Tennis player Mikhail Yuzhny will retire after the St. Petersburg tournament in September – Tennis News

"First of all, I want to say thank you for this wonderful atmosphere, it's always nice to play here.Now I would like to announce that I'm finishing my career, the time has come, c & rsquo; It's a very exciting time, I'm going to play in a series of tennis tournaments in the United States, and after that I'll be playing in St. Petersburg This will be the last tournament of my career, "said Yuzhny.

The 36-year-old Russian is ranked 105th in the Professional Players Association (ATP). The St. Petersburg tournament will be held from September 16th to 23rd.

South began his career in 1999. He has won the ATP tournament 10 times. In addition, the Russian tennis player won nine trophies in doubles. Southern has twice won the Davis Cup in the Russian national team (2002, 2006).

In January 2008, the Russian tennis player was on the eighth row of the ATP rankings, which was his best indicator in his career. South has never won in the Grand Slam series. The best result is the semifinal of the US Open (2006, 2010). In addition, the Russian has reached the stage of the quarterfinals of the championships of Australia Open (2008), France (2010) and Wimbledon (2012).