🇷🇸 Victor Troicki 🇸🇰 Martin Klizan 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis 🇦🇹 Julian Knowle 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi A fond farewell to these five ATP players at the #NittoATPFinals 🙏
A couple of notable tennis players have retired during the course of the year and all of them have been honoured by the ATP at the event.
Five recent retirees — Steve Darcis, Martin Klizan, Julian Knowle,
Paolo Lorenzi, and Viktor Troicki — were honoured on Thursday at the Pala
Alpitour during the Nitto ATP Finals. ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi presented each player with a frame
celebrating their greatest accomplishments before they all later took to
centre court for a special ceremony.
The last player who walked on the court, Lorenzi, is Italian. The
39-year-old, who retired following this year’s US Open, climbed as high
as No. 33 in the FedEx ATP Rankings. Lorenzi made history in Kitzbühel
in 2016 when as a 34-year-old he became the oldest first-time singles
champion in ATP Tour history (since 1990).
“It’s unbelievable. I really missed the fans in New York, I played my
last match without people. To finish here
in Italy with this ceremony is really important to me. I had time to say
goodbye to everyone and I had the people close to me throughout my
career. I will miss this and them a lot.”
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