Gabashvili tennis rating. Teimuraz Gabashvili - Hard work
Teimuraz Besikovich Gabashvili(Georgian; born May 23, 1985 in Tbilisi, USSR) - Russian professional tennis player, master of Sport. Winner of one ATP Tournament V doubles.
general information
Teimuraz is the eldest of the three children of Besik and Anna Gabashvili; his brother's name is Levan, and his sister is Ekaterina. Gabashvili was born in Tbilisi, but at the age of nine he moved to Moscow with his family. Now the Russian and his ex-wife Maria Melikhova have one joint child- daughter Nicole (b. 2012).
Teimuraz is not the only one professional sportsman in the family: his brother - Levan - plays basketball.
Gabashvili took up a racket for the first time at the age of six.
Sports career
Teimuraz began his professional career in 2001. In August 2002, playing doubles with Alexander Pavlyuchenkov, he won the first title in the Futures series. In June 2003, he got his first victory on the "futures" in singles, won in Spain. In July of the same year, he won two more "futures" in Georgia, and in August one in Russia. In July 2004, Gabashvili made his debut on the ATP tour, having made his way through the qualifications for the tournament in Båstad. The Russian lost his first match at the main competitions of the association to Olivier Patiens - 3-6 6-4 6-7 (1). Three weeks after the performance in Bostad, in an alliance with Dmitry Vlasov, he won the doubles trophy at the Challenger in Togliatti. At the end of August, he also reached the first singles final at the Challengers. It happened in Bukhara, where in the final he loses to Michal Mertinjak. In October 2004, for the second time in the season, he took part in the main competitions of the ATP tour, having received a special invitation from the organizers of the tournament in Moscow, where Gabashvili lost in the first round.
In February 2005, Teimuraz made it through the qualifications for the Delray Beach tournament, where he defeated James Blake in the first round and lost to fellow American Vincent Spady in the second. In June, he reached the final of the Challenger in Barcelona, where he lost to Argentina's Sergio Roitman. In July, he celebrates his first Challenger victory in singles, defeating Adrian Garcia in the final in Poznań. In October, he won the first round match at a tournament in Moscow, defeating Gilles Muller, but in the next stage he is inferior to Maxim Mirny. At the end of the season, he reached the final of the Challenger in Reunion, and in the doubles draw of that tournament he won in an alliance with Stéphane Robert.
Master of Sport, Russian tennis player Teimuraz Gabashvili, thanks to natural talent and hard work, was able to win many serious awards in tennis, beating such masters as Andy Roddick, Fernando Gonzalez, Thomas Johansson, James Blake and others.
First steps in sports
Little Teimuraz attended the tennis section from the age of five, and when at the age of ten he moved from his native Georgia to Russia with his family, it was decided to continue training. However, the Gabashvili family did not have funds for a tennis teacher, and Andrey Kesarov offered to train a talented boy, showing good prospects, for free. He became his mentor for the next ten years.
Professional level of Teimuraz Gabashvili
Teimuraz Gabashvili entered the adult level in 2001 and during his career won many victories in tournaments of varying complexity. In the period from 2007 to 2011 in singles, he was able to reach the quarter finals of the ATP competition 10 times. In 2007, the tournament in Indianapolis allowed Teimuraz to the final stage, however, in doubles. He conquered the Challenger tournaments in Poznań, Ted, Krlsruhe, Milan and Mons. The highest position in the ATP ranking - 59th line - was with a young athlete in 2009. Unfortunately, by the end of this year, Gabashvili drops out of even the top 100, dropping to 106th position.
Return to the TOP-100
A year later, Teimuraz Gabashvili loudly declares himself again, this time in the fight for the cup of one of the Grand Slam tournaments - Roland Garros. At the beginning of the tournament, the Russian tennis player occupied only 114th position in the world ranking, but a confident victory in six matches in a row with a score of 15-0 allowed him to rise much higher - to 88th position in the ranking. On the fourth lap, Austrian Jurgen Melzer interrupted the athlete's victorious march.
In the next two years, Gabashvili fell below the hundredth line - in 2011 he occupied the 138th position, in 2012 - the 182nd. Sports achivments 2013 and 2014 allowed him to take revenge again and conquer first the 76th line of the ATP rating, then the 67th.
To date, Teimuraz Gabashvili continues active performances and in April 2015 in doubles he was able to win the first ATP tournament in his career, held in Houston. A couple of Russians were Lithuanian Richardas Berankis. This very inspiring event in the life of an athlete took place thanks to grueling workouts and hard work.
The former first racket of the country, in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Vadim Kuznetsov, explained why he flew beyond the third hundred in the ATP rankings, spoke about injuries and his attitude to reforms in.
Returned to futures due to injury
I have last year turned out unsuccessful. Since the French Open, I've been all injured. It seems that he began to play well after an unsuccessful start to the season, climbed up the rating, and then got injured again. Missed almost everything at the end of the season. Turns out I have mononucleosis. I tried to play, got tired, could not understand what was the matter, and did not immediately find out the reason. Now I need playing practice, and any matches are good.
- You haven't played on "futures" for 10 years. Was it hard to tune in to a tournament of such a level?
I came to Kazan and did not know if I would play or not. It was difficult to. Initially, I had to play on two "futures" - one in Almetyevsk, the other in Kazan. But again he was injured - inflammation of the ligaments. I withdrew from the tournament in Almetievsk, I was supposed to withdraw from the Kazan one, but I decided to go here, since Kazan has a very good medical office. I would have done the same procedures in Moscow, but in Kazan there was an opportunity to practice on the courts, to play with someone.
Last week I was limping, but then the pain went away, I was able to play. It said that there were no two weeks of training. He won two singles matches, but lost the third. The opponent played great, and I didn't have enough playing practice. I am glad that I was able to perform in Kazan, because, in theory, I should have been at home and treated at that time. In doubles, I reached the final, so I will slowly return. It doesn't matter what level the opponent is, but it's hard without practice.
What are the plans now? I will spend two more "futures". Most likely in Egypt. I will play there, I hope I will go far, and then there will be training camps, I plan to perform at the Challengers.
- Last year you filmed five times during the match. Was it a manifestation of mononucleosis?
It was a terrible state. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't stand on my feet properly. I didn’t know what was happening - I thought it was some kind of lack of training. I passed the tests in Sochi, but something was wrong with the tests. And only a month ago in Spain they said that I had such a complex virus.
- Was the trip to Australia for the Grand Slam qualifier not superfluous in such a state?
And I did not know then about the disease. I prepared for the season as planned. I didn't have much luck in Australia. I broke rear surface hips, I had to withdraw from the match in Sydney against Zhenya Donskoy. It was an even first set, I played well. But at one point, unsuccessfully twitched and had to stop the game. He shook hands with Zhenya and said: "Sorry, I have to play qualification." It's a shame that he could not perform normally in Australia - he lost in a tense three-set match.
And in the following tournaments, I almost everywhere won the first set, and then "blew" the second. I didn't understand why. And in the third set, the game became so fast for me that I was surprised: is everything really bad with me physically? Am I that weak? It has never happened before that I got tired after a set. Now I know the problem.
32 years old in tennis - top age
Some tennis experts have told me that everything is clear with Gabashvili - his decline is associated with age, although you are only 32. Are you optimistic about your future in tennis?
It is difficult for me because I have to start everything from scratch. Perhaps if I were in 70th place in the world, it would be easier. But I love what I do. I am 32, and the first racket of the world, Roger Federer, is 36 years old. There are several people in the top 10 who are over 30. You can say that I am old, but now in tennis 32 is almost the top age.
- It would be health ...
Exactly. You need to take care of yourself. I can play, I can play well. You need to get yourself in shape, play without interruptions. If my health does not fail, I will be able to return to the top 100 this year. I will try.
- Thoughts about ending a career did not visit when there was an incomprehensible difficult period?
No, there were no such thoughts. I missed almost a year in total. I still have the strength and desire to continue playing. I need to play enough now, catch the rhythm of the game and spend a few training camps to get stronger physically. And then - how it goes. I've dropped in the rankings and can't choose which tournaments I want to play. I play where I can, where they give a wild card. The main thing is to play as many matches as possible, and where is not so important.
Ready to help the Russian team if I get in shape
Talented young guys appeared in the Russian national team. Are you ready to respond to the challenge in case of something, or have you tied up with the national team?
We have very good guys on the team. And I was very angry with them when they didn't pass Hungary. A very promising team. Andrei Rublev plays very well, there is Karen Khachanov, who is a very strong tennis player, but he needs help in the Davis Cup. The psychological pressure is very high, when you are the first in the country, it puts pressure on you. But he is still young, he will learn everything.
Daniil Medvedev plays great, there is Zhenya Donskoy, who is in the hundred. There is Andrei Kuznetsov, who, unfortunately, is injured. There are four full-fledged players in the Russian team who can perform great. And if I'm needed, I'll be ready to play. But while I'm in such conditions as now, I definitely won't need it. Maybe by the end of summer - in the beginning of autumn.
How do you feel about the fact that the Davis Cup will change its format and become, rather, the World Tennis Championship?
I think it's great. Everybody wants it. There will be more interest in the tournament, there will be more sponsors. Yes, there is another side - tennis will not develop as it used to. Matches will not be held in Irkutsk, Vladivostok, as we did before when we introduced tennis to different regions. For many, this was something new. It is a pity that this will not happen, but in modern world, in the world of commerce, this is the right decision. I myself advocate the reform of the Davis Cup. It will be a more compact, more player-friendly tournament - like the World Cup in football or hockey, which are held over a short period of time.
Russian tennis player Teimuraz Gabashvili was born in Georgia in Tbilisi in 1985. There he began to play tennis in quite early age- at 5 years old. When the future tennis player was 9 years old, the whole family moved to Russia. Here he continues his training. Now Teimuraz has two coaches: Alvaro Margets and Francisco Roig. However, at that time the family did not have enough funds to pay for the work of a coach, so Andrei Kesarev trained him for free for almost 10 years.
On account of the tennis player Gabashvili, there are many successful games and dizzying victories and ups in the tournament rankings. Neither more nor less - as many as 10 times from 2007 to 2011, he reached the quarterfinals of the ATP tournaments. And all this time in singles. True, he did not manage to reach the final. What can not be said about the doubles. In 2007, Teimuraz Gabashvili reached not only the semi-finals, but even the finals of the ATP tournament, which was held in Indianapolis.
Even greater achievements were brought to him by the Challenger tournament, in which tennis player Teimuraz Gabashvili received as many as 5 titles. But still, the defining competition in his career was Open Championship France, which took place in 2010. Performances on it allowed him to significantly improve his rating and enter the Top 100 of the ATP rating, in which he is to this day.
