[nermo]

I still remember the days when Muster was 100kg and living in Australia, drinking every night and smoking.

He got cleaned out in the divorce and now is back in Austria, trying to open an academy in Graz, but not finding it easy.

guys , do u notice like me, that some verrrry successful ex-players did terrible things with their life while others not achieving equal successes ,did better things in real life ?? any explanation??may be these players learnt to practice and deal with real life more than those who were comp. devoted to tennis??

[Action Jackson]

Muster has been quite successful actually in his role as DC captain, and the only problem he is having with the academy is cause of local environmentalists.

[nermo]

Senior tour, director of the Paris Bercy MS, etcposted by Delsa

thanks

[Nathaliia]

Coming back to Daniel Orsanić, he's enjoying tournaments' night life including going to clubs, not letting Acasuso going to Players Party if he loses, playing guitar from time to time at press conferences, having lots of crazy ideas in general...
I can't wait to see him again in few days !!!

Alberto Mancini is Argentina's DC Captain, what everybody knows I guess, especially the Aussies.

I read there was a question about Mariano Puerta. Well, I'm glad to remind he's making his career high at the moment .

The only famous Polish player from the past years, Wojtek Fibak lives in France (however I'm not sure if he hasn't moved to Poland after he was accused of ****) and is a famous paintings collector (and young girls' collector... but now he finally got married again and has a little child). Meanwhile, he does some commentary for Polish Eurosport, based on talking about Federer all the time. Sometimes he just stumbles against my legs at local tournaments What's quite fun

[delsa]

Originally Posted by nermo

thanks

You're welcome!

[binkygirl]

Originally Posted by Choupi

Thierry Champion, don't know if you remember that guy, is the current coach of Monfils.

Remarkable player. First ever qualifier to make it to the French Open quarters.

[binkygirl]

Originally Posted by JC`s rainbow

Hi,

does anybody here have any information about Aaron Krickstein ?
I used to be a big fan, but since he retired I heard NOTHING anymore about him !!

I saw a photo of him at a 2003 charity event. It was the Gullickson event. If you hunt around, you can find the photo of him.

[binkygirl]

Originally Posted by patrik77

He studies economy as well and work part time with investment banking.

Almost like Alex Kim who just quit and became a banker!

Where does Alex live?

[binkygirl]

Originally Posted by nermo

What about Michael Stich ??

I 've heard once, that Borg had a miserable career with stock market or so ..and he lost lots of money ...is this true?? (and it's always weird what days hold for ppl)hope things worked for him later...

I heard that he was broke as well. That's why he tried his ill-fated comeback in the early 90s.

[Raquel]

Originally Posted by GeorgeWHitler

Magnus Larsson now coaches Vinciguerra.

I really hope Andreas does well now then because even though I've never really been a fan of his, I was a BIG fan of Magnus. I remember when he beat Pete to win the Grand Slam Cup, he played so well that day. It was a great surprise. And then he was great again against Pete in one of the Davis Cup ties. Good to know he's still involved in the game.

I always preferred Boris to Stich. I still like Boris, he's cool.

[binkygirl]

Originally Posted by delsa

He did a stupid French real tv show called "La Ferme des célébrités"... . He used to work for the tv too at a time but got fired...

Why did he get fired?

[binkygirl]

Originally Posted by nermo

Yes Sigma , Stich was a good person..may be better than Becker , but ..may be Becker's achievements in tennis made him under the spotlights for a longer time much more that it did to Stich..and this can change some ppl attitudes ..though not an accepted excuse..but the fact that Stich 's way of thinking is very much respected and admirable...

Why not just speak the truth? Stich is simply more intelligent than Boris. Plan and simple.

[binkygirl]

Originally Posted by nermo

guys , do u notice like me, that some verrrry successful ex-players did terrible things with their life while others not achieving equal successes ,did better things in real life ?? any explanation??may be these players learnt to practice and deal with real life more than those who were comp. devoted to tennis??

I have to agree. Look at Becker, Borg and Ivanisevic both squandering all their vast earnings. In Becker's case, his ex-wife cleaned him out coupled with a business going under left him with a massive deficit. Muster also got cleaned out by a divorce. I assume he never heard of prenups.

[sigmagirl91]

Originally Posted by GeorgeWHitler

Stich finished school and did his military service, then again Becker couldn't exactly do that.

Yes, and didn't he take exams to qualify for entrance into university? I remember someone mentioning that when he got to the semis at FO in 1991. Anyhow, Stich was a much more well-rounded person than many of his contemporaries.

[sigmagirl91]

Originally Posted by nermo

Yes Sigma , Stich was a good person..may be better than Becker , but ..may be Becker's achievements in tennis made him under the spotlights for a longer time much more that it did to Stich..and this can change some ppl attitudes ..though not an accepted excuse..but the fact that Stich 's way of thinking is very much respected and admirable...

Becker was better at tennis because that's all he did. Stich, on the other hand, wasn't so into tennis that he allowed it to crowd out whatever else was going on in his life. That's why he's not front page news in some seedy tabloid or a participant in courtroom drama.