The Russian star mulls retirement talks as he announces his withdrawal from the grass-court season
Tennis Stories 27 May 2014 - 08:14 / by Vishal Gajaria / reads 9.Source:
Former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko has reportedly hinted on retirement as he decides to opt out of the grass-court season - including the prestigious Wimbledon - due to a dip in his physical structure.
After losing his first-round battle at Roland Garros to Robin Haase in straight sets, Davydenko elucidates how his body has been forcing him to lose matches, and ultimately, mull retirement talks.
'What I need to do is see if I will continue this year after Paris or not,' the 32-year-old Russian was quoted as saying by Sport360. 'For sure I will not play Wimbledon; I'm skipping the grass completely.
'I'm in the Wimbledon main draw, normally I would go there but I will pull out of Wimbledon for sure. I have no interest playing there. I'm practicing but I don't run so much. The feeling is that I can't do what I did before. I can't run like that.
'If I'm not running, I start making mistakes. I played my maximum tennis today and I couldn't do anything. Today I had no chance to win (against Haase). If I start to practice very hard I start to get pain and injuries and I can't hold my practicing level.
'That's why I'm not able to get good results on tournaments.'
Prior to the French Open, Davydenko also struggled to get going in Dusseldorf (lost in first round), before being ousted in another first round at the BMW Malaysian Open.
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