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25/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Draws and Results. The winners of the 21st annual are: Kaylan Bigun (USA) and Ela Nala Milič (SVN)
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Draws and Results
25/06/16
Some pictures of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 actors :)... taken during the Fifth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when "IGRA" game winners were known... :))... and the day when the finalists of this year edition were known... the BRIONI day :)
The fifth day was the day when the semifinalist of the Main and Consolation Draw were known… but was also the day of Brioni Islands visit and the day of the “IGRA” Game finals :)
I am pleased to present some of the actors of the Day who make it to the finals in their singles and towards the victory in special “IGRA” doubles…
MAIN DRAW FINALIST:
BOYS
Kaylan Bigun (USA)
Luis Garcia Paez (ESP)
GIRLS
Camilia Samel Druz (FRA)
Ela Nala Milič (SVN)
CONSOLATION DRAWS FINALIST
BOYS
Mudiwa Munyimani (AUS)
Pavel Marinov (BGR)
GIRLS
Barbora Michálková (CZE)
Jovana Grujić (SRB)
BOYS “IGRA” GAME WINNERS and RUNNER UPS:
Chris Spyrou (GRE)
Tomek Berkieta (POL)
Barbora Michálková (CZE)
Petr Brunclik (CZE)
After the presentation of the actors of the Day… I am pleased to share a little piece of the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day celebrated on 21st of September… because yesterday day we spent on Brioni Islands… once upon a time named the Islands of Peace…
Smrikve, September 2010
The International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day, occurs annually on September 21st and this day has been elected to be also the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ Day.
It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is observed by many people. For the first time this holiday was celebrated in 1981.
The Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day, although celebrated on the same day as the World Peace Day, is dedicated to civilisation, intergenerational responsibility and tennis. Without civil society in a modern world there is no guarantee for peace.
In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the third Tuesday of September (the opening day of regular sessions of the General Assembly) as the International Day of Peace devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace and civilisation values.
In 2001, the day was changed from the third Tuesday to specifically the twenty-first day of September. A new resolution was passed by the General Assembly, sponsored by the United Kingdom (giving credit to Peace One Day) and Costa Rica (the sponsors of the original day) to give the Day of Peace a fixed date and declare it as a global ceasefire day.
In 1991, on September 21st, I left Smrikve for Milan, it was the war time in my country, 5 years before, on the same day, in 1986, I sailed with a boat to Dubrovnik with school friends living a nice life time memory experience.
Having our calendar year 365 days if we live for some time and create our own experience we learn that the same day can remind us something nice and something not nice… it is a circle…
Not nice could be compared to a mistake in tennis… we learn from the mistakes. They help us understand what is not good or what we do not do properly…
To end this comment I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobal Prize for Peace who was guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings. It is a tradition that every guest dedicate few words to the Group and he wrote down the following:
“The future is always in a minority. Yet the history of the future is more important than the history of the past. It is for the old to remember the past. It is for the young to build the world of tomorrow.
Do it! You can build a world without wars. You can build a new humanity.”
Everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important. They are all parts of the civilisation path.
Shimon Peres used in his note the statement: “Do it!” thus reminded me Yoda’s wisdom words when he shares his knowledge with young Jedi: “Try no. Do or do not “ :)
If people beleive in the future there is future. If people do not beleive in the future there is no future.
Miodrag Bozovic
… and today is the FINALS Day… the day of the Cake…
Awarding Ceremony Day… and the Day of the Swimming Pool :D
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
24/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl Fifth Day Results and Order of Play for the Sixth Smrikva Bowl Day 25th of June
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Draws and Fifth Day Results
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Order of Play SMRIKVE 25th of June
Semifinalist of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016
MAIN DRAWS
BOYS
Kaylan Bigun (USA)
Luis Garcia Paez (ESP)
GIRLS
Camilia Samel Druz (FRA)
Ela Nala Milič (SVN)
CONSOLATION DRAWS
BOYS
Mudiwa Munyimani (AUS)
Pavel Marinov (BGR)
GIRLS
Barbora Michálková (CZE)
Jovana Grujić (SRB)
23/06/16
Some pictures of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 actors... taken during the fourth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when the children participated lucky draw :)... and pictures with few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story...
During the long Fourth Smrikva Bowl Day the semifinalist of all the single draws and IGRA game were known :)…
… and I am pleased to present just some of them… but also to take the opportunity to share few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story with our new Ambassadors generation ;)…
MAIN DRAW SEMIFINALIST:
Boys
Petr Brunclík (CZE)
Kaylan Bigun (USA)
Meecah Bigun (USA)
Luis Garcia Paez (ESP)
Girls
Mia Ristić (SRB)
Camilia Samel Druz (FRA)
Ela Nala Milič (SVN)
Ren Yufei (CHN)
CONSOLATION DRAW SEMIFINALIST:
Boys
Gianluca Filoramo (ITA)
Mudiwa Munyimani (AUS)
Pavel Marinov (BGR)
Žiga Švec (SVN)
Girls
Barbora Michálková (CZE)
Jimena Gomez Alonso (ESP)
Jovana Grujić (SRB)
Ashanti Zumofen (SUI)
Having introduced some of the actors of the Fourth Day and Lucky Draw Day… I would be pleased to share just few promised words behind Smrikva ;)…
Smrikva Bowl mission is to inspire, develop and spread cosmopolitan values. Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people and humanity…
What does that mean?…
CULTURE, CHILDREN, SPORT and MUSIC are part of the Smrikva Bowl idea of the cosmopolitan world. It is a matter of civilization …
…a truly wise windy, product of imagination, once whispered… “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” (M.Y.)… and fairy tales seems to help that beauty…
… but I am sure you will cross in the future with the following opinion… “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” (A.E.)…
I noted that all of you are very calm during hard points… and usually in tennis game, as well as in many other fields, it does not matter what goes wrong but your reaction to it…
… we received special gifts for the Lucky Draw from… Dominic Thiem, Katie Swan, Ana Ivanovic, Borna Coric, Nicolas Kuhn, Tereza Mihalikova, Donna Vekic, Olga Danilovic, Miomir Kecmanovic, Matteo Donati…
… and their success could teach us how fear and anger are for the brain the same as cramps for the muscles…
and… what Master Yoda noted “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”…
… in tennis seems to be the same… if you want to win more… you master your skills and believe in your game ;)
There are different ways to look at sport. There are different ways to look at music, culture, love and also to children.
The vision of sport preferred in Smrikve can be described and extended to: culture, music and children using the following Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words…
… “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
… a wise men living in China 2500 years ago once observed… “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.” … hmmm… sounds very interesting… hm hm :)
an interesting opinion…
… and to set your heart right you need good characters… those who wish to contribute to the greater public good had to begin by working on themselves…
… only then they will see progress radiate out from their personal circles to society at large…
Today is the semifinals day… the BRIONI Islands Day… and IGRA GAME Day :D… a lot to do and a lot to see ;)….
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
23/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl Fourth Day Results and Order of Play for the fifth Smrikva Bowl Day 24th of June
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Draws and Fourth Day Results
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Order of Play SMRIKVE 24th of June
Semifinalist of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016
MAIN DRAWS
BOYS
Petr Brunclík (CZE)
Kaylan Bigun (USA)
Meecah Bigun (USA)
Luis Garcia Paez (ESP)
GIRLS
Mia Ristić (SRB)
Camilia Samel Druz (FRA)
Ela Nala Milič (SVN)
Ren Yufei (CHN)
CONSOLATION DRAWS
BOYS
Gianluca Filoramo (ITA)
Mudiwa Munyimani (AUS)
Pavel Marinov (BGR)
Žiga Švec (SVN)
GIRLS
Barbora Michálková (CZE)
Jimena Gomez Alonso (ESP)
Jovana Grujić (SRB)
Ashanti Zumofen (SUI)
23/06/16
Some pictures of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 actors... taken during the third day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when they start super IGRA game... pictures to share Smrikva Bowl Library story...
Third Smrikva Bowl day is the day when the IGRA game start… and is also the day when the quarterfinalist of the edition start to be known…
Third day is also the FORUM day… knowledge sharing day…
I am pleased to take the opportunity to share a bit of the story of our Library with the actors of the third day…
It was 2009 when we started to build the Smrikva Bowl library… and each Smrikva Bowl player was requested to bring with him a cultural book that will remember his stay in Smrikve and will represent his culture of origin that one day guests of Smrikve will be able to consult, enjoy and discover…
With this year edition Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors are spread in almost 80 countries and all the continents… and the library reached over 800 books from over 65 countries…
Historically their task was to search the talented kids in their countries of origin and invite them to play the Smrikva Bowl but from this year they are also our Cultural Ambassadors…
Cultural Ambassadors is both spreading the Smrikva idea and spreading the ISTRIA from SMRIKVE E-book… the cultural e-book for travelers…
It was shared yesterday with kids that the old olive tree Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors plant every year is a symbol of friendship and intergenerational responsibility and Smrikva Bowl’s idea of children, sport, music and culture that are able to pass all frontiers are incorporated in the creation of this Smrikva Bowl Library.
…in some languages… the word generations means also history… and in my first book on European Union and Cosmopolitan Democracy I come to a simple conclusion that we are those who represent the current civilization.
O yes ;)… this is an important concept…
Today people live an average of about 80 years. What we call civilization is mostly made up of the human knowledge we have accumulated until today, which our institutions pass onto future generations.
there is a big importance of a quality book… o yes ;)
They represent a great human memory that can help us understand what we see combined with cumulated personal experience of our daily lives. But given the fragility of the circle of life it is very easy for people to ignore these facts and lose sight of our human knowledge. It takes just a few generations to lose this great heritage ;)
I’d like to observe that we have gotten used to rapid technological progress, but social and civil progress is slower and more complex. Humans learn throughout their whole lifetime, from books and schools, but we also mostly learn from our personal experiences.
I just wish to say that Smrikva Bowl’s more then tennis is something you find above… hm… not only tennis… music… culture… children… sport… four interesting pillars…
Smrikva Bowl mission is to develop and spread cosmopolitan values. Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people…
Friendship… is long term trust… and long term bridge… always takes time to get built… and always require maintenance ;)…
… and IGRA game is spreading… it is reaching different places… different continents…
… with music… run… play… and say “IGRA” :)
Quarterfinalist of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016
MAIN DRAW
BOYS
Petr Brunclík (CZE) – EUROPE
Rafael Segado (ESP) – EUROPE
Georgi Georgiev (BGR) – EUROPE
Kaylan Bigun (USA) – AMERICAS
Meecah Bigun (USA) – AMERICAS
Martin Landaluce (ESP) – EUROPE
Taichi Wakamatsu (JPN) – ASIA
Luis Garcia Paez (ESP) – EUROPE
GIRLS
Katalina Petrova (BGR) – EUROPE
Mia Ristić (SRB) – EUROPE
Camilia Samel Druz (FRA) – EUROPE
Nadin Barbarossa (ITA) – EUROPE
Ela Nala Milič (SVN) – EUROPE
Rose Marie Nijkamp (NED) – EUROPE
Ren Yufei (CHN) – ASIA
Ema Kovačević (BEL) – EUROPE
CONSOLATION DRAW
BOYS
Freddy Stephan (BEL) – EUROPE
Gianluca Filoramo (ITA) – EUROPE
Mudiwa Munyimani (AUS) – AUSTRALIA
Sergej Živković (SRB) – EUROPE
Pavel Marinov (BGR) – EUROPE
Mak Mikovič (SVN) – EUROPE
Leopold Šantić (CRO) – EUROPE
Žiga Švec (SVN) – EUROPE
GIRLS
Ena Koike (JPN) – ASIA
Barbora Michálková (CZE) – EUROPE
Jimena Gomez Alonso (ESP) – EUROPE
Ece Gencer (TUR) – EUROPE
Jovana Grujić (SRB) – EUROPE
Kristiana Sidorova (RUS) – EUROPE
Ashanti Zumofen (SUI) – EUROPE
Marijana Ilić (SRB) – EUROPE
… and the LOTTERY!!! is on schedule for 4:00 PM… o yes… many possibilities…
… we will see who win what ;)….
… the Tennis Talents FORUM is worth recalling… always a nice moment to share just few elements that could be useful to the families and coaches on their path in helping their children to reach their potential…
Today is the day of QUARTERFINALS… and the day of IGRA…
it is also the LOTTERY DAY!!!! “LUCKY DRAW” :D
more and more…
GO SMRIKVA GO :D
22/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl Third Day Results and Order of Play for the fourth Smrikva Bowl Day 23rd of June
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Order of Play SMRIKVE 23rd of June
Quarterfinalist of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016
MAIN DRAW
BOYS
Petr Brunclík (CZE)
Rafael Segado (ESP)
Georgi Georgiev (BGR)
Kaylan Bigun (USA)
Meecah Bigun (USA)
Martin Landaluce (ESP)
Taichi Wakamatsu (JPN)
Luis Garcia Paez (ESP)
GIRLS
Katalina Petrova (BGR)
Mia Ristić (SRB)
Camilia Samel Druz (FRA)
Nadin Barbarossa (ITA)
Ela Nala Milič (SVN)
Rose Marie Nijkamp (NED)
Ren Yufei (CHN)
Ema Kovačević (BEL)
CONSOLATION DRAW
BOYS
Freddy Stephan (BEL)
Gianluca Filoramo (ITA)
Mudiwa Munyimani (AUS)
Sergej Živković (SRB)
Pavel Marinov (BGR)
Mak Mikovič (SVN)
Leopold Šantić (CRO)
Žiga Švec (SVN)
GIRLS
Ena Koike (JPN)
Barbora Michálková (CZE)
Jimena Gomez Alonso (ESP)
Ece Gencer (TUR)
Jovana Grujić (SRB)
Kristiana Sidorova (RUS)
Ashanti Zumofen (SUI)
Marijana Ilić (SRB)
21/06/16
Some pictures of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 actors... taken during the second day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when they became AMBASSADORS... pictures with Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Olive Trees story...
Yesterday a bit after 8:00 PM the Smrikva Bowl players of this year edition became Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors… the ceremony started at 6:00 PM…
I am pleased to repeat the story of the Smrikva Bowl Olive Trees traditionally planted in Smrikve with some pictures taken during the second day :)… being this moment one of the most important parts of the Smrikva Bowl story…
In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree…
The Olive tree selected was at the beginning older than the oldest man living on the earth today. The tree that we planted for the 10th Smrikva Bowl was over 150 years old…
…during the ceremony, every Ambassador put a tiny piece of land close to the root of the Olive tree and say his or her name. This way the tree gets their names…
This year again was the name and a Grand Slam ;)… the children know the story…
During the ceremony of the 21st Smrikva Bowl Olive Tree Generation… the tree received new names…
… Olive tree is a symbol of peace… but the age of the tree means intergenerational responsibility…
… every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with… :)
… The Lion King cartoon is an artwork and most of the life messages one can find in it are in line with the Smrikva Bowl founding ideas… ;)
… life messages you find in Lion King are in line with the message of the Ambassadors’ Olive Tree; they are in line with the values of friendship and love; they are in line with empathy…
… Love, friendship and empathy are all Cosmopolitan values per excellence, as far as people and humanity are concerned…
… it is true that the relationship between Mufasa, Sarabi and Simba reminds me of both: parents and family love, but also about the intergenerational responsability.
Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think abuout empathy, intuition and loyalty.
… and the relationship between Simba and Nola reminds me again about the importance of love… :)
Rafiki, the wise old baboo, with his many centuries old tree reminds me about the importance of knowledge and experience of the older…
… that there are many other particular moments that every person on its own, based on his or her own life experience, discover by watching these artworks.
You might be interested to know that most of the characters’s names in this cartoon have a particular meaning in Swahili language…
Simba means “lion”… Nala means “gift”, and love is for me one of the greatest gifts that people can receive and give during their life
Sarabi means “mirage”… Pumbaa means “dull-witted” or “stunned”… and Rafiki means “friend” :)…
These names with their meanings make me think of the American Indians and the way they used to give the names to their people.
As I wrote at the beginning of today’s article every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn, to preserve all that each of us is born with.
When Mufasa was explaining to Simba that is not easy to be the King… he tried to explain that a good King should know that everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it…
is true that every generation face new challenges but there are many examples in the past how the old generations managed and solved particular problems… ;)
…and this is why… knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important…
It was another long Smrikva day… ended with a Grand Slam dream victory and good LEDO ice cream at the end :)…
… everybody wished to make true their dream ;)
Tomorrow is the new day… IGRA game day…
… it is the day to choose IGRA partners…
and the FORUM day…
Tomorrow the 21st Smrikva Bowl generation will discover the IGRA game…
GO SMRIKVA GO :D… with ice cream award GO :D
21/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl Second Day Results and Order of Play for the third Smrikva Bowl Day 21st of June
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Draws and Second Day Results
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Order of Play SMRIKVE 22nd of June
20/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 started today at 8:20 AM with presentation of 115 tennis talents from 40 countries and all the continents...
Early this morning the rain was with us… and then… the rain drops started to slow down… and allowed me to share with Smrikva “seeds of the Legends” to share the story of Oogway final teachings to Shifu ;)…
… and after I shared the story the rain let us start the OPENNING :D
With the new countries Smrikva Bowl will reach 78 countries represented on the tournament since Smrikva Bowl foundation in 1996…
… and on the 21st annual there are 40 countries represented and many more nations because many Smrikva Bowl kids do have more than one passport :)
… the players were presented… and “everyone is special to us” Shifu wrote ;)…
… the story of the BOWL was with us this morning too…
… it was a pleasure to meet and present each one personally… representing all the continents of our Planet…
… it was a pleasure to recall some friends and past players who supported their candidacies…
… and name some countries which will be the first time represented…
it is also a pleasure to present them the Staff… many names… nearby 1600 names in 21 editions… similar number to the estimates of Pandas living on Earth today ;)
and it is always a pleasure to wish to the players a good game… :)
Tomorrow at 6:00 PM 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 players will be nominated Ambassadors and will plant as per tradition an Olive Tree.
The creation of the Smrikva Bowl Library started in 2009 and with this year donations we will be over 800 cultural books from nearby 70 countries… tomorrow at 6:00 PM each book will be presented… and the century old olive tree of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 generation will be planted…
WELCOME TO THE … 21st SMRIKVA BOWL GENERATION!
19/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 "seeds of the Legends of tomorrow" list... :D
World in Smrikve … Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors network will be spread in 78 countries after Tuesday’s Ambassador Nomination Ceremony… for six new countries the Ambassadors should be nominated…
The level of the players is expected to be very high again this year among 115 registered participants from 40 countries and all the continents…
The list of the names of the players that honored us with their arrival to Smrikve this year is the following:
Girls
Nera Tešankić (CRO)
Nisan Ozay (TUR)
Monika Stankiewicz (POL)
Ana Tara Praček (SVN)
Katalina Petrova (BGR)
Yu Kikawa (JPN)
Karina Jumazhanova (KAZ)
Lara Dimovska (MKD)
Jimena Gomez Alonso (ESP)
Lara Dominić (CRO)
Mia Ristić (SRB)
Barbora Michálková (CZE)
Ann-Akasha Ceuca (GER)
Tinkara Vraničar (SVN)
Dunja Marić (SRB)
Veneta Gencheva (BGR)
Camilia Samel Druz (FRA)
Ece Gencer (TUR)
Milica Stošović (SRB)
Maria Ivanković (BIH)
Valeriia Troitckaia (RUS)
Kiara Šolaja (SVN)
Nadin Barbarossa (ITA)
Jovana Grujić (SRB)
Luna Dinoto Fernandez (ESP)
Petra Palikuća (CRO)
Tara Mihaljević (SRB)
Ela Nala Milič (SVN)
Rose Marie Nijkamp (NED)
Asja Salkanović (BIH)
Giulia Bizzari (ITA)
Chisato Kanemaki (JPN)
Chiara Jerolimov (CRO)
Kristiana Sidorova (RUS)
Edit Cosmo (SWE)
Nobel Levitin (ISR)
Anastasia Ignjatić (BIH)
Ashanti Zumofen (SUI)
Ren Yufei (CHN)
Ema Kovačević (BEL)
Anastasia Petersson (SWE)
Rana Benan Demir (TUR)
Aleksandra Gabrovska (BGR)
Marijana Ilić (SRB)
Paula Moreno Hurtado (ESP)
Boys
Antonio Voljavec (CRO)
Nico Hipfl (AUT)
Lucas Mock (CAN)
Filip Stojanovski (MKD)
Giorgio Gatto (ITA)
Christian Hernandez Rey (ESP)
Paris Posavec (CRO)
David Rakić (SRB)
Petr Brunclík (CZE)
Freddy Stephan (BEL)
Marko Maksimović (BIH)
Daniele Rapagnetta (ITA)
Andreas Timini (CYP)
Rafael Segado (ESP)
Kenan Ališić (SWE)
Christian Cantos Siemers (BEL)
Jadran Šarić (USA)
Tomasz Berkieta (POL)
Georgi Georgiev (BGR)
Mika Petković (GER)
Noa Viduka (CRO)
Pablo Sanchez Coria (ESP)
Zach Stephens (GBR)
Matej Đokić (BIH)
Aleksa Stanković (SRB)
Ishak Crljenkovic (NED)
Kaylan Bigun (USA)
George Douscos (GRE)
Nejc Strašek (SVN)
Daniel Krstevski (SWE)
Benjamin Benčec (CRO)
Ivan Simić (BiH)
Diego Vega Espinosa (MEX)
Mudiwa Munyimani (AUS)
Lazar Virijević (SRB)
Gianluca Filoramo (ITA)
Meecah Bigun (USA)
Julian Platzer (AUT)
Kenay Ortiz Gonzales (ESP)
Dino Molokova Ferreira (POR)
Fatih Šišić (BIH)
Pavel Marinov (BGR)
Luka Jankuloski (MKD)
Chris Spyrou (GRE)
Dilhan Wasantha (GBR)
Pim Elbers (NED)
Mak Mikovič (SVN)
Martin Landaluce (ESP)
Bora Cankaya (TUR)
Emanuel Ivkić (CRO)
Christian Capuccini (ITA)
Daniel Gamili (ISR)
Max Stenzer (GER)
Leopold Šantić (CRO)
Aydin Yagiz Ensar (TUR)
Viktor Kirov (BGR)
Alexander Feher (HUN)
Taichi Wakamatsu (JPN)
Leo Matthysen (RSA)
Andrei Golescu (ROM)
Daniel Iliyaich (SWE)
Žiga Švec (SVN)
Fran Rakonić (CRO)
Timoefii Milovanov (UKR)
Sergej Živković (SRB)
Nikolai Barsukov (GER)
Miloš Milić (MNE)
Anas Mazdrashki (BGR)
Nikolas Car (SVN)
Luis Garcia Paez (ESP)
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 8:20 AM while, tomorrow at 6:00 PM 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 players will be nominated Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors that will be followed by the Olive Tree planting ceremony…
19/06/16
The orientation and registration of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 players continues today... :D
…very pleased to share part of an article written some years ago… written thinking of Smrikva Bowl “seeds of the Legends of tomorrow” ;)…
Smrikve, October 2010
The Star Wars “Return of the Jedi” is the first film I remember seeing with my dad at the cinema… it was 1983 and I was 10… the cinema was named “Istra”… I was the same age as the Smrikva Bowl players we host every year in Smrikve :)…
In the introduction of this article I would just underline that I like the way Jedi use the lightsabers and I like the way Smrikva Bowl kids use their rackets :)… Smrikve c Code is a story about virtue created by training and wish to learn…
My dad was pilot and for me watching The Star Wars with him at the cinema was a particular experience … I had many questions and he, as usual, with smile and pleasure answered to each of my questions…
Dad used to take me with him on the airport when I was little… and I remember him entering the cockpit of the plane with pilot helmet watching towards me and giving me the sign that he was ready to fly… than he turned on the engine of the plane and watched towards me again with smile in his eyes…
I stayed about 100 meters from the airplane with his colleagues and watched him taking his plane towards runway…
From the place where I stayed only part of the runway was visible because of the wood and he took the plane in the area that was invisible to me to prepare for the takeoff… I was able to hear the force of the engine… and when the sound of the force started to increase I knew that my dad will be visible soon… his colleagues were telling me “be ready soon your dad will come”… and when he started to be visible on the back of the plane there was the fire… almost half length of the airplane had the fire extension formed by his engine and I just noticed his helmet in the cockpit and followed by my kids eyes his airplane reaching the sky…
The Jedi are characters in the Star Wars universe bound to a code of morality and justice and are trained in the use of the light side of the force. They learn to use the Force, and weapons, known as lightsabers, which emits a controlled energy flow in the shape of a sword, to serve and protect their Republic and the galaxy from conflicts or government instability…
Since long time ago I started to note the ability of Smrikva Bowl kids using the racket and thinking at the same time on Jedi’s ability to use the lightsaber :)…
Some of my students use Wilson’s ying & young damper… known as Tao sign… they like the symbol but are still too young to have an idea about it ;)… I will try to use this symbol to help me explain how little the difference could be in forming a balance in anything we do… every action has a reaction in our World… in the first classes of physics we learn Newton’s third law…
Tao is an abstract concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy and East Asian cultures.
While the word itself translates as “way”, “path”, or “route”… it is often used philosophically to signify the fundamental nature of the World we are used to living on Earth… it is often referred to as “the nameless”, because neither it nor its principles can ever be adequately expressed in words.
While the Tao cannot be expressed, Taoism holds that it can be known, and its principles can be followed. Much of Taoist writing focuses on the value of following the Tao – called Te (virtue) – and of the ultimate uselessness of trying to understand or control Tao outright. This is often expressed through yin and yang arguments, where every action creates a counter-action as a natural, unavoidable movement within manifestations of the Tao.
As in the Tao symbol there were knights trained to use the dark side of the force and the light side… this is the way how mankind functioned since the human written memory goes back…
For new ideas people have to go beyond… out of the known patterns by using their imagination… the kids are many times Master in this…
“Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.”… :)
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18/06/16
21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 seeds of the Legends of tomorrow started to arrive... :)
There are different ways to look at the sport and there are different way to look at the music, to the culture and also to the children.
The vision of sport we dream in Smrikve is the one described by Nelson Mandela – Madiba: “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
We love to think that Mandela’s vision of sport can be extended to culture, music and children :)
12/06/16
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, win Stuttgart 2016 - Mercedes Cup played in Germany - ATP 250 Tournament on grass... 7th ATP title in his career
In 2015, NICE… UMAG… GSTAAD… and this year BUENOS ARIES, ACAPULCO, NICE again and today STUTTGART… the 7th ATP title… Bravo DOMINATOR! ;D
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #7 ATP, is the winner of Stuttgart Mercedes Cup 2016 – ATP 250 Tournament and the results were the following:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – bye
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Sam Groth (Aus) 7:6,7:6
Quarterfinals: D. Thiem – Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 3:6,6:4,7:5
Semifinals: Dominic Thiem – Roger Federer (Sui) 3:6,7:6,6:4
Finals: Dominic Thiem – P.Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6:7,6:4,6:4
Players ranking:
Sam Groth (Aus) – #97 ATP
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) – #76 ATP
Roger Federer (Sui) – #3 ATP
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) – #26 ATP
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07/06/16
Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update June 2016)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players ranking…
• TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA (Jun 2012)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #55 WTA (Jun 2015)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #62 WTA (Jul 2013)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #142 WTA (Apr 2016)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #148 on WTA (Apr 2016)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
• TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP (Jun 2016)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #33 ATP (Jul 2015)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #173 ATP (Aug 2015)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #191 ATP (Apr 2016)
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #102 ATP doubles (Aug 2015)
As of 7th of June 2016 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:
• 51 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #8 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #76 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #111 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #144 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #145 on WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #159 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #164 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #236 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #261 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #279 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #286 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #295 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #301 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #342 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #349 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #369 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #373 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #426 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #433 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – 445 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #490 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #494 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #496 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #519 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #537 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #539 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #542 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #576 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #601 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #608 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #616 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – #635 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #652 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #660 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #666 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – # 724 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #743 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #746 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #748 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #761 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #776 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #782 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #788 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #827 WTA
Ena KAJEVIC – 2006 player – #891 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #892 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #894 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #921 WTA
Inci OGUT – 2009 player – #922 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #925 WTA
Estela PEREZ SOMARRIBA – 2008 player – #970 WTA
• 25 players TOP 1000 ATP
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #48 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #212 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #237 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #240 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #248 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #262 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #288 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #311 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 413 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #435 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #582 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #594 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #641 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #643 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #670 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #676 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #718 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #753 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #793 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #879 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 player – #882 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #913 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #960 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI – 2008 player – #993 ATP
• 10 boys and 14 girls… in total 24 players are in TOP 100 ITF
BOYS:
- #6 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles)
- #10 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #15 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 semifinals
- #20 Youssef HOSSAM
- #22 Alexei POPYRIN
- #34 Patrik RIKL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #35 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #47 Yshai OLIEL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #89 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #94 Sven LAH
GIRLS:
- #9 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner and Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 runner up
- #15 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #19 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #35 Lucie KANKOVA
- #38 Tatiana PIERI
- #41 Clair LIU
- #46 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #47 Michaela GORDON
- #65 Seone MENDEZ
- #69 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #75 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #82 Berfu CENGIZ
- #90 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #96 Wiktoria KULIK
• 2 boys and 1girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Nicola KUHN #4, Yshai OLIEL #6, Olga DANILOVIC #8)
• 2 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Borna DEVALD #8, Viktor JOVIC #10, Helene PELLICANO #1, Kristyna LAVICKOVA #7)
IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER (1st Smrikva Bowl)… IN 1997 TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA gathered on the 2nd Smrikva Bowl… IN 1998 3rd SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO GATHER FIRST FOREIGN PLAYERS…
Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, Vilim’s best ranking was #612 ATP in March 2006.
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, Ivana’s best ranking was #95 WTA in June 2006.
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, Atrid’s best ranking was #356 WTA in March 2009.
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #286 WTA.
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #718 ATP.
2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…
BOYS
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #133 ATP double.
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, is ranked #109 ATP doubles.
GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #159 WTA.
IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #237 ATP.
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, is currently ranked #435 ATP.
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #228 ATP double.
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #228 ATP double.
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #753 ATP.
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #913 ATP.
Giacomo MICCINI (ITA), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is currently ranked #1183 ATP.
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is ranked #144 WTA.
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, is ranked #301 WTA.
Ema BURGIC (BiH), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is ranked #635 WTA.
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, is ranked #7 ATP.
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #670 ATP.
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), ranked 3rd on 8th SB 2003, is ranked #144 WTA.
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #426 WTA.
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, is ranked #494 WTA.
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #743 WTA.
2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, is ranked #288 ATP.
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #582 ATP.
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #643 ATP.
GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #490 WTA.
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #761 WTA.
Anita HUSARIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #925 WTA.
IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS
2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #48 ATP.
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Consolation tournament winner, is ranked #240 ATP.
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #248 ATP.
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, is ranked #262 ATP.
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 10th SB 2005, is ranked #413 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #594 ATP.
Luka ILIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #641 ATP.
GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #111 WTA.
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #164 WTA.
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #295 WTA.
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #349 WTA.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, is ranked #537 WTA.
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #616 WTA.
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #652 WTA.
Iva MEKOVEC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #827 WTA.
2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, is ranked #413 ATP.
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semifinalist, is ranked #1217 ATP.
GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #8 WTA.
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #261 WTA.
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterfinalists, is ranked #342 WTA.
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #519 WTA.
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #724 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #788 WTA.
Ena KAJEVIC (CRO), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #891 WTA
2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #1039 ATP.
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, is ranked #1179 ATP.
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), ranked 4th on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #1356 ATP.
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #76 WTA.
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007 player, is ranked #145 WTA.
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #608 WTA.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #212 on ATP ranking list.
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #1471 on ATP ranking list.
IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #960 on ATP ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 993 ATP.
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 1030 ATP.
Luka PANIC (SUI), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked on ATP.
Grega KOKALJ (SLO), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is not ranked ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, is ranked #94 ITF.
GIRLS
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #236 WTA.
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked #369 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #542 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #666 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, is ranked #748 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked WTA.
Nikolina JOVIC (SRB), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.
Marija CURNIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.
“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #89 ITF.
Ingrid NEEL (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #894 WTA.
IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THEREFORE REACHED THE TOTAL OF 40 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2009 – 14th Smrikva Bowl and 8th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Alex DE MINAUR (AUS), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #676 ATP.
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #879 ATP.
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1299 ATP.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1356 ATP.
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Consolation Draw winner, is ranked #22 ITF.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #159 ITF.
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #177 ITF.
Karlo DIVKOVIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #357 ITF.
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #668 ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1493 ITF.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL (ESP), 14th SB 2009 winner, is not ranked on ATP.
GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, is ranked #433 WTA.
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, is ranked #576 WTA.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #921 WTA.
Inci OGUT (TUR), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #922 WTA.
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1010 WTA.
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #35 ITF.
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #101 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #288 ITF.
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #426 ITF.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #789 ITF.
Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #660 WTA.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #353 ITF.
IN 2010 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 49 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2010 – 15th Smrikva Bowl and 9th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, is ranked #15 ITF.
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #47 ITF.
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, #360 ITF.
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #1225 ETA ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), 15th SB 2010 runner up, from Croatia, #1493 ITF.
GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, is ranked #46 ITF.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #69 ITF.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #149 ITF.
Daria SOLOVYEVA (RUS), La Bottega di Smrikve, is ranked #168 ITF.
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #241 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, is ranked #288 ITF.
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #318 ITF.
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #364 ITF.
Marija ELENOVA (MKD), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #739 ITF.
Andja KARANUSIC (CRO), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #1254 ITF.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), played 9th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #539 WTA.
Alexa BUTERA (USA), played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #700 ITF.
IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 53 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, is ranked #511 ITF.
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, is ranked #1114 ITF.
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #1398 ITF.
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #96 ETA U16.
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #107 ETA U16.
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #119 ETA U16.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #147 ETA U16.
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #189 ETA U16.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #197 ETA U16.
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #225 ETA U16.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #248 ETA U16.
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #458 ETA U16.
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1010 ETA U16.
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, is ranked #15 ITF.
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #446 ITF.
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterfinalist, is ranked #581 ITF.
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #943 ITF.
Betina TOKAC (TUR), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #962 ITF.
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, is ranked #1126 ITF.
Emilija KOJCIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #437 ETA U16.
Ksenija TMUSIC (SRB), 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, is ranked #471 ETA U16.
IN 2012 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 57 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION… and for the first time in the quarterfinals there were still five continents represented: AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICA, OCENIA and EUROPE
2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #8 ETA U14.
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #10 ETA U14.
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012 player, is ranked #19 ETA U14.
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #31 ETA U14.
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #38 ETA U14.
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #50 ETA U14.
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR (ESP), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #63 ETA U14.
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #83 ETA U14.
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #107 ETA U14.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC (BiH), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #341 ETA U14.
GIRLS
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #200 ITF.
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #363 ITF.
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #637 ITF.
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #1176 ITF.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #1606 ITF.
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #16 ETA U14.
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #20 ETA U14.
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #21 ETA U14.
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #41 ETA U14.
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #42 ETA U14.
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #51 ETA U14.
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #54 ETA U14.
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #140 ETA U14.
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist.
IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 62 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013 player, is ranked #23 ETA U14.
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #34 ETA U14.
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #78 ETA U14.
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #53 ETA U14.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #62 ETA U14.
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #86 ETA U14.
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #106 ETA U14.
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #136 ETA U14.
Daniel RINCON (ESP), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #262 ETA U14.
GIRLS
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #24 ETA U14.
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #30 ETA U14.
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #33 ETA U14.
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #304 ETA U14.
IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 64 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, is too young for ETA U14.
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, is too young for ETA U14.
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, is too young for ETA U14.
GIRLS
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, is too young for ETA U14.
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, is too young for ETA U14.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, is too young for ETA U14.
IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 72 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, is too young for ETA U14.
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.
GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, is too young for ETA U14.
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Mara GAE (ROU), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.
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06/06/16
"Smrikve theatre stage" for the "seeds of the Legends" is entering final phase of the preparations...21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition...
21st of September, on Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s Day, we traditionally start to receive candidacies from all around the World… and after 9 months… at the end of June the talents of the year gather together… it is the 21st annual… and so many of the kids who honored us with their visit are writing beautiful tennis pages with their rackets around the World…
I am please to recall parts of an article written at the beginning of 2010… when I compared for the first time Smrikva Bowl to a theater stage…
… When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theatre where every year we work hard to set the stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all this different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…
We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…
Smrikva Bowl is still very young tournament but I would like to think that some of these kids will write… inspiring stories in most different professional fields.
I also know that according to the statistics only few of the kids participating Smrikva Bowl will make it to become top professional tennis players, but I like to think that they will make it in other professional fields they choose in their lives.
I read Andre Agassi’s book and throught the whole book he was repeating to friends and people meeting… that he doesn’t like tennis thus it seems to me that he never had the option to choose, but in end he ended up being the Champion and according to Luke Jensen a person with big heart and very good friend.
I will never know how many kids playing Smrikva Bowl are playing it because their parents would like them to become professional tennis players and how much of them play it because they enjoy the game.
What I do know is that any kind of sport can help kids in their growth and I also know that people that do excel in any field require total dedication and a lot of sacrifice to reach the excellence.
When I think of Andre’s words of not loving what he was doing for most of the time of his life I start thinking of other 90% of people around the World that make for living doing jobs they do not like, but “La vita e’ bella” Roberto Benigni would say and tennis helped Andre to grow up.
There is one part in the book that I liked a lot… it is about inspiration, faith and what does it mean to be a good coach… to have the right word in the right moment… this part is related with Gil… and is about people that do believe in other people and help them to write their life stories and to write their own one…
Here are Gil’s words reported by Andre in his book when he accepted to coach him:
“I’m not one of those people who expresses or articulates feelings very well, but from now on, just know this: It’s on, man. It is on.
You know what I’m saying? We’are in a fight, and you can count on me until the last man is standing. Somewhere up there is a star with your name on it. I might not be able to help you find it, but I’ve got pretty strong shoulders, and you can stand on my shoulders while you’re looking for that star. You hear? For as long as you want. Stand on my shoulders and reach, man. Reach.”
In every life there are people that influence what we do and how we do it.
The Smrikva Bowl festival would like to inspire its players and Ambassadors to believe in their dreams and work hard to reach them.
Sport and music are in general good educators and the vision of sport preferred in Smrikve is the one Nelson Mandela once said:
“Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
Over the last year there were so many former Smrikva Bowl players making outstanding results… and two of them reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking: Dominic THIEM and Belinda BENCIC…
In January Alex De Minaur and Tereza Mihalikova won junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN doubles titles… and few days ago Patrik RIKL, Yshai OLIEL, Paula Arias MANJON and Olga DANILOVIC won junior ROLAND GARROS doubles titles…
There are over thousands of stories written every week by Smrikva seeds in over 70 countries and all the continents… :) and very soon I will have the pleasure to meet over 100 new seeds of the 21st SMRIKVA BOWL 2016 edition from 40 countries and all the continents again…
The BOWL story… SMRIKVA BOWL story…
05/06/16
Patrik RIKL, Yshai OLIEL, Paula ARIAS MANJON and Olga DANILOVIC with their junior Roland Garros 2016 doubles titles conquered today join the Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club
Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club list former Smrikva Bowl players who won a Grand Slam title, junior or senior, single or double during their career…
Patrik RIKL, Yshai OLIEL, Paula ARIAS MANJON and Olga DANILOVIC with junior Roland Garros 2016 doubles titles are joining the Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club and as of June 2016 the list is as follows:
18 SB players names – 22 junior Grand Slam titles
Single Champions (7 players and total 9 titles)
| Daniel BERTA Ana KONJUH Belinda BENCIC | Gianluigi QUINZI Borna CORIC Tommy PAUL | Tereza MIHALIKOVA |
Doubles Champions (13 players and total 13 titles)
| Ajla TOMLJANOVIC Marin DRAGANJA Dino MARCAN George MORGAN Robin KERN | Ana KONJUH Viktoria KUZMOVA Alex DE MINAUR Tereza MIHALIKOVA Patrik RIKL | Yshai OLIEL Paula ARIAS MANJON Olga DANILOVIC |
SINGLE GRAND SLAM WINNERS
Daniel BERTA – 2001 SB player
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2009 winner
Date of birth: 26th of November 1992
Ana KONJUH – 2007 SB runner up
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2013 winner
Junior US OPEN 2013 winner
Date of birth: 27th of December 1997
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 SB player
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2013 winner
Junior WIMBLEDON 2013 winner
Date of birth: 10th of March 1997
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 SB winner
Junior WIMBLEDON 2013 winner
Date of birth: 1st of February 1996
Borna CORIC – 2005 SB player
Junior US OPEN 2013 winner
Date of birth: 14th of November 1997
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
Date of birth: 2nd of June 1998
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “Little Mo”/SB player
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner
Date of birth: 17th of May 1997
DOUBLES GRAND SLAM WINNERS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 SB semif.
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2009 doubles winner
Date of birth: 7th of May 1993
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 SB winner
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2009 doubles winner
Date of birth: 13th of May 1991
Dino MARCAN – 2001 SB runner up
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2009 doubles winner
Date of birth: 12th of February 1991
George MORGAN – 2003 SB runner up
Junior WIMBLEDON 2011 doubles winner
Date of birth: 7th of February 1993
Robin KERN – 2002 SB player
Junior US OPEN 2011 doubles winner
Date of birth: 3rd of October 1993
Ana KONJUH – 2007 SB runner up
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2013 doubles winner
Date of birth: 27th of December 1997
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 SB semifinalist
Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
Date of birth: 11th of May 1998
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 SB quarterfinalist
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 17th of February 1999
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 SB player
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 2nd of June 1998
Patrik RIKL – 2009 SB quarterfinalist
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 6th of January 1999
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 SB runner up
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 5th of January 2000
Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 SB runner up
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 26th of February 2000
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 SB winner
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 23rd of January 2001
28/05/16
15 Smrikva Bowl players are in the Main Draws of the Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016... Nicola Kuhn reached the semifinals, Yshai Oliel & Patrick Rikl and Olga Danilovic & Paula Arias Manjon won doubles finals :)
So nice to recognize 15 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the Junior Roland Garros 2016 out of 128: 7 girls and 8 boys…
Nicola Kuhn (SB 2010) reached the singles semifinals while there are 7 other Smrikva Bowl players in the doubles draws…
Boys doubles semifinalists: Miomir Kecmanovic (SB 2009), Alex De Minaur (SB 2009), Patrik Patason Rikl (SB 2009) and Yshai Oliel (SB 2010)
Girls doubles semifinalists: Olga Danilovic (SB 2011), Paula Arias Manjón (SB 2010) and Tatiana Pieri (SB 2007)
Girls doubles winners: Olga Danilovic (SB 2011) and Paula Arias Manjón (SB 2010)
Boys doubles winners: Patrik Rikl (SB 2009) and Yshai Oliel (SB 2010)
BOYS:
Nicola KUHN (GER) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner
1st round: Nicola Kuhn – Kacper ZUK (Pol) 4:6,6:3,6:3
2nd round: Nicola Kuhn – Alex De Minaur (Aus) 6:1,2:6,6:2
3rd round: Nicola Kuhn – Gianni Ross (Usa) 7:5,6:2
Quarterfinals: Nicola Kuhn – Marvin Moeller (Ger) 2:6,6:3,6:3
Semifinals: Nicola Kuhn – Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can)
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Toru HORIE (Jpn) 6:1,6:1
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Riccardo BALZERANI (Ita) 6:3,7:6
3rd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – D. Shapovalov (Can) 7:5,3:6,2:6
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 CD winner
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Dan ADDED (Fra) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Alexei Popyrin – Yunseong CHUNG (Kor) 2:6,6:2,6:4
3rd round: Alexei Popyrin – B. Sigouin (Can) 7:5,4:6,11:13
Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Alex De Minaur – T.M. ETCHEVERRY (Arg) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Nicola Kuhn (Ger) 1:6,6:2,2:6
Yshai OLIEL (ISR) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 semifinalist
1st round: Yshai Oliel – Kenneth RAISMA (Est) 7:6,7:5
2nd round: Yshai Oliel – Jurabeck KARIMOV (Uzb) 7:6,2:6,2:6
Patrik RIKL (Cze) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Patrik Rikl – Sam RIFFICE (USA) 7:5,3:6,6:1
2ndt round: Patrik Rikl – D.Shapalov (Can) 3:6,1.6
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA (Esp) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: A.Davidovich Fokkina – Blake ELLIS (Aus) 3:6,4:6
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: Youssef Hossam – Nathan PONWITH (USA) 6:7,4:6
GIRLS:
Michaela GORDON (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Michaela Gordon – Amina ANSHBA (Rus) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Michaela Gordon – Melany Krywoj (Arg) 6:1,6:3
3rd round: Michaela Gordon – A.Anisimova (Usa) 0:6,6:1,4:6
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Lucie Kankova – Yasmine MANSOURI (Fra) 6:2,6:4
2nd round: Lucie Kankova – Sofia Kenin (Usa) 5:7,1:6
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner
1st round: Olga Danilovic – C. ROBILLARD-MILLETTE (Can) 6:0,6:4
2nd round: Olga Danilovic – Marketa VONDROUSOVA (Cze) 3:6,3:6
Claire LIU (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Claire Liu – Sandra BOZINOVIC (Fra) 6:1,6:1
2nd round: Claire Liu – Rebeka MASAROVA (Sui) 6:7,1:6
Tatiana PIERI (ITA) – 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007
1st round: Tatiana Pieri – U.M. ARCONADA (USA) 6:1,4:6:0:6
Katie SWAN (UK) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner
1st round: Katie Swan – Caty MCNALLY (USA) 4:6,3:6
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up
1st round: Paula Arias Manjon – Emmanuelle SALAS (Fra) 0:6,4:6
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26/05/16
12 Smrikva Bowl players in the Draws of ROLAND GARROS 2016: Dominic THIEM reached the semifinal and Borna CORIC reached third round
Over the last five years there were traditionally about 10 former Smrikva Bowl players at the beginning of the Junior Grand Slam Draws…
In 2013… out of eight possible first places former Smrikva Bowl players collected six first places: Ana Konjuh (Junior Australian Open and Junior US Open), Belinda Bencic (Junior Roland Garros and Junior Wimbledon), Gianluigi Quinzi (Junior Wimbledon) and Borna Coric (Junior US Open)…
… and since 2009 there are 14 Smrikva Bowl players holding 18 junior Grand Slam titles in total…
… and this time… there were 12 former Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws and Consolation Draws of this second Grand Slam in the season… ROLAND GARROS 2016: Dominic THIEM, Borna CORIC, Marin DRAGANJA, Laslo DJERE, Nikola MILOJEVIC, Tommy PAUL, Matteo DONATI, Federico GAIO, Donna VEKIC, Ana KONJUH, Ivana JOROVIC and Petra MARTIC…
The following are the results obtained:
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #15 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – Inigo Cervantes (Esp) 3:6,6:2,7:5,6:1
2nd round: D. Thiem – G. Garcia-Lopez (Esp) 7:5,6:4,7:6
3rd round: Dominic Thiem – A.Zverev (Ger) 6:7,6:3,6:3,6:3
4th round: Dominic Thiem – M.Granollers (Esp) 6:2,6:7,6:1,6:4
Quarterfinal: Dominic Thiem – David Goffin (Bel) 4:6,7:6,6:4, 6:1
Semifinal: Dominic Thiem – Novak Djokovic (Srb) 2:6,1:6,4:6
Players ranking:
Inigo Cervantes (Esp) – #69 ATP
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) – #51 ATP
Alexander Zverev (Ger) – #41 ATP
Marcel Granollers (Esp) – #56 ATP
David Goffin (Bel) – #13 ATP
Novak Djokovic (Srb) – #1 ATP
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #47 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – Taylor Fritz (USA) 6:3,6:1,6:3
2nd round: Borna Coric – Bernard Tomic (Aus) 3:6,6:2,7:6,7:6
3rd round: Borna Coric – R.Bautista Agut (Esp) 2:6,3:6,3:6
Players ranking:
Taylor Fritz (USA) – #67 ATP
Bernard Tomic (Aus) – #22 ATP
Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) – #16 ATP
Marin DRAGANJA, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #117 ATP doubles, played the first round Main Draws doubles at ROLAND GARROS 2016
QUALIFICATION DRAW
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, currently ranked #215 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Main Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Jordan Thompson (Aus) 3:6,4:6,5:7
Qualification Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Marco Chiudinelli (Ita) 6:4,6:0
2nd round: Laslo Djere – Nicolas Kicker (Arg) 7:6,7:6
3rd round: Laslo Djere – Adam Pavlasek (Cze) 6:2,3:6,6:2
Players ranking:
Marco Chiudinelli (Ita) – #131 ATP
Nicolas Kicker (Arg) – #153 ATP
Adam Pavlasek (Cze) – #132 ATP
Jordan Thompson (Aus) – #94 ATP
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, currently ranked #215 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Qualification Draw:
1st round: Matteo Donati – James Ward (UK) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: Matteo Donati – Elias Ymer (Swe) 6:2,2:6,7:5
3rd round: Matteo Donati – Gerald Melzer (Aut) 4:6,4:6
Players ranking:
James Ward (UK) – #173 ATP
Elias Ymer (Swe) – #118 ATP
Adam Pavlasek (Cze) – #129 ATP
Tommy PAUL, “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #206 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Qualification Draw:
1st round: Tommy Paul – A. Menendez-Maceiras (Esp) 7:6,7:6
2nd round: Tommy Paul – Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 6:7, 3:6
Players ranking:
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (Esp) – #131 ATP
Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) – #185 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, currently ranked #215 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Qualification Draw:
1st round: Nikola Milojevic – Steve Darcis (Bel) 6:3,1:6,2:6
Players ranking:
Steve Darcis (Bel) – #161 ATP
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, currently ranked #238 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Qualification Draw:
1st round: Federico Gaio – Uladzimir Ignatik (Blr) 7:6,6:7,9:7
2nd round: Federico Gaio – Guido Andreozzi (Arg) 6:7, 5:7
Players ranking:
Uladzimir Ignatik (Blr)- #222 ATP
Guido Andreozzi (Arg) – #191 ATP
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, currently ranked #76 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Main Draw:
1st round: Ana Konjuh – Arina Rodionova (Aus) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Ana Konjuh – Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 4:6,6:3,0:6
Players ranking:
Arina Rodionova (Aus) – #237 WTA
Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) – #25 WTA
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #96 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Main Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Madison Keys (Usa) 3:6,2:6
Players ranking:
Madison Keys (Usa) – #17 WTA
QUALIFICATION DRAW
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #159 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Qualification Draw:
1st round: Ivana Jorovic – Lesley Kerkhove (NDL) 6:4,4:6,6:3
2nd round: Ivana Jorovic – Mathilde Johansson (Fra) 6:4,6:4
3rd round: Ivana Jorovic – Sara Sorribes Tormo (Esp) 7:5,6:1
Players ranking:
Lesley Kerkhove (Jpn) – # 165 WTA
Mathilde Johansson (Fra) – #218 WTA
Sara Sorribes Tormo (Esp) – #190 WTA
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #145 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:
Qualification Draw:
1st round: Petra Martic – Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) 6:7,7:5,6:4
2nd round: Petra Martic – Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) 3:6,7:6,3:6
Players ranking:
Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) – # 187 WTA
Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) – #83 WTA
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23/05/16
Very nice afternoon in Smrikve... Miro and his student Zhuoma NI MA visited us :)
Miro and one of his four talented Chinese students Zhuoma NI MA, currently ranked #135 ITF, made us a surprise visit today :) …
NI MA is one of the most talented players in China in her age group… and Stefo had a great pleasure and was honored to hit for couple of minutes with her before her afternoon training :D
… an amazing and inspiring experience for eight years old Stefo…
Thank you NI MA and best wishes for your further tennis development and your tennis career!!!
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