Schnyder's Farewell

There are players and players that beyond what they have achieved in his professional career, have an aura that engages the viewer. To my mind the case of Switzerland Patty Schnyder , who was honored after the final match at the WTA Championships Istanbul to hang the racquet at age 32 and after 17 seasons in the elite. We join the tribute.

Although his last game in the circuit data of the first round of Roland Garros 2011 (lost to Sorana Cirstea in its 59th appearance in a Grand Slam) the dismissal of Schnyder to his companions and his audience took place at the WTA Championships, a tournament that she played it three times. After the final, the Swiss were called to court, where Mary Pierce gave him a picture book that summarized a prolific career in the racket, which has been a basic part in the Swiss Fed Cup team, won 11 singles titles and 5 more in the discipline of doubles, reached number 7 in the world, was 94 weeks in the Top-Ten World reached a semifinal of Australia Open 2004 ... and was a benchmark for a generation that learned from his master.

Animal lover (he has two cats, Mister and Gizmo, and a dog-Tucker-), billiards and golf, Schnyder said more than once that when you hang up the racket would like to settle in Australia, a country that is in love. She works with her ​​husband Rainer Hofmann in his autobiography 'The White Mille "(" The White Mile ") that attempts to summarize a lifetime full of anecdotes. We are left with is hooked he had with our Conchita Martinez , which refused the salute after losing to her in the semifinals of Charleston in 2004.