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Goodbye Moya
The journey has not quite ended, but Carlos Moya realises he will leave behind something special. While on his way back to tennis, after a 10-month injury lay-off, Moya again found the Chennai Open and won them over again, reports Deepti Patwardhan.
The journey has not quite ended, but Carlos Moya realises he will leave behind something special. While on his way back to tennis, after a 10-month injury lay-off, Moya again found the Chennai Open and won them over again. And he got the final word on the court despite losing 3-6, 6-7 (2) to fourth seed Janko Tipsarevic in the first round on Monday.
The Spaniard was felicitated after the match, celebrating his 10-year affair with Chennai.
“You have given me more than I could’ve asked for,” Moya told the crowd. Despite being a break down in the second set, Moya drew level for 4-4. But that’s as far as his still-lethal forehand and strong fanfare could get. Tipsarevic played a solid tiebreaker to win 7-2 and complete victory in 92 minutes.
“It was a great feeling to get back on court,” said Moya. “I told my team not to do the second surgery and it was for the better. I am healed now and am playing again. If I could’ve won this match even better, but I was playing a tough opponent.”
“I hope this is not my last trip here. It’s too early to say whether I will retire this season, but I had some great memories here and it was great to share my two victories with these people,” said the 2004 and 2005 Chennai champion.
