[Azzi_Kahlila]

Austria's Bammer retires after Wimbledon loss

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Austrian tennis player Sybille Bammer has retired from the sport after losing to Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-1, 6-1 Monday in the first round at Wimbledon.
The 31-year-old Bammer won two singles titles in her career and reached the quarterfinals at the 2008 U.S. Open for her best Grand Slam result.
Her best showing at Wimbledon came in 2006 when she reached the third round.
Bammer's coach, Juergen Waber, says, "Sybille Bammer played today her last match at an international tournament and she retired from professional tennis after a successful career."
Bammer has a 9-year-old daughter.

http://stats.cbc.ca/tennis/story.asp...f=hea&tm=&src=

[Azzi_Kahlila]

She only had that small couple-year window where she was really good, but that's more than most players get in their career.

[Zugaxxsn]

She only had that small couple-year window where she was really good, but that's more than most players get in their career.

Yup, and she was always good for those one or two bigger results that kept her in seeded-for-Grand-Slams territory for quite a bit longer than we would have thought.

[electmobile]

I can't find my favorite photo of her.

I was at her match against Bartoli when she absolutely sliced Marion to tiny little bits in a post-match question about injury timeouts. I can't believe her daughter is already nine.

well, best of luck, Sybille. And remember, keep your clothes on, sistuh.

[Azzi_Kahlila]

I can't find my favorite photo of her.

I bet it's the one I have saved on my hard drive.

[Guaranano]

Good luck to her in the future. She's the only player with a 2+ head-to-head record over Serena, right?

[CuittisIL]

Awww...I really liked her..

I was talking about her to a tennis buddy yesterday, I thought she was Jill Craybas' age?

Boy was I off LOL

[cakaeroryrere]

she was the sort of player who almost never did anything noticeable, but she was well known for the few things she did do (e.g. beating serena)

good luck with your retirement

[CuittisIL]

I also remember in the '09 AO when she played Venus in the 1st round. At the net she said something to Venus like it was an honor playing a great champion like you or something like that.

I thought that was so classy, I became a fan even more after that.

[slima]

She got the most out of her age with tremendous fitness. Best of luck to Sybille (and Tina).

[poonnassunlix]

I can't find my favorite photo of her.

Disco Sybille? That photo is classic.

Bunch of us watched her play Letisha at Indian Wells our first year there. Seemed like her whole game plan consisted of "Return ball, wait for opponent to miss". Wasn't the most scintillating match I ever saw.

But when we met here on the practice courts at IW the following year, she could not have been nicer.

Hope she enjoys her retirement.

[electmobile]

I bet it's the one I have saved on my hard drive.

Disco Sybille? That photo is classic.

The Slutty Sybille pic. It's pure joy.

[clapsoewmred]

WTF? You can't just leave us like that!

[Bill-Watson]

Disco Sybille? That photo is classic.

Bunch of us watched her play Letisha at Indian Wells our first year there. Seemed like her whole game plan consisted of "Return ball, wait for opponent to miss". Wasn't the most scintillating match I ever saw.

But when we met here on the practice courts at IW the following year, she could not have been nicer.

Hope she enjoys her retirement.

Latisha was so brilliant in that one. It was a shame that Tina Bammer had to watch.

2-0 against Serena, only (recently active) player who can say that.

[electmobile]

WTF? You can't just leave us like that!

I can't find it!

[Azzi_Kahlila]

I hoped we could have kept it nice and respectable for at least a 24-hour period. But this is TAT

So here is one from that shoot:

[pongeystrhjst]

You're talking about one of this series, I assume.



(I may have another one on my other PC.)

[Lunims]

Oh my stars!

[jagxj12]

Once I saw the tread titles I knew the pictures would be good!