With motivation and passion undimmed, senior players readjust their ambitions, patch up their bodies and keep fighting
With motivation and passion undimmed, senior players serve up a constant reminder of their longstanding greatnesseronika Kudermetova is 26. Having spent 11 years as a tennis professional, scaling the top 10 in singles and doubles, she is not far from being classed as a veteran of her sport. And yet, still, last week in Cincinnati the No 14 was toppled by an opponent whose career long precedes her entire existence.reached her first grand slam final at the US Open.
“I was in Paris, and I literally was digging up a racket,” she said. “Serena has a place there, and I looked and looked and looked and looked, and I finally found a racket. I found her shoes. Her shoes had the soles taken out. I’m in these shoes. They’re too big, with one racket, and I’m trying to find string. I’m, like: ‘OK, I’m ready to do my rehab again.’”
It has been fascinating to see Williams, a seven‑time grand slam title winner who at some point around the beginning of the century was the biggest player in the sport, readjust her ambitions, learning to cherish the smaller victories and enjoy the process that leads up to them. This week in Cleveland, she will face the 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva, her career spanning yet another generation.
Just before the pandemic, the Swiss had knee surgery and last year began his comeback from foot surgery, falling outside the top 300 that August. Throughout this year he has been adamant he was training well and feeling his game in practice, but at his age it only gets more difficult to perform at the highest level.
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