Alexander Dolgopolov is an ambiguous figure in the world men's tennis round. Although he is no longer a young tennis player, nevertheless, sometimes he behaves like a child on the court, is very emotional, and his behavior may give the impression that a junior is playing. But his age is gradually approaching the line of thirty years. This year he turned 28.
The beginning of a gaming career
The first Alexander Dolgopolov appeared on the court at the age of three years. He was brought there by his father, who was not only a professional tennis player, although of an average level, but also a tennis coach. A quarter century has passed since that time, however, it is the father who continues to train his son to the present.
Until 2004, Alexander Dolgopolov performs in junior tournaments, and next year starts in the adult men's tour. The first successes had to wait long enough. Only five years later, the athlete will finish the year in the TOP-50 ATP rating.
At this time, the first victories come. Although Alexander still has no victories over tennis players from the TOP-3, nevertheless, there are several beautiful victories over tennis players of the top ten, such as Wavrinka, Soderling, Tsonga.
Alexander Dolgopolov's Style of Play
If you pay attention to the anthropometric data of the tennis player, it becomes clear why he has such a peculiar style of playing in the world tennis tour. Being a right-hander Alexander Dolgopolov has a fairly small growth by today's standards, only 180 centimeters. There are many players on the tour that exceed Alexander.
But with this growth, he has only 71 kilograms of weight. That allows him to easily move around the court. Such parameters do not make it possible to have a killer feed, but the tennis player, having an average feed, defeats the opponents by the accuracy of getting to the right place on the court.
Athlete's favorite tennis cover is the ground. Alexander Dolgopolov has two tennis victories in the singles of the APR tour and the highest position in the ranking was the thirteenth.
Conflict with the Tennis Federation of Ukraine
2011 at the top of its ranking ends with Dolgopolov Alexander. Tennis, shown to him this year, allows you to make claims against the Tennis Federation of Ukraine. But she refuses to listen to the country's first racket. And Alexander refuses to play for her in the Davis Cup.
Therefore, he has to miss the Olympic Games in London. After the change of leadership of the federation, Alexander Dolgopolov returns to the national team.