Monday, November 15, 2004

Game Set Match and a Pair of Aces

Kafelnikov is leaving tennis for poker

Its not often that sportsmen and women change sports in their career - but it has been known to happen. Rugby players change codes and cricketers become footballers.

But i've never known of a professional tennis player throwing it all in to take up professional poker - and thats exactly what former Russian Number One, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, has decided to do.

Despite not being on his best form in the last few seasons, Kafelnikov is still only 30 years old but doesn't think he could ever hit those heights again and has decided to retire from tennis - albeit not officially yet.

No doubt he'll be putting some of that $23 mil+ he's amassed in winnings during his tennis career back on the poker tables

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