Biography
The native of South Africa Kevin Anderson participated in the second duration of the match in the history of large tennis competitions. In 2018, Kevin 6 hours 18 minutes fought with American John Isner for the right to enter the final of the Wimbledon tournament. Although Anderson now lives in the United States, he retains South African citizenship.Childhood and youth
The future tennis player was born on May 18, 1986 in the most populated city of South Africa - Johannesburg. The nationality of the athlete is exactly unknown, but judging by the surname and appearance, it has a Scandinavian roots. Kevin's parents are Michael Engineers and Barbara Anderson - in early childhood led him and his younger brother Gregory to Cort.
3 years after the birth of the future lord of the racket, President South Africa became Frederick de Clerk, which began the elimination of apartheid. After another 5 years, most dark-skinned, and many white inhabitants of the richest state of Africa preferred to leave the country.
Anderson brothers who moved to the United States joined the flow of emigrants. Gregory after receiving higher education remained teaching in the tennis Academy of New York, and Kevin, who in his youth except tennis engaged in athletics, went into a professional sport.
Personal life
On November 10, 2011, the tennis player has created a family with Celsi's Golfer O'NiL. In September 2019, his wife gave Kevin's daughter Kairu.A great place in the personal life of Anderson is a music. The athlete plays the guitar and is a fan of the Rock Group of the Dire Straits and its frontman Mark of the Nopefler.
On the Kevin page in "Instagram" there is a fun photo - a tennis player, lying on the back, musitis, and the massage therapist simultaneously kneads his left foot. The beloved series Anderson is an American "card house".
Tennis
Sports analysts argue that under the manner of the game Anderson looks like Tomas Berdoche: Powerful feed Kevin combines with a rapid transition from protection against attack. Since 2004, the native of South Africa began to perform in the competitions of the Futures series, and in early 2008 he made his debut at the Tournaments of a Grand Slam.
In 2008, the tennis player participated in the Beijing Olympic Games. However, Kevin has achieved the most impressive results in the second half of the 10th of the XXI century.
At the US Open 2017 Championship, Anderson took the second place by giving way in the final Rafael Nada. The finalists published information that at the age of 12, they regularly met at the grid in junior tournaments.
Thanks to the exit to the Wimbledon-2018 final, Kevin rose to the fifth line in the global tennis ranking. However, the rival of Anderson became the winner of the tournament - Serb Novak Jokovic. In August 2018, the tournament in Toronto Kevin defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who was played in October 2016 in Stockholm.
In March 2019, at the Miami Open tournament, Anderson in the quarterfinals lost to the Swiss Roger Federer, which became the winner of the competition, who won in the quarterfinals Wimbledon-2018.
Unsuccessful for a tennis player who protrudes under the flag of South Africa ended and the July match with Gwido Pillee on Wimbledone-2019 - in the third round of the Argentine competition deprived last year's Wimbledon finalist chances to continue the struggle.
And in August 2019, Kevin, like Milos Raonich, starred from the US Open competition - the last in the Grand Slam tournament season. The speeches of the tennis players were prevented by injuries: the native of South Africa was damaged knee, and in the native of Montenegro - the jagged muscle.
Kevin Anderson now
At the open championship of Australia - 2020, held in front of a coronavirus infection pandemic, Anderson after a stubborn struggle in five sets gave way to the hereditary American tennisist Taylor Fritz. The mother of the rival Kevin - Katie May - in the late 70s of the 20th century he was among the top ten world rackets among women and played in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournaments.
On October 3, 2020, a native of Johannesburg with a score of 0: 3 lost to Russian Andrei Rublev on the soil court of Simon Mathieu in Roland Garros. Namesake and the namesake of the icon painter for 11 years younger Anderson.
At the end of October 2020, at the APR tournament in Vienna, Kevin defeated the host of the court of Dennis Novak, who occupied a higher line in the APR ranking. According to the fans, Anderson was superior to the opponent not only in the experience, but also at the speed of movement and the power of filing. Due to quarantine restrictions, the tournament was held without viewers in the stands.