Skip to content

Suka Sports

Latest Sports News

Menu
  • Racing
  • Soccer
  • Rugby
  • Contact
  • Disclaimer
  • About Us
Menu

Had to leave work early

Posted on February 15, 2023

Full-time real estate professional Matija Pecotic stunned former World No. 8 Jack Sock on his ATP Tour main draw debut at the Delray Beach Open on Tuesday.

Pecotic, who works as a director at a real estate investment firm, plays tennis part-time and beat Sock 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to set up a tie with American Marcos Giron in the round-of-16 on Wednesday.

The Croatian said he had to “leave work early” in order to play his match against former top-10 player Sock.

“I had to leave work early today,” Pecotic said. “I had to send an email to the whole team. [My boss] let me off I’m going to have to ask for another day off tomorrow.”

The World No. 784 had a career-high ranking of No. 206 in 2015 but his tennis career was dealt a blow as he suffered from complications following surgery. The 33-year-old rediscovered his love for the sport when he went on to study at Harvard Business School.

He downed Sock in two hours and 10 minutes, rattling off 10 aces and 30 winners in the first round match.

“You’ve got to be realistic,” Pecotic said. “This is a former top 10 guy with an incredible amount of tennis experience and a huge serve. He came out serving 134mph on the first serve. It would be arrogant to think I’m going to come out and expect to win.

“But I figured if I could sink my teeth into the match and work on the two or three patterns I prepared before, that I’m going to have a chance.”

On his training schedule, Pecotic said he finds “creative ways to work around it.”

“I absolutely love this game and I know it’s not forever and I’m 33,” he said after qualifying for the ATP main draw event.

“I try to maximize each day. I try to train every morning if I can, five, six times a week. Sometimes I train with my boss, who is 70 years old. This week I trained with a guy who is probably in his late 50’s. But you find creative ways to work around it.”

Giron, Pecotic’s next opponent, is ranked World No. 55 and beat Australian Open quarterfinalist Ben Shelton in the first round.

Source link

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

6aj6i 6aj7k 7ia87 8kajk 73i8 73kau a7ik a7ikc a7jky a7k7u a7khu a7yus a87iau ac7i ag7k ahj7k ak8a8 an7m an7y au7ka au7ks bhas7k bu8k bvu9ik c7a7k c8ka7 c8kao c9hi ca7ijk ca97k caj8k caj8o cb7m ch7i cha9c cj9kl cja8k cja8o cjau9a cjau9m ckal2m cni9l cr7akj cu8ak cua87 cua97k cua98k cua870 cya6i cyha6i cyuia7k d7aij g7iak gbad7u he7ki hey7k hga7ki hja7k hjajk7 hje7k hu76aui j3e8k j298alk j387kj ja6u ja7io ja8o jha7ki k8aui9 ka7i ka7k9 ku7t l2cc mc7k nbaulu t8ik uu38k

full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie full movie news news news news news news news news news news news news news

©2023 Suka Sports | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme
Go to mobile version