On May 3, South African player Anderson announced the hanging auction on his personal social platform.
"It was a tough decision, but I made the decision to retire from professional tennis today." Anderson said, "30 years ago, my father handed me the racket and told me that if I was willing to work hard, I could be one of the best players in the world. Since then, tennis has brought me a whole new world, I have experienced challenges and ups and downs, but also through excitement and loneliness. These experiences helped me become who I am today. ”
Look at Anderson's individual accomplishments: 7 ATP Tour champions, 2 Grand Slam runners-up (2017 US Open, 2018 Wimbledon), top world ranking fifth (2018), Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award (2019).
| Anderson, who became a late bloomer, entered the peak at the age of 30
Kevin Anderson was born in South Africa on 18 May 1985. In 2007, he moved into professional tennis. In 2011, he won his first career title at his hometown, the South African Open, at the age of 26, and in 2015, he reached the top 10 in the world at the age of 30.
It is not an exaggeration to describe Anderson as a late bloomer, because in the Sampras era and before, tennis players basically announced their retirement after entering the age of 30, and Anderson had just entered his peak. Although the peak period was short.
2017-2018 belonged to Anderson's peak 2 years.
In 2017, he reached the fourth round at both the French Open and Wimbledon, and the US Open reached the final, and finally lost 0-3 to Nadal and finished second.
If Anderson did not meet the big seeds at the 2017 US Open, then at Wimbledon in 2018, he eliminated the No. 1 seed Federer and the No. 9 seed Isner to reach the final, and both games were through the long set, which took 6 hours and 36 minutes to create the second longest game in Wimbledon history. Exhausted Anderson lost 3-0 to Djokovic in the final.
| Anderson in the era of the Big Three, growing in cracks
Being born in the era of the big three in the tennis world is a kind of luck and an unfortunate thing.
With his height advantage, Anderson has the weapon of serving cannon, which allows him to perform well on both hard courts and grass. At the same time, the forehand attack and the bottom line drawing ability are very sharp. His idol is Sampras, who plays as an offensive player who relies on serves.
In the H2H hand-to-hand record, he was crushed to death by the Big Three.
Against Federer, H2H was 1-6, and the only win was the 2018 Wimbledon quarter-finals, which won 3-2 after a long set. The remaining 6 games were all 0-2 defeats. The 2019 Miami Masters is even more out of the game.
The match against Djokovic was 2-10 and the most of the Big Three. The two wins were the 2008 Miami Masters and the 2018 Laver Cup. In the Grand Slam arena, 4 meetings occurred at Wimbledon, and all lost to Mai City.
Against Nadal, it was 0-5, and it had not yet tasted victory. Of the five defeats, only one set was won at the 2015 Paris Masters, and the rest were lost.
Of the 7 ATP Tour titles won, 1 500 and 6 250. Anderson didn't get a good result in the Masters, or even reach the final.
Following Anderson away, there is also the era of the Big Three. Look and cherish!