Poll: Who Will Be Next to Retire?
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Feb 20, 2008 | Print | Email | Bookmark | Free Subscription
Now that Monica Seles has retired after five years of indecision, which player will be the next to call it quits?
Will it be Jennifer Capriati, Mary Pierce, Chanda Rubin, or even an aging active player like Amelie Mauresmo? Vote now!
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Who Will Retire Next?
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Alsacienne | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
I think jenny Cap, Pierce, Rubin and Stevenson are the most likely candidates - is nay of them even practicing?
Anna Lena and Sam won’t retire, they are too young and surely not willing to call it quits yet - that would be giving up.
Dokic SHOULD retire and leave us all alone.
Bovina - possible that she is sick of being injured.
Amelie - what a tragedy. How can she lose to TAMARINE TANASUGARN of all people? I sincerely wish for her to get back into shape, win 2-3 more tournaments and then retire with honors.
Aaress | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
Alsacienne, I agree with you about Amelie. A loss to a qualifier in the second round of a Tier I is bad news for a two-time Slam winner, not to mention a former No. 1.
Can you believe she has only won nine matches since Wimbledon?
To my knowledge, Pierce and Capriati have not begun practicing full-time again. Rubin had a stint on the Tennis Channel, but since I switched cable providers six months ago, I’ve not been able to get the network so I don’t know if she is still doing commentary.
As for Stevenson, she has been playing mostly the ITF circuit, but did contest the qualifying last week in Antwerp. She beat Belgium’s Debbrich Feys, before losing to Timea Bacsinszky in the second round.
Will.I.AM | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
I’m going to say Lindsay Davenport will re-retire before anybody you have listed retires.
Louise | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
Um sorry but i don’t see Sam Stosur retiring any time soon. Yes, she’ll be out for a bit longer to get fitness back, but she won’t retire.
I’d say that Mary Pierce and Capriati will retire
pov | Feb 21, 2008 | Reply
Venus Williams
Alice | Feb 22, 2008 | Reply
Age shouldnt matter. Results should matter.
Amelie is only 27. The player she lost to in Doha, Tanasugarn, is about 30. Schnyder is about 30 years old, and ranked 12. Amy Frazier was in her mid thirties before calling it a day. If she actually has! Not to mention Lindsay’s return.
And what about Tsipi Obziler.. 34, and playing at the highest level of her career, just inside the top 100. Being 34 myself I take particular comfort from her achievement
If the tour becomes top-heavy with anonymous young teenagers, then It risks alienating it’s more mature audience. Yes we all get excited by new stars breaking through like Radwanska, Szavay, and Paszek. But it has to be balanced with sensible experienced ‘old’ tour hands, familiar to the public eye and fondly-loved.
There are only two things that should determime a players continuing presence on the tour
1). Ranking on merit,
2). How the player feels herself/himself. In other words, Is she happy? Motivated? Tired? Carrying or risking Injury?
I’m sorry, I know it’s not what the poll question asks. But it’s how I feel I can best answer it.