You can rarely see the rich player of heroes crowned by titles in the great tennis championship, at the same time competing in the calling of the least, self -consulting call, especially with the weak capabilities of this series compared to the brilliance of championships organized by a trade union.
Nevertheless, it was a world in which the Croatian Marine Shilich, which raised only more than 32 million dollars of financial awards, participated in most of the current years after his agreement in world ratings decreased to get out of the list of the best thousands of players after he passed the operation on his knee in 2023.
Since his rating decreased until 1092 in August last year, which is no longer allowed to participate in the Professional Union championship, the Croatian player chose to return to the roots, managing the championship of Challenge Championship to maintain his physical form.
This strategy succeeded with Andre Agashi in 1998, when he had problems. For one year, the American won two major strokes.
But while Agassi at that time was 28 years old, and he still had several years in the tennis world, Shilich decided to go on a stormy path to restore his position when he was in the middle.
After he made a firm effort to restore his physical training after the articulated cartilage damaged his knee, the Croatian was not ready to abandon his career.
On Thursday, Plich won the fruit of effort, fatigue and greater pain that she carries to return to the highest levels when he talked with Wimbledon with a victory of 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 over the British fourth blessed jacques Dripper in the second round.
“Looking at everything that has happened over the past two or three years,” Chilich said, the 2014 American champion, after he first returned to the England club since 2021. Even if I looked at the situation, and how my knee was in February 2023, a lot of rehabilitation and a lot of speculation about my future. Even after my return, the knee was not in good condition. What should I do then? All the time there was a spark of desire to stay in competitions and the confidence that my level was still high. I said, let me give myself another chance. Now, over the past eight or nine months, I have been playing without pain and progress well, which is great. “
During 2025, Chilich won two consistent matches in professional tournaments only once.
Nevertheless, Shilich again made his way in world ratings to return to the list of 100 best players thanks to his victory in two championships in the seven championships in which he participated.
He tried to apply for Open France, but he lost in the last qualification role, and then received a place in the main draw as a happy loser to leave the first round.
Soon this disappointment disappeared when he won the Nottingham challenge just a few weeks after his arrival in London with some training, which he needed at herbal stadiums, a march that undoubtedly helped him overcome the dropper on Thursday.
“I have played well in the last few weeks,” said Shilich and the champion of Wimbledon Summer 2017. Some wonderful tennis glue suggested in Nottingham. I also feel a great feeling of training sessions, so I am very confident in myself. This type of coincidences makes you provide the best performance, because the enemy on the other side of the network will challenge you in its own way. But I understand that my level is very high. Can I go further? I feel I can. “
Draiber summed up his feeling in the face of the advanced Shilich.
The first tennis player in Britain said: “I do not encounter many players in professional championships, which, I feel, are a great problem for me, and they can refrain from me,” said the first tennis player in Britain. We met herbaceous stadiums, and I am not sure about Shelic statistics, but he made an amazing match regarding the number of direct victorious glasses and simple errors. “
Dripper was not mistaken, since Schelis reached 53 points directly against his 29th British enemy.
