He former Argentine tennis player Guillermo Vilas reappeared today from a publication of his Thai wife, Phiangphathu Khumueangon his social networks, where he uploaded a photo in which you can see the face of the former athlete suffering from a neurodegenerative disease.
Vilas lives in Monaco with his partner and children and the image uploaded this Tuesday by the woman, who did he marry in 2005was accompanied by the message: “Because you are my everything.”
Vilas’s last appearance had been just over a month agowhen the Thai shared in her account a photo divided in two in which the Argentine is seen giving him a kiss and a hug.
A week ago, heThe woman had uploaded an image of her son Guillermo Jr. in which he hugged his father, who had dressed as Superman for the minor’s birthday on April 3.
One of the most successful Argentine athletes, despite all the exposure he had gained in his time for his achievements, It had been a year since he had appeared publicly and/or on networks since he is going through a neurodegenerative disease.
Jose Luis ClercVilas’s main rival throughout their careers, expressed himself in this regard days ago: “Many years ago I was at Roland Garros, I went to his tennis academy in Mallorca and he sent me a WhatsApp where he told me ‘Sweet potato, I’m a little sick’. It’s very hard to talk about him. I did my whole career next to him, I miss him and I suffer a lot for him,” he said.
The numbers of Vilas, 70, are impressive: He won 62 ATP tournaments, 4 of which were Grand Slam: He triumphed at the 1977 Roland Garros Tournament, at the 1977 United States Open, the 1978 Australian Open, and the 1979 Australian Open, in addition to the 1974 Masters ( today ATP World Tour Finals) and six Grand Prix Championship (currently Masters 1000); Two Monte Carlo Masters (1976 and 1982), two Canadian Masters (1974 and 1976), one Hamburg Masters (1978) and one Rome Masters (1980).
Besides, He was a three-time finalist at Roland Garros and once at the Australian Open.. Listed as number 1 and world champion in 1977 by the then prestigious annual ranking of “World Tennis”, he also finished as number 1 of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit organized by the FIT (predecessor of the current ATP Tour) in 1974, 1975 and 1977.
Source: Ambito
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