Luxembourgian Tennis Players - Olympic Tennis Players of Luxembourg, Gilles Mller, Claudine Schaul, Mandy Minella, Anne Kremer, Gza Wertheim (Paperback)

Chapters: Olympic Tennis Players of Luxembourg, Gilles Mller, Claudine Schaul, Mandy Minella, Anne Kremer, Gza Wertheim. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gilles Mller (born May 9, 1983) is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country. He was born, raised and currently resides in Schifflange. In 2001, the year Mller turned pro, he reached the final of the boys' singles at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated by Swiss Roman Valent by a score of 36, 75, 63. Later that year, Mller managed to win the boys' singles final at the 2001 U.S. Open by defeating Taiwanese Yeu-Tzuoo Wang by a score of 76(5), 62. Mller finished the year 2001 as the world's No.1 Junior. Remarkable results against top players were Mller's victories over Andy Roddick in the first round of the 2005 US Open, over Rafael Nadal at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships and over Andre Agassi at the semifinals of the 2004 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. He then lost the final against Lleyton Hewitt. Mller stated to have lost a lot of confidence when he wasn't able to confirm the good results achieved in 2005 and had to go back to playing tennis on a Challenger level. There were moments, Mller said, where he asked himself whether he should even continue playing tennis at all, seen as the earnings weren't covering the expenses. At the 2008 US Open Gilles Mller, then ranked 130, had to go through the qualification tournament. He reached the main draw, where he consecutively beat Laurent Recouderc, former No. 2 Tommy Haas, Nicols Almagro and 5th-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, advancing to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2107046