ATP: Guido Pella takes a longer break due to an injury
The Argentine Guido Pella wants to give his body more time to recover after a knee injury so that he can return to the tour in top shape after a long break.
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Dec 12, 2021, 07:13 pm
2019 was the best year for Guido Pella on the ATP tour. At the age of 29, the Argentine not only won his first tournament victory on the "big" men's tour at the ATP World Tour 250 event in Sao Paulo (Brazil), but also cracked the top 20 in the ATP- in the middle of the year. Ranking. A further rise in the men's standings was quite realistic with the noticeable upswing of the South American. But then came COVID ...
Compulsory break after the absolute epidemic year 2021
2020 wasn't a good omen, but the recently ended 2021 season turned out to be the right epidemic year for today's 31-year-old. First, Pella had to serve a laborious quarantine in Australia, on the subsequent tour of South America, the left-hander actually tested positive for Corona. Last but not least, the man from the "white bay" suffered a variety of injuries, and Pella was unable to get a grip on particularly stubborn knee problems.
At the end of the year, eight match successes were compared to 18 defeats - in the ATP ranking the Argentine is only in 75th place. Time for Pella to pull the rip cord and give his body a longer break. On his Instagram profile, he informed his fans about the imminent forced break: "I have made the decision to start a longer treatment and get away from the tour for a while." The protégé of Jose Acasuso will be at lightning speed at the beginning of the 2022 season left the top 100 - one can only hope that the return to better ratings for Pella will happen just as quickly.