude
Jiri Novak
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Post by TennisHack on Apr 30, 2006 15:25:48 GMT -5
Updated through Barca, Casablanca 06
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Post by TennisHack on May 8, 2006 0:50:10 GMT -5
Updated through Munich/Estoril 06
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Post by TennisHack on May 15, 2006 0:32:42 GMT -5
Updated through Roma 06
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Post by TennisHack on May 20, 2006 13:01:30 GMT -5
A Long-Expected Farewell
Just days before Roland Garros, a French tennis hero decided he had to call it quits.
Nicolas Escude was France's secret Davis Cup weapon, being the key in particular to France's 2001 Davis Cup win over Australia.
Sadly, he was rarely the same after that. A lean and lanky figure, and a great attacking player, he was forever having shoulder and other injury problems. Having been Top Fifty every year from 1997 to 2002, he fell out of the Top 100 in 2003 and played only one match after Roland Garros 2004.
In his career, he won four singles titles (Toulouse 1999, Rotterdam 2001, Rotterdam 2002, Doha 2004), plus a couple of doubles titles. He reached a rankings peak of #17 in 2000. He made the semifinal of the Australian Open in 1998, and had quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the U. S. Open, too.
He just turned thirty six weeks ago. He would never have been a Hall of Famer -- he just wasn't tall enough, or big-serving enough, for his aggressive game -- but he might well have eventually hit the Top Ten, and won eight to ten titles, if it hadn't been for the injuries. It was definitely a too-short career.
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Post by TennisHack on May 21, 2006 21:29:30 GMT -5
Updated through TMS Hamburg 06
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Post by TennisHack on May 27, 2006 22:08:30 GMT -5
Updated through Pörtschach 06
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