US Men’s Team Member Gilly Lane Retires From Competition
from DailySquashReport.com
December 21, 2011 - Philadelphia’s Gilly Lane, a member of several US national men’s teams and currently ranked 92nd in the world by the PSA, announced his retirement yesterday, citing ongoing back problems.
The 26-year-old Lane played collegiately at Penn and turned pro after graduating in 2007, living and training for a time in Holland. His career-high world ranking was #48.
He won 25 PSA matches since January 2010. His best win, and arguably one of the best wins ever by an American man, came in March of 2010 when he upset then world number 7 Peter Barker of London in the $50K National Bank International in Montreal.
Lane’s back problems intensified throughout 2011, and he was only able to represent the US team in one match at the World Team Championships in Germany this summer, defeating Peter Reiko of Switzerland in what proved to be the key win in the US team’s 2-1 pool victory.
Gilly issued the following statement on his Facebook page:
“It's been a tough couple months struggling with this back problem and today is even tougher. I have decided to retire from the PSA Tour due to the injury I suffered in July. I think the time is right to begin to pursue other avenues and start the next phase of my life. I want to thank Tommy Berden, Lucas Buit, Floris Minnaert, John White, Natalie Grinham for their coaching and constant support. Thanks to US Squash for their backing and efforts to put us in the right position to succeed. Also LJ Anjema and Cameron Pilley for being great friends and role models and my parents and family for their endearing support. It wouldn't have been possible without my family and I owe them everything.”
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