Marcos Baghdatis reveals his retirement life goes in addition to attainable, because the 2006 Australian Open finalist says he enjoys being a household man and eliminating all of the stress that he confronted throughout his taking part in days.
Baghdatis, who turned professional in 2003, walked away from professional tennis after shedding within the 2019 Wimbledon second spherical to Matteo Berrettini. The Cypriot's largest success got here early in his profession, when he made his maiden Australian Open closing in 2006 earlier than shedding to Roger Federer. Additionally, he reached the Wimbledon semifinal that very same 12 months and achieved a career-high rating of No. 8 on the planet.
Early in his profession, Baghdatis additionally began relationship ex-Croatian tennis star Karolina Sprem. They tied the knot in 2012 and have since welcomed three kids collectively.
Baghdatis: I now reside a standard and easy life, not a busy like I used to
“I take pleasure in [being retired] loads. I miss it additionally on the similar time, however I take pleasure in it as a result of I’ve a household, three lovely kids, wholesome kids and there’s a lot of day-to-day stuff that we do with them, to see them develop, to see them being glad; that’s a pleasant life. That’s only a regular, easy, not hectic life like we used to have after we had been travelling from place to position. Not so disturbing… it’s disturbing, however differently (laughs). However yeah, it’s simply pretty to be again dwelling and to take pleasure in a easy life with not a lot touring," the 40-year-old informed Tennis365.
Throughout his profession, Baghdatis gained 4 ATP titles. Nonetheless, all of these titles on the primary stage got here early in his profession as his final title got here 9 years earlier than he retired – the Cyprion gained the 2010 Sydney title after beating Richard Gasquet within the closing.
In his final season on the Tour in 2019, Baghdatis primarily competed on the Challenger stage and even gained the Shenzhen Challenger.
