Thursday, September 27, 2012

winning streak 470 games, Esther Vergeer has not a singles match since January 2003


In London Paralympic wheelchair tennis singles final, 31-year-old Dutch player Esther Vergeer won over compatriots Fan Kute and successfully won her four consecutive sessions of four Paralympic female single gold medal, and expand her streak to 470 games.

Since January 2003, Esther Vergeer has not lost a singles match. Nine years ago, she received a total of 470-game winning streak and 107 events Laurel. What is the 470-game winning meaning?  Since 1968, the longest singles winning streak in the WTA is Navratilova's 74 games. Wheelchair tennis competition intensity can not be compared with the WTA Tour, but as an almost entirely arms to promote the "Wheel of Fortune" games, what Esther Vergeer did, is defiantly enough to make many bodied players catch up.

When she was 8 years old, Esther Vergeer’s lower limb paraplegia because of the spinal problems. through sports rehabilitation she keep her life. Beginning in 1999, she is the world champion of women's wheelchair tennis. Dutch star, former Wimbledon champion Michaella Krajicek had commented on this peer, "she is the best athlete of all time."

Esther Vergeer biggest wish is "fail". She is unbeaten in nine years. "I am looking forward to a n opponent appears beat me in the sport, this is progress." When asked if they would like to use their own reputation in exchange for a pair of healthy legs, Esther Vergeer very skilled to answer this question that she has answered countless times, "If I bid farewell to tennis, I hope to have a home, find a husband, children, and settlers If there are two healthy legs will be easier, but I was not frustrated, not lost, even if I can not walk. "
Esther Vergeer, a 31-year-old Dutch wheelchair tennis player, has not lost a singles match since January 2003

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