Australian tennis nice Mark Woodforde has spilled particulars about his non-existent relationship with former doubles accomplice Todd Woodbridge.
Talking on the Soda Room podcast with 7NEWS’ Mark Soderstrom, Woodforde mentioned the pair “haven’t got quite a bit to speak about as of late” and the connection breakdown “completely cuts” him.
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Woodforde and Woodbridge, affectionately often called the ‘Woodies’, loved nice success throughout their careers because the dynamic duo mixed to win 11 grand slam doubles titles, 61 ATP doubles tournaments, a Davis Cup and an Olympic gold medal.
Nonetheless, in a tragic growth, it was revealed just a few years in the past that the pair don’t communicate to one another with Woodforde lately revealing new particulars about their non-existent relationship.
“We do not have quite a bit to speak about as of late,” Woodforde mentioned.
“I might love to have the ability to play some extra of the legends occasions collectively, but it surely’s simply at a place… it’s the place it’s proper now.
“For somebody you can depend on for as a few years and have nice enjoyable and success and pleasure with, to be at this stage now, it is actually hurtful – I am nonetheless the identical individual.”
Woodforde revealed that he would “definitely” need to mend the connection together with his former tennis accomplice.
Woodforde is believed to be harm by Woodbridge’s resolution to staff up with Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman on the legends tour as an alternative of him.
“Todd’s elected to maneuver on and play with Jonas Bjorkman in among the legends doubles occasions, who he performed with as soon as I retired,” Woodforde mentioned in 2020.
“He developed a partnership with Jonas and so they had success collectively, however not anyplace close to on the identical stage because the Woodies.”
The ‘Woodies’ staff began in 1990 and initially struggled on the court docket, nevertheless it did not take them lengthy to search out success.
“The primary event we did not achieve this nicely. It was abysmal… we misplaced the primary spherical. We bought our butts kicked so badly we had been pondering ‘yeah, there’s nothing actually right here between us’,” Woodforde mentioned.
“However the second event, that very first match, we beat a seeded staff. There was one thing there. We simply type of walked off and we had been like ‘hey, that is fairly good.’
“We really modified again to our unique sides, me being the left-hander on the advert(vantage) court docket, Todd the righty on the primary court docket. It simply flowed. It flowed for a lot of different matches that week. We ended up shedding within the semis, which wasn’t a foul loss.
“However our coach and a coach on the time, they noticed one thing on the sidelines as nicely.”
