I wish I could face Federer, Djokovic, Nadal. They are GOATs - Kafelnikov
In a press conference at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the former world no. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov commented on his retirement. "Honestly, what I have been struggling with, just in the back of our mind we think that we're still athletes, even though I'm retired 16 years ago. To see on the TV tennis match played by greatest players like Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, you almost feel like, Ooh, I wish I could turn back time and give myself a chance to be on the court, to playing those guys. I think that's the hardest part. We are getting older, unfortunately. I wish that I could turn the clock once and be in front of the wonderful 15,000 people crowd, give myself 100% like I always did," admitted Kafelnikov
Mary Pierce added: "I share the sentiment with Yevgeny 100%. When you watch players today, tournaments, especially if I'm at a tournament, you see the center court, full of 15,000 people, a big match, the best players, that's what we loved, that's what we thrived on. That was what we loved to do. When we see that, I would still obviously love to be able to do that, too. Time goes on." She added: "When I couldn't play tennis any more because of an injury, I didn't choose to stop, it wasn't when I wanted to stop, I had an injury that stopped my career. My mom always said something to me growing up, Everything always happens for a reason and it's always for the best. Sometimes you look at things, you think, Why did that happen? How can that be for the best? I know in my life everything has always been that way... For me it was just then I couldn't play tennis anymore, it was time to do other things. I had other things I wanted to do but I didn't have time because I was playing tennis. I just had the opportunity to do other things that I wanted to do, that I've been doing since I haven't been able to play in 2006. Other projects that I have in my heart that I would like to do in the future."
from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2XZjOdJ
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