Mikhail Yuzhny - the obstinate tennis player

Mikhail Yuzhny is a famous Russian tennis player. He has the title of Honored Master of Sports. Twice he won the Davis Cup in the Russian team. In this article you will be presented with a brief biography of the athlete.

Childhood

Mikhail Yuzhny was born in Moscow in 1982. In tennis came at six years with his brother. If at that time someone had told the boy that he would enter the top five of the Russian players, then Mikhail would have laughed outright. And who of the tennis players would not have dreamed of standing next to Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Nikolai Davydenko, Andrei Chesnokov and Marat Safin? Although training was given to the boy with difficulty. The first mentor of the South - Abashkin - claimed that the reason for this was a shy character.

However, soon the young man grew up and became more balanced. Of course, this affected the game. Making regular progress, Michael demonstrated champion potential. In 1992 he was noticed by Boris Sobkin. He is still the tutor of both brothers.

Carier start

1999 - this is exactly the year when the Southern Mikhail went to the professionals. Tennis has become the meaning of his life. But the first serious success came to the young man only three years later in Stuttgart.

A deafening victory followed a black streak. Mikhail got into an auto accident and got a concussion. Then there was a serious illness and the death of my father. All this knocked the South out of the rut. But in the end, he was able to gather and perform at the Davis Cup as part of the Russian team.

Kafelnikov and Safin helped our team get to the finals. Nevertheless, they made mistakes, and the captain of the team - Shamil Tarpischev, entrusted the decisive match to the South. This was the right decision. Mikhail won, having declared himself to the whole world. The tennis player dedicated the victory to the memory of his father.

Participation in world championships

32 - it was under this number in the world ranking (after the victory in the Davis Cup) was listed Mikhail South. Racket, he struck his way to major international tournaments. The audience loved him for his staunch character and eccentricity.

From 2002 to 2010, the rating of the tennis player ranged from 16 to 43 seats. In 2006, South won his 2nd Davis Cup. A year later, Michael won in Rotterdam. And the audience of "Roland Garros" and "Australian Open" reacted briskly to the famous exclamation of South: "Komon!"

2010 was the peak in the career of a tennis player. At the US championship, he lost only to the first racket of the world - Rafael Nadal. In October of the same year, Mikhail rose to the eighth line of the rating.

2011 and 2012 gave the Southern 35th and 25th positions. The desired victory in several fights he pulled out the legendary Roger Federer. The year of 2013 did not start very well. But by the summer the tennis player got the form and won the tournament in Gstaad.

Features of the game

Mikhail Yuzhny has an interesting blow to the left. He holds the racket as if he is going to fight off with both hands. But at the very last moment the tennis player lets go of his left hand.

Secret

Mikhail Yuzhny became for many people an example of how a boy from an ordinary family could achieve success. The whole world applauded him standing up. The secret of the tennis player is that, despite the pain, moral pressure and difficulties, he can always get together and put on 100%.