We met with the sports director of the SC "Splill" Mikhail Shilovwho told about the project "Youzhny.team".
Many with surprise and even distrust reacted to the news that Mikhail South plans to cooperate with the "Split" club. Still, this is not Moscow, but a suburb of St. Petersburg. Did the negotiations with him?
The first time we suggested Mikhail's collaboration of the year two ago. But then he was still a valid athlete: tournaments, moving to him too much time. Now, when Mikhail completed his career, he himself returned to this issue. He has an idea to gather in his team coaches, tennis specialists and general physical training, enthusiastic and not indifferent to their work. Those who really want to develop tennis in this country. And, of course, collect juniors who do not imagine themselves without tennis and would like to make a professional career. Our club has all the necessary conditions for the realization of the most serious tasks.
- What age juniors are interesting to South?
When we discussed this question with him, he stressed that he would like to raise athletes himself from the young years. Therefore, in addition to existing junior tennis players, he plans to gain a group of children of 9-10 years. Especially, Boris Sobinwho led Michael from orphanage, will also work in a team.
- Is Mikhail really going to throw the balls with kids for 9-10 years? Children's coach- This is a special profession, hardly an interesting athlete of this level as South.
Mikhail has another feature. In the project "Youzhny.Team" he acts as a consultant. And therefore, with all children and athletes who fall to the southern after the competitive selection, their personal coaches must be present in training. Only in tandem with them it will be possible to achieve high goals.
Mikhail South plans to come to SK "Split" every month a week. What form will work out?
Let's call it at sports fees on which Mikhail South and other tennis specialists work tightly with groups of tennis players of different ages and their coaches, helping children professionally grow and develop. These will not only guys from St. Petersburg, but also from other cities of Russia. Many talented children in Russia, just not always on their way there are competent coaches that can help achieve success.
Mikhail South October 6 collects in the IC "Spill" interested parents and coaches to answer their questions and tell detail about their plans. Will Boris Sobin be with him?
This time, Boris Lvovich will not come, he is located at the tournament with Evgeny Donskoy. But on October 13, when Mikhail South plans to hold a competitive set in tennis groups, he promised with us. Not many know that Boris Sobin has developed a unique system of exercises aimed at preventing injuries among athletes from the young age. Therefore, his advice and consultations, including in this direction, no doubt will be priceless.
ESLand you are interested in the project, you need to register on the siteand come on October 6 at 12.00 to a meeting with Mikhail South in SC "Splill" (Sestroretsk, ul. Academician Vernova, 1).
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The fifth tennis player of Russia, who managed to enter the ten best players of the Planet by the APR rating, Mikhail South possesses the 19th victories in the ATP tournaments, two Davis Cups in the national team, participation in the two semi-finals of the BSH tournaments and the Australian Open finals for juniors.
Mikhail South: how it all began
Moskvich Mikhail South Tennis Training began with six years, and these classes were not easy for him. When Mikhail matured a little, in the level of occupation there was a cardinal fracture - incredible successes and high potential of the young athlete attracted the attention of Boris Sobin's coach. He became a permanent mentor Mikhail South and takes this position today.
Professional path tennis player
The beginning of the professional development of the South as an athlete was promising - after the final in the Tournament of the Grand Slam at the Junior Championship of Australia, he goes to a great sport and wins four "futures" at once. However, after this, a strip of failures and a huge misfortune is an accident that took the life of the father of the athlete, almost taken away from him to victory. Nevertheless, the South managed to cope with him and get out of the national team at the Court in the tournament for the Davis Cup. The captain of the team Shamil Tarpishchev makes an unprecedented step - he trusts the final match of the young athlete Mikhail South, and he justifies the expectations of the famous coach. The victory at the Davis Cup and the 32nd line on the list of rating APR Mikhail South dedicated to the memory of his father.
Loud victory
Subsequent years were very successful for a tennis player career. In eight years since 2002, the positions of the southern in the APP ranking in a single discharge were held at the level of the 16th 43rd. The victory in the Russian Northern Capital in 2004, another "Team" Davis Cup in 2006, the victory in Rotterdam competitions in 2007 was just a threshold of more success.
The restful year in the South Sports career is still the 2010th - Finals of the US Open, where he lost only Rafael Nadael and loud victories that allowed him to become the eighth racket in the world. In the next two years, the athlete falls until the 25th and 35th place in the APR ranking. In 2013, the Russian tennisist, which began the season was not entirely successful, it manages to compensate for competitions in Gstavad, having received his ninth title.
Mikhail South is a vivid example of a simple Russian guy who also conquers his charm and will conquer the most convinced fans of other tennis players.
Misha was born (25.06. 1982 ) And still lives in Moscow. Mikhail South Parents had no relation to tennis. Dad, a former military, went to the business, and the mother in the profession economist. Nevertheless, 6 years old Mikhail and his older brother Andrei (8 years old) were given to a tennis school.
Andrei did a lot to upbringing from the Misha of a real fighter. The first coach of boys says that Mikhail had problems with character. Unfortunately, Andrei South in Tennis managed to play for a short time. He played quite a bit in ATP tournaments, but soon it became clear that Michael was doing great successes. Materially parents could not afford to provide two sons tennis players, and Andrei donated his career for his brother. He graduated from the Russian Academy of Physical Culture and began to help Mikhail in training.
Soon the successes of South noticed the outstanding coach Boris Sobin and began to study with the boy. There are several amusing cases in the southern biography. For example, he is very proud that she served the balls to Sampras himself at the Davis Cup final, and in the Devis Cup semifinals 1995 The year graded the sneakers of Andrei Chesnokov, in which he played 11 Makebolov.
IN 1999 Misha South began a professional career and after 3 years he won his first title in Stuttgart. But further southern fell in the lane of failures. Returning to Moscow, after his German triumph, the southern brothers hit the car. For Misha, it ended with a brain concussion and multiple bruises, Andrei also suffered seriously. Because of these injuries, the tennis player missed US Open. Then another trouble came - father Mikhail died of heart disease. It strongly undermined its moral state. Nevertheless, the South Fighter after a week came to the Kremlin Cup court.
Still heavy 2002 Completed for Mikhail South Absolute Triumph. In the finals of the Davis Cup: France-Russia, the captain of the team of Russian tennis players Shamil Tarpishchev adopts a fateful decision - to replace the legend of the world tennis Cafelnikov with young Mikhail South. Kafelnikov was in a very bad form, and the fifth match was decisive for the outcome of the fight. And here Mikhail, losing two set, suddenly takes himself in his hands and in the dramatic struggle wins the match, and with the match and the Davis Cup - 2002 . He will dedicate this victory to his father.
Apparently, this victory was covered with southern, whose progress in tennis before this was not very outstanding. Since then, Mikhail's career is only in the mountain. He is a permanent member of the Russian national team, won the tournament in St. Petersburg ( 2004 ), tournament in Rotdama ( 2007 ) and again took the Davis Cup in 2006 . also in 2007 The year South perfectly showed himself to Roland Garros and Australian Open.
In August 2007 For the first time in his career, South for the first time in his career was among the top ten tennis players.
In January 2008 the year South won on the tournament in Indian Chennai, defeating Rafael 6-0 6-1 in the final of Raphael, and then went to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Championship, where he was considered a favorite in the match against the 38th world racket French Jo-Wilphrid Tsong, however he gave way to 3 sets, I do not manage to fulfill for the match any feeding and not earning a single breakpoint for the filing of the Frenchman. Nevertheless, thanks to the reach of the quarterfinal, the southern for the first time in his career rose to the 8th line of the ranking.
Change B. 2009 The year of the accrual system of glasses most seriously struck tennis players who spent well at the beginning of the season 2008 . I do not manage to protect the scored in January 2008 Years of years, southern for a month dropped from the 32nd to 62nd place in the ranking and stopped falling into the number of seeds in tournaments and seek high results. The situation was reversed only in October: at the Tokyo category ATP World Tour 500 in Tokyo, I got to the final (defeat from Tsonga), and two weeks later won the Kremlin Cup (Victory on Yantko Tyzarevich), thanks to which he climbed the 25th place in Rating and again provided for her sowing in tournaments at least for the next few months. The year Mikhail ended up in the final at the Tournament category 500 in Valencia, rising as a result on the 19th line of the ranking.
At the beginning 2010 South years developed success achieved in the end of the previous season. At the open championship of Australia, he met in the first round with Rishar Gasquet and won the stubborn five-hundredth match, which lasted 4 hours 53 minutes, but then in the third round he refused further speeches due to injury. In February, Mikhail spoke at two tournaments of category 500, in Rotterdam and Dubai, and in both reached the final. This success allowed him to rise to the 13th place in the ATP rating.
Southern eight seasons in a row ( 2002 -2009 ) Ends the year among the 50 best tennis players in the world.
Mikhail became the fifth Russian tennis player, who managed to enter the first ten world ranking in a single discharge. Previously, Andrei Chesnokov, Evgenia Kafelnikov, Marat Safin and Nikolay Davydenko.
Tennis world loves southern. All applauded when Michael shouts on the court's famous "Kamon!" And gives the stands of honor to the racket in case of victory. In the usual life of South, no love for parties and entertainment, which was strongly reflected in his career of his companion Safina. Southern - Fan Football Team CSKA, Old Russian Cinema and Russian Cuisine. He is not going to move from Moscow, prefers to train and live in his homeland.
One of the best players in the history of Russian tennis - Mikhail South - announced a quick completion of a career. The site portal tells more about the solution of the 36-year-old athlete, and also recalls its main achievements.
Farewell to St. Petersburg
A statement that is certainly upset by the fans of Mikhail South Talent, the 36-year-old athlete made after the victory (6: 2, 6: 0) over the American Emil Reinberg in the first circle match at the Atlanta tournament (USA).
"First of all, I want to thank everyone for the excellent atmosphere, it's always nice to play here. Now I would like to declare that I finish my career. Time has come, it is a very exciting moment. I will spend in a series of tennis tournaments in the United States, and after playing at home, in St. Petersburg. It will be the last tournament in my career, "said the South, whose words leads the official Twitter US Open.
The decision of the Russian looks quite logical. First, 36 years old - very decent, if not to say old, for tennis age. Yes, at a high level still stands in the peer of the South - Swiss Roger Federer, but Mikhail has not been boasting such results for a long time. At the moment, the Russian occupies a modest 105th place in the ranking of the Association of Professional Tennis players (ATP), outside the first fuel players of the world of the South Africa has already been three years old, and in the top ten, Mikhail has not been from the distant 2011. The tournaments of the ATP series were last conquered Russian five years ago.
Despite disappointing statistics, a large number of minor injuries and a systematic fall in the ranking, President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev does not believe that Mikhail South is worth finishing with tennis
Despite such disappointing statistics, a large number of minor injuries and a planned fall in the South Rating, President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev does not believe that Mikhail should end with tennis.
"South won a lot of imaging victories, thanks to him the Russian team for the first time won the Davis Cup, he is a real patriot. But the moments are coming when it is necessary to make a decision, especially for injuries. That's right or not, we will see later, but I would like him to play yet, but this is his choice, you have to reckon with him. For example, Djokovic recently fell almost a year, but now began to play at his level again, so I wish the southern sports longevity, "said Tarpishchev in an interview with TASS.
The tournament in St. Petersburg, which should be for the southern final chord in his career, will be held from 16 to 23 September.
Team player
In recent years, the Russian national team in Tennis does not always make it easy to the elite global group of the Davis Cup, but more recently, Russians raised a prestigious trophy over his head twice - in 2002 and 2006. Both times this happened with the direct participation of the South.
In December 2002, the Russian team in the finals of the Davis Cup fought with the France team, and the tournament took place in the Paris sports complex "Beri". The partners of the South teammate were two legendary Russian tennis players - Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov, as well as Andrei Stolyarov, who did not have a chance in the decisive meeting. After two victories of Safin alone, the defeat of the Kafelnikov and the loss of the Russian duet in the paired match, the fate of Trofei was solved in the decisive fifth meeting, which coaching team headquarters put Mikhail Southern and Paul-Henri Mathieu. At that time, the athletes were in the neighboring positions in the fourth ten rating of ATP and gave a crazy on the beauty and glow of the match. Mathieu confidently took the first two sets (6: 3, 6: 2), after which the French audience prepared to celebrate the next triumph. However, South managed to gather and took the third (6: 3), and then the fourth batch (7: 5). After such a crazy Cambak, the psychological advantage was on the side of the Russian, which was stronger and in the decisive fifth set (6: 4). This victory allowed the Russian national team for the first time in history to raise the Davis Cup head.
Four years later, Tarpishchev's wards again reached the decisive stage of the tournament, this time the final passed in Moscow, and in the opponents there was a team of Argentina led by Star Tennis player David Nalbandian. To conquer the trophy to the Russians, for which South, Safin, Nikolay Davydenko and Dmitry Tursunov, were needed again all five matches and again, as in Paris, South was thrown into the decisive battle. This time he was opposed by José Akasuso, and the Russian needed only four sets (6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6) to bring the audience "Olympic" delight, and the country to bring the second and while the last Cup of Davis .
As part of the Russian national team, South three times performed at the Olympic Games, but the player could not get to medals. His best result was the exit to the Final of the 2004 Games in Athens.
Glory, money, victory
For a professional career, which lasted 19 years old, South won 10 ATP tournaments in a single discharge and nine trophies - in the pair. The total amount of earned prizes has exceeded $ 14 million, the main achievements in the Tournaments of the Grand Slam series are two exits in the semifinals on US Open in 2006 and 2010.
The most successful in the southern career (if you do not take into account the success in the Davis Cup) were 2010 and 2013, when the Russian athlete managed to win two ATP series tournaments. The rich in victory was 2008, when a Russian reached the highest point in the personal ranking - the eighth position.
Many tennis players are constantly changing coaches throughout the career, after another failure, the athlete is looking for a new specialist. However, this story is not about Mikhail. Mentor Boris Sobin works with the South from the distant 1992, making a star tennis star from a talented boy. Yes, Mikhail never possessed outstanding abilities, but it was always distinguished by the diligence and character of the winner. South is one of the few tennis players fighting until the last point. His ability to save hopeless matches always celebrated specialists and simple tennis fans.
Mikhail South - famous Russian tennis player. Has the title of Honored Master of Sports. Twice won the Davis Cup in the Russian national team. In this article, you will be presented a brief biography of an athlete.
Childhood
Mikhail South was born in Moscow in 1982. Tennis came at six years along with his brother. If at that time someone said the boy that he would enter the top five Russian players, then Michael would definitely laughed. And who from tennis players would not dream to stand next to Evgeny Kafelnikov, Nikolai Davydenko, Andrei Chesnokov and Marat Safin? Although training was given a boy with difficulty. The first mentor of the South - Abashkin - argued that the reason for this was a challenge.
However, soon the young man matured and became more balanced. Of course, it affected the game. Making regular successes, Mikhail demonstrated the championship potential. In 1992, Boris Sobin noted him. He is still a mentor of both brothers.
Carier start
1999 - This is the year when South Michael moved to professionals. Tennis became the meaning of his life. But the first serious success came to a young man only three years later in Stuttgart.
A black strip followed over a deafening victory. Mikhail got into auto accident and received a concussion of the brain. Then there was a serious illness and death of the father. All this knocked out the southern rut. But in the end, he was able to gather and speak at the Davis Cup in the Russian national team.
Kafelnikov and Safin helped our team to get to the final. Nevertheless, they made mistakes, and the captain of the national team - Shamil Tarpishchev, entrusted the decisive match of the South. It was the right decision. Mikhail won, stating itself to the whole world. Victory tennis player devoted his father's memory.
Participation in world championships
From 2002 to 2010, a tennis player rating ranged from 16 to 43 places. In 2006, South won his 2nd Davis Cup. A year later, Mikhail won Rotterdam. And the audience "Roland Garros" and "Australian Opepen" reacted lively to the famous exclamation of the southern: "Comon!"
2010 was a peak in a tennis player. At the US Championship, he gave way only the first racket of the world - Rafael Nada. In October of the same year, Mikhail rose to the eighth line of the ranking.
2011 and 2012 gave the South 35 and 25 position. The desired victory in several fights he has died the legendary 2013 year began not very well. But by the summer, the tennis player scored the form and won the tournament in Gstaad.
Features of the game
Mikhail South has an interesting blow to the left. He holds the racket as if he is going to repel once with two hands. But at the very last moment the tennis player releases his left hand.
Secret
Mikhail South became for many people an example of how a boy from an ordinary family could achieve success. The whole world applauded him standing. The secret of tennis player is that, despite pain, moral pressure and difficulties, he can always gather and possession of 100%.