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His passion for tennis renewed, 43-year-old Thomas Muster plans to resume his comeback next season.
Muster, once ranked No. 1, lost Tuesday in his first match on the ATP Tour after 11 years away. He was beaten by 23-year-old Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2, 7-6 (5) in an all-Austrian match in the first round of the Bank Austria Trophy.
The result means Jimmy Connors remains the oldest player to win on the ATP Tour. At 42, Connors reached the quarterfinals in Halle, Germany, in 1995.
Muster won the French Open in 1995 and became No. 1 the next year. He returned to competitive tennis on the second-tier Challenger circuit in June before accepting a wild card for the Vienna tournament.
"I'll keep training hard and plan to enter 20 to 25 events from March," Muster said.
read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5729157
Muster, once ranked No. 1, lost Tuesday in his first match on the ATP Tour after 11 years away. He was beaten by 23-year-old Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2, 7-6 (5) in an all-Austrian match in the first round of the Bank Austria Trophy.
The result means Jimmy Connors remains the oldest player to win on the ATP Tour. At 42, Connors reached the quarterfinals in Halle, Germany, in 1995.
Muster won the French Open in 1995 and became No. 1 the next year. He returned to competitive tennis on the second-tier Challenger circuit in June before accepting a wild card for the Vienna tournament.
"I'll keep training hard and plan to enter 20 to 25 events from March," Muster said.
read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5729157
