Guillermo Vilas: the exciting assignment of his wife for his 70th birthday

Guillermo Vilas turns 70 this Wednesday. As with any world-class star, the greetings on social networks for the greats could not be missing Willy. An awaited moment. There were dedications of all styles for the winner of 64 ATP and 4 Grand Slams titles (Roland Garros, US Open and Australian Open twice).

But one of those that most caught the attention of users on the networks was that of his wife. the Thai Phiangphathu KhumueangHis great companion, posted three photos on his Instagram account wishing happy birthday to the Argentine legend.

Around noon the first image appeared. It was that of a cake with the number 70 and the legend: “Happy birthday to 1, Guillermo Vilas“with different emoticons of red hearts and cheers. It didn’t take long for people to leave their greetings for the best Argentine tennis player in history.

In the other two images, already in a much more familiar tone, we see the wife in the center and their 4 children: Andanino (18 years), lalindao (12), Intila (11 and William Vilas Jr.the only boy of just 5 years. All with a T-shirt with the legend “We like to win“(We like to win).

Of course, the delivery of love for the Argentine idol did not stop there. Many users wanted to leave their message. “Happy birthday willing Dear. 70 years old. You are a pride and a legend! “Wrote one Internet user with the same tone of happiness.

“Happy birthday to the greatest of all time,” commented another person with various heart emoticons and birthday cakes. Echoing the components of the photo, someone wrote: “The family of the genius of Guillermo is beautiful”.

A love story

At the age of 50, Guillermo Vilas married Thai Phiangphathu Khumueang, three decades younger than him. They met in a Bangkok shopping mall and she immediately overshadowed him.

But what was the big one willing in Thailand at that time? “I had tried everything. The veterans’ circuit, which for us was a ground wire, was over. When that circuit disappeared many of my colleagues were missing and I felt lost. As I played 25 weeks a year doing that circuit, it took a long time and I had a lot of fun doing it. Suddenly it’s over and it’s like it messed up my life and bored me at the same time, ”Vilas said when asked about this topic in an interview.

And he added: “It is difficult to explain, but I could not find a reason for my life. With the circuit I had a more or less armed life, without it there was a mess, it’s like I was left without an axis and I need another axis to turn. “

“Then I went to Thailand and there I met my wife and now I have a daughter and a new life, which makes me very happy, with a family,” he concluded. Of course, then he was the father of two other women and a man.

But when their eyes met, besides the noticeable age difference, something caught Vilas’s attention. “When we met, he didn’t know who he was. I thought he was a lumberjack and that he had a lot of cows. Until she saw my shoes and then realized I was not a woodcutter, “she said of that 2000 meeting with Phiang, whose name means” The beautiful sea “.

Vilas was sure he would not become a bachelor who enjoyed life in that style playboy forever. At some point it would settle down. And that meeting in the Southeast Asian country with this beautiful young woman was decisive for her future.

“None of my relationships were strong enough to last. I love boys, but to have mine I first have to find the woman to be a mother, and it’s not easy, “she said some time before getting married.

The May 16, 2005 in the parish of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, in the Belgrano district, after having examined the marital status and the Thai embassy in Buenos Aires, William Vila Y Phiangphathu Khumueang they married. Two years earlier, Andanin, who is also a tennis player, was born in Paris. Over time, Lalindao, Intila and Guillermo Vilas Jr arrived.