Two weeks ago, Uruguayan tennis player Pablo Cuevas announced his retirement.
When it came, tennis fans the world over dipped into their memory banks in admiration of the modern master of the trick shot. With excellent hands and a huge amount of talent, Cuevas could pull off shots from between his legs, no-look winners, drop-shot returns and so much more at will.
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But like Mansour Bahrami, the trick-shot king to whom he was heir, Cuevas was far more than just a flashy shotmaker. On his day, he could compete with the very best players in tennis. In 2016, he defeated Rafael Nadal on clay in Rio de Janeiro en route to
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