“43-year-old Nicolas Maiu played his last doubles match at the Masters in Paris”, — write: sport.ua
On October 28, the Frenchman played his last doubles match – in the first round of the ATP 1000 tournament in Paris, Maiu, together with Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria), lost to the tandem of Hugo Nice (Monaco) / Edouard-Roger Wasslain (France) with a score of 4:6, 7:5,[4:10[4:10
Mayu is known to many tennis fans – Nikolay became a participant in the longest match in the history of tennis. At Wimbledon-2010, Maiu lost to Isner with a score of 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (9:7), 6:7 (3:7), 68:70. The meeting lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes and ended in three days.
In his singles career, Mayu won 181 matches and lost 225 matches, and also took four trophies at the Tour level. Mayu had a much more successful doubles career: 472 wins to 307 losses, 37 titles at the Tour level, the highest first position in the ranking, the winner of five Grand Slam tournaments and two Final tournaments, the winner of the 2017 Davis Cup as part of the French national team.
During his career, Nikolay earned more than 12.8 million dollars.
Video review of the match Hugo Nys / Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Grigor Dimitrov / Nikola Mayu
