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22/07/15

Dominic THIEM is in the winner, Borna CORIC reached the quarterfinals and Djere LASLO was in the Main Draw of 26th KONZUM Croatia OPEN 2015

Umag is a very special place during the week of July when the Croatia Open – ATP tournament is played at Stella Maris tennis centre…

Mr. Slavko Rasberger, the former tournament director, was able to create with sponsors and an army of volonteers one of the most beautiful public sport events in Istria and Croatia, confirmed also by numerous ATP excellence awards…

… over the last years tournament director Mr. Vanja Bozickovic did his best in following the path laid down by Mr. Rasberger starting from the top Croatian players that almost all were present over the last years editions…

… and from this year the Tournament has a new leadership with Mr. Lawrence Frankopan, StarWing Sports players management agency founder…

It is not easy to attract the top World players but as NIKE, one of the new tournament sponsors moto say… there is no better way then JUST DO IT :)…

The ATP tournament in UMAG was organized for the first time in 1990… and a lot of best World players played in Umag… Goran Ivanisevic, Carlos Moya, Ivan Ljubicic, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Nikolaj Davidenko, David Ferrer, Guillermo Canas, Goran Prpic, Thomas Muster, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Rios, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and many others…

In 2007, Carlos Moya won his fifth Umag title. I was there that night and it was very nice for me to see Jofre Porta with Carlos Moya in Umag. Jofre Porta was Carlos Moya trainer since he was a kid… and he also trained Rafael Nadal from time tot ime… Jofre was in Smrikve in 2006 with Virginia Pena ranked third on 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 and was the winner of 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007…

I was so happy to see in the Main Draws of single and double five Smrikva Bowl players: Dominic THIEM, Borna CORIC, Djere LASLO , Marin DRAGANJA and Dino MARCAN…

Walking around the tennis center allow you to see familiar faces :)… and the first day in UMAG on training courts we met Dominic Thiem, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner… I did not see him since 2003… it was a little kid when he left Smrikve and today is one of the most prominent World tennis players…

Tara was so happy to get her cap signed…

… he was training that day with Andrey RUBLEV… anther rising star… a very humble boy who signed with smile Tara and Stefo’s papers too…

Dominic THIEM is the first former Smrikva Bowl player to win an ATP tournament… and this week is with Borna CORIC, another Smrikva Bowl player, and one of the most prominent players in the World… and FOGNINI… they were both candidates to the tournaments final and Dominic in end crowned himself the winner of the 26th annual…

Smrikva Bowl players results in the single Main Draw of 26th KONZUM Croatia OPEN 2015 are the following:

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #26 ATP:

Main Draw:

1st round: Dominic Thiem – bye
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Dusan Lajovic (Srb) 6:1,3:1 ret.
Quarterfinals: D. Thiem – A.Haider-Maurer (Aut) 6:7,6:1,3:0 ret.
Semifinals: Dominic Thiem – Gael Monfils (Fra) 1:6,6:3,6:1
Finals: Dominic Thiem – Joao Sousa (Por) 6:4,6:1

Players ranking:
Dusan Lajovic (Srb) – #119 ATP
Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) – #61 ATP
Gael Monfils (Fra) – #17 ATP
Joao Sousa (Por) – #51 ATP

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #36 ATP:

Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – Marcel Granollers (Esp) 6:3,6:3
2nd round: Borna Coric – Aljaz Bedene (Uk) 6:4,6:4
Quarterfinals: Borna Coric – R.Bautista Agut (Esp) 3:6,3:6

Players ranking:
Marcel Granollers (Esp) – #71 ATP
Aljaz Bedene (Uk) – #70 ATP
Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) – #23 ATP

Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, currently ranked #176 ATP:

Main Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Dusan Lajovic (Srb) 3:6,3:6

Qualification Draws:
1st round: Laslo Djere – bye
2nd round: Laslo Djere – Nikola Mektic (Cro) 6:3, 7:5
3rd round: Laslo Djere – Roberto Marcora (Ita) 7:5, 6:3

Players ranking:
Nikola Mektic (Cro) – #390 ATP
Roberto Marcora (Ita) – #242 ATP

Dusan Lajovic (Srb) – #119 ATP

It was a pleasure to see Laslo playing 10 years after his Smrikva Bowl… and to see again his father that did not change at all… the same kindness and smile as he first entered Konoba when Laslo was only 8 years old… and in 2003 Laslo played with Dominic Thiem :)…

… and another surprise was to meet Drazen Prcic, a sport journalist and author of various books, among which I am pleased to recall the book Wild Card, which is part of the Smrikva Bowl Library… Drazen is friend of friends :)…

… Gael Monfils, donated this year to the Smrikva Bowl Lucky Draw his signed t-shirt, together with Borna Coric, Ana Ivanovic, Katie Swan and Dominic Thiem… and to see him play is simply fun and joy… and we had pleasure to see him playing double with his friend who tried his best… but the opponents were just a little bit better…

… every year more and more Smrikva kids growing up into stars makes my heart feel :) and proud of them doing their best to write one day their names on the stars reserved to the tennis players…

It is a very successful edition and true bravo to all the staff, players and visitors who are making this event one of the most beautiful public events in Istria and Croatia…

Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, SMRIKVE LOUNGE, Villa TASTE, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.

13/07/15

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update July 2015)

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 100 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #21 WTA (Jul 2015)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA (Jun 2012)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #62 WTA (Jul 2013)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #84 WTA (Nov 2014)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)

• TOP 100 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #28 ATP (Jul 2015)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #37 ATP (Jul 2015)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)

As of 13th of July 2015 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 32 players TOP 800 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #21 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #69 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #70 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #132 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #141 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #184 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #240 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #265 on WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #268 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #284 WTA

Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #311 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #334 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #340 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #344 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #399 WTA
Tena Lukas – 2005 player – #409 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #421 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #428 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #459 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #463 WTA

Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #482 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #524 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #563 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #619 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #635 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #655 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #684 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #702 WTA
Francesca PALMIGIANO – 2004 player – #704 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #739 WTA

Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #751 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #774 WTA

• 17 players TOP 800 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #28 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #37 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #177 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #183 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #207 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #309 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #367 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 403 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #437 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #456 ATP

Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #594ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #596 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #601 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semifinalist – #686 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #714 ATP
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #769 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #794 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #27 ATP

• 9 boys and 10 girls… in total 19 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #10 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #13 Tommy PAUL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and runner up (doubles)
- #24 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #46 Gian Marco MORONI
- #57 Patrik RIKL
- #77 Alex DE MINAUR
- #86 Yshai OLIEL
- #94 LLoyd HARRIS
- #99 Nicola KUHN

GIRLS:
- #6 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #11 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #22 Michaela GORDON
- #27 Seone MENDEZ
- #30 Ingrid NEEL
- #33 Clair LIU
- #59 Maia LUMSDEN
- #71 Nina POTOCNIK
- #76 Viktoria KUZMOVA
- #82 Lucie KANKOVA

• 3 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Miomir KECMANOVIC #1, Patrik RIKL #3, Nicolas KUHN #6, Katie SWAN #2, Lucie KANKOVA #10)

• 2 boy and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #7, Duje AJDUKOVIC #8, Helene PELLICANO #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…

BOYS
Vilim VISAK, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, from Croatia. Vilim’s best ranking was #612 in March 2006.

GIRLS
Ivana LISJAK, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, from Croatia. Ivana’s best ranking was #*95 on WTA list* in June 2006.

Astrid BESSER, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, from Italy. Atrid’s best ranking was #*356 on WTA list* in March 2009.

Tereza MRDEZA, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*184 on WTA list*. Tereza’s best ranking was # 151 on WTA list in April 2013.

Adelchi VIRGILI, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Italy, is currently ranked #*596 on ATP list*.

2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…

BOYS
Marin DRAGANJA, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #27 on ATP double ranking list.
Dino MARCAN, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #*769 on ATP ranking list*.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #*141 on WTA list*. Petra’s best raning is #*42 on WTA list* as of June 2012.

IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #367 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #*170 on ATP list* (Apr 2002).
Giacomo MICCINI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, is currently ranked #*1147 on ATP list*.
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*686 on ATP list*.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*1236 on ATP list*.
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #*207* on ATP list*.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #*830* on ATP list*.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #*794* on ATP list*.

GIRLS
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #344 on WTA ranking list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #69 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #751 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #*28 on ATP ranking list*.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain.
Ciprian PORUMB, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia.
Nik RAZBORSEK, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Slovenia, is ranked #714 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #69 on WTA list*.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #399 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #463 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #878 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #437 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #594 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #819 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia.
Angelica MORATELLI, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from Italy, is ranked #1116 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #704 on WTA ranking list.
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #684 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #183 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked 177 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #403 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #309 on ATP list.
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #37 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #1049 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1382 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #896 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #268 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #334 on WTA ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #*132 on WTA list*.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #340 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #774 on WTA list.
Vladica BABIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 quarterfinalist, from Montenegro.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #240 on WTA ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #403 on ATP list.
Filip KRALJEVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1445 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1346 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain.
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #802 on WTA list.
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #421 on WTA list.
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #21 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #284 on WTA list

2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Sacha MERZETTI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Italy, is ranked #606 on ITF ranking list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #101 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #2113 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is ranked #236 on ITF ranking list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #951 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #70 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #945 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #265 on WTA list.
Bianka BEKEFI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Hungary, is ranked #774 on ITF ranking list.
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #189 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1055 on ATP ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #456 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and doubles runner up.

Ndindi NDUNDA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.
Domonique GARLEY, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Luka PANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Switzerland, is ranked #1301 on ITF ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #971 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked #557 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #1211 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #59 on ITF ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #482 on WTA ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #428 on WTA ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #205 on ITF ranking list.
Gabriella Patricia TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #1145 on WTA ranking list.
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #477 on ITF ranking list.
Petra GRANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1089 on ITF ranking list.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #563 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #635 on WTA ranking list and is the Junior AUASTRALIAN OPEN 2015 Winner.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #9 on ITF ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 doubles runner up.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #524 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THUS 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
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from Spain, is ranked #322 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #131 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is ranked #82 in under 16 european ranking.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #28 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #123 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #584 on ITF ranking list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #57 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #889 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #502 in under 16 european ranking.
Alex *DE MINAUR*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #74 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #602 on WTA ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #416 on ITF ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #269 on ITF ranking list.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is ranked #1622 on ITF ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #82 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #838 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #163 on ITF ranking list.
Alessia WELTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Switzerland, is ranked #775 on ITF ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #158 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #801 on ITF ranking list.
Alex GEE, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #655 on WTA ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA.

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, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Spain, is ranked #99 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #82 in under 16 european ranking.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #86 on ITF ranking list.
Andrei Taica RADU, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania.
Matic PODLIPNIK, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 player.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1505 on ITF ranking ranking.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #40 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #416 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #376 in under 16 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #2082 on ITF ranking list.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #596 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #417 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #114 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #530 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #521 on ITF ranking list.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #220 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #664 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #792 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Max MOTLAGH, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

Claire LIU, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #33 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1880 on ITF ranking list.

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, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #8 in under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #11 in under 14 european ranking.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Spain is ranked #7 in under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro SERRANO OSOBA, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Spain.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #15 in under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #296 in under 14 european ranking.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #302 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #37 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #21 in under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #195 in under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #195 in under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #44 in under 14 european ranking.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #57 in under 14 european ranking.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #16 in under 14 european ranking.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #42 in under 14 european ranking.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #47 in under 14 european ranking.

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
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #205 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #106 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #96 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #328 on under 14 european ranking.
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #83 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #128 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #43 on under 14 european ranking.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #179 on under 14 european ranking.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #137 on under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa.

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
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Carlos ALVAREZ GARFIA, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Daniel RINCON YAGUE, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Kyle BILCHEV, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up, from UK, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Kornelia HUNCAK, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Selin Lidya SEPKEN, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Turkey, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

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, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, from UK-Thailand, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ante CIKOJEVIC, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 runner up, from Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Enrico BALDISSERRI, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Danil SOBOLIEV, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Ukraine, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Tea LUKIC, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, from Serbia – Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Aliona FALEI, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 runner up, from Belarus, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Emma VALLETTA, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Czech Republic, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

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, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner, from Monte Negro, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Iker SEVILLA, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 runner up, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Marc MAJDANDZIC, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner, from Russia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Anja PETKOVIC, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Mara GAE, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Rumenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Czech Republic, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

05/07/15

12 Smrikva Bowl players are in the Main Draws of the Junior WIMBLEDON 2015... Viktoria KUZMOVA reached semifinals... reached quarterfinals: Katie SWAN, Michaela GORDON, William BLUMBERG and Tommy PAUL...

The Junior WIMBLEDON 2015 had 12 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws out of 128: 8 girls and 4 boys…

In the second round there were 10 players out of 64…

In the third round there were 7 players out of 32…

In the quarterfinals there are 5 players out of 16…

One player reached semifinals…

GIRLS:

Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 semifinalist
1st round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) 7:6,6:4
2nd round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Raveena Kingsley (USA) 4:6,7:6,6:4
3rd round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Caroline Dolehide (USA) 4:6,6:4,6:4
Qarterfinals: Viktoria Kuzmova – Katie Swan (Gbr) 7:6,6:0
Semifinals: Viktoria Kuzmova – Sofya Zhuk (Rus) 1:6, 3:6

Katie SWAN (GBR) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner
1st round: Katie Swan – Seone Mendez (Aus) 6:7,6:2,6:4
2nd round: Katie Swan – Deria Nur Haliza (Ina) 6:1, 6:2
3rd round: Katie Swan – Sofia Kenin (USA) 7:6,6:2
Qarterfinals: Katie Swan – Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 6:7,0:6

Michaela GORDON (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Michaela Gordon – Rebeka Masarova (Sui) 6:7,7:6,6:2
2nd round: Michaela Gordon – Pranjala Yadlapalli (Ind) 6:2, 6:3
3rd round: Michaela Gordon – Olesya Pervushina (Rus) 1:6,7:6,6:2
Qarterfinals: Michaela Gordon – Vera Lapko (Blr) 3:6,6:7

Clair LIU (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Clair Liu – Luisa Stefani (Bra) 6:0, 6:1
2nd round: Clair Liu – Evgeniya Levashova (Rus) 5:7,6:2,7:5
3rd round: Clair Liu – Tornado Alicia Black (USA) 3:6,2:6

Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: T.Mihalikova – Aleksandra Pospelova (Rus) 1:6,6:3,6:2
2nd round: Tereza Mihalikova – Ingrid Neel (USA) 6:7,6:2,6:4
3rd round: Tereza Mihalikova – Vera Lapko (Blr) 2:6,5:7

Ingrid NEEL (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Ingrid Neel – Lauryn John-Baptiste (Gbr) 6:4, 6:2
2nd round: Ingrid Neel – Tereza Mihalikova (Svk) 7:6,2:6;4:6

Maia LUMSDEN (GBR) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up
1st round: Maia Lumsden – Dalma Galfi (Hun) 7:5, 6:3
2nd round: Maia Lumsden – Tornado Alicia Black (USA) 1:6,1:6

Seone MENDEZ (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Seone Mendez – Katie Swan (GBR) 7:6,2:6,4:6

BOYS:

William BLUMBERG (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: William Blumberg – Djurabeck Karimov (UZB) 6:7,6:4,6:4
2nd round: William Blumberg – Alberto Lim (Phi) 6:4, 6:1
3rd round: William Blumberg – Denis Shapovalov (Can) 6:4,6:2
Quarterfinals: William Blumberg – Reilly Opelka (USA) 3:6,3:6

Tommy PAUL (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007
1st round: Tommy Paul – Benjamin Hannestad (Den) 6:1, 6:1
2nd round: Tommy Paul – Juan Jose Rosas (Per) 6:4,3:6,6:2
3rd round: Tommy Paul – Johan Nikles (Sui) 6:3, 6:1
Quarterfinals: Tommy Paul – Patrik Niklas-Salminen (Fin) 4:6,6:1,4:6

Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Finn Bass (UK) 3:6,6:3,6:1
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Patrik Niklas-Salminen (Fin) 3:6,3:6

Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Reilly Opelka (USA) 6:4,3:6,11:13

Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.

02/07/15

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Photo Gallery is on line and the Smrikva Bowl Library list was updated...

20th SMRIKVA BOWL 2015 PHOTO GALLERY

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Photo Gallery

SMRIKVA BOWL LIBRARY… over 700 books from 61 country

Smrikva Bowl Library

30/06/15

20 Smrikva Bowl 2015 edition videos are on line

20th SMRIKVA BOWL 2015 video

20th SMRIKVA BOWL 2015 GIRLS Finals

Alena KASATKINA vs. Anja PETKOVIC

20th SMRIKVA BOWL 2015 BOYS Finals

Branko DJURIC vs IKER SEVILLA

28/06/15

Some pictures of the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 actors :)... taken during the Sixth and Final day of their Smrikva Bowl... the AWARDING day... and the cake and swimming pool day :)

Smrikva Bowl finals are played since 1996 with linesman and ball boys… and at 8:30 AM everything was ready for the final act of this year 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Opera stage… :)

The Finals and Awarding ceremony day of the 20h annual started with traditional Staff gathering…

… over 100 invisible hands that make MORE THEN TENNIS a reality for a week… year after year…

The girls finals are per tradition scheduled at 9:00 AM and it always start with flower pictures of the finalists…

… the Main actors of this year Opera final act were Anja Petkovic and Alena Kasatkina :)…

… Anja to serve… flying towards the sky…

and here you see Alena in action…

… over the years the seeds of the Legends change but the stage remain the same ;)…

… it was a lovely tennis day… for all the people who gathered around the court #1 where all the 20th annual finals were played…

… another Anja’s flying serve…

… with Alena’s response…

… in the following you can see a ball boy of the 20th annual with ISTRIA FROM SMRIKVE sign ;)… our cultural Ambassador…

From the first edition ball boys are part of the stage… and this year Alena Kasatkina was able to win Anja Petkovic and take the bike to Russia…

Alena Kasatkina crowned herself the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 edition winner… and is the first winner from Russia in Smrikva Bowl history…

I am sure this is only one of the first meetings for the most Smrikva kids and there will be many matches in the future for most of them… and many opportunities to measure their skills development…

The garden of Smrikve during Smrikva Bowl always remind me a bit of a Central Park…

… in parallel with Main Draw finals… the Consolation Draw finals were played between… Jacquelyn Ogunwale…

…. and June Bjork… and this time June won…

… after the girls finals… the boys were getting ready… and here you see Branko Djuric… relaxing before the official picture ;)…

… several Smrikva girls were attending boys finals where the boys were preparing to start their entrance on the court…

… ready to go on the court… ready for the finals between… Branko Djuric and Iker Sevilla…

… before the decision who is going to serve one last picture together with Chair Umpire Damir :)…

… here is Branko serving…

… Iker in action too…

… Branko Djuric again…

… Sevilla…

… Branko…

Iker…

Branko…

… a very interesting and inspiring experience for the most young children who are starting to love tennis…

Branko Djuric showed a very high tennis talent level during the whole tournament… and in the finals was able to win today…

The same as with the girls finals… in parallel on court #2 the boys Consolation Draw finals were played between… Giacomo Nosei…

… and Daniel Zimmerman… and today Giacomo was able to take home victory…

… many Spanish players came after the finals to congratulate both of the players… for making us all enjoy their talent and game :)…

and now everything was ready for the AWARDING CEREMONY… 8 trophies were given the day before after the finals of the IGRA GAME… and there were in total 16 trophies for the singles and 16 medals too for the quarterfinalist…

… it was a nice moment because each awarded player was able to receive their award from a friend :D…

… and as per tradition… the winners always make a ride with their new bikes… and here is Branko…

… followed by Alena…

… the signature on the ball…

… for the memory of the moment…

… and with Istrian Traditional Dance Balun… the AWARDING CEREMONY was closed… and as promised…

… the winners and awarded players invited all the friends into the swimming pool :)

… o yes… here we are ;)…

… a great award before the cake :D… and there were no more battery to take a picture of it ;)… but it was supper good…

… both Branko and Alena as winners get the bicycle :)… one week training award at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris… possibility to get international Wilson contract… and Main Draw wild card for the next year Porto San Giorgio edition and Kopar Open… two important European under 12 tournaments…

It was a super particular edition… and I hope most of the kids will get a little of inspiration to keep developing their tennis talent… another great week of tennis in Smrikve…

THANKS to ALL the participants… players… families… coaches… and Smrikva Bowl Staff… FOR MAKING from the 20th ANNUAL… ANOTHER GOOD YEAR… :)

27/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Draws and Results... the winners of the 20th Annual are... Branko DJURIC and Alena KASATKINA

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Draws and Results

BOYS MAIN DRAW
Branko Đurić (MNE) – winner
Iker Sevilla (ESP) – runner up

Jose Aless Hernandez (ESP) – semifinals
Marc Majdandžić (GER) – semifinals

Pepe León Baleato (ESP) – quarterfinals
Dino Prižmić (CRO) – quarterfinals
Andrea Meduri (ITA) – quarterfinals
Andrew Salu (USA) – quarterfinals

GIRLS MAIN DRAW
Alena Kasatkina (RUS) – winner
Anja Petković (SRB) – runner up

Mare Gae (ROM) – semifinals
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) – semifinals

Malak Mansy (EGY) – quarterfinals
Klio Maria Ioannou (CYP) – quarterfinals
Petra Janigova (SVK) – quarterfinals
Mio Mushiga (JPN) – quarterfinals

BOYS CONSOLATION DRAW
Giacomo Nosei (ITA) – winner
Daniel Zimmerman (AUT) – runner up

Matej Dodig (CRO) – semifinals
Federico Garbero (ITA) – semifinals

Filippo Romano (ITA) – quarterfinals
Edin Mulalić (BIH) – quarterfinals
Daniel Phillips (BMU) – quarterfinals
Luka Plosnić (CRO) – quarterfinals

GIRLS CONSOLATION DRAW
June Bjork (SWE) – winner
Jaquelyn Ogunwale (NGA) – runner up

Lola Radivojević (SRB) – semifinals
Emma Roeck (USA) – semifinals

Anastasia Nikolova (BGR) – quarterfinals
Teodora Milić (SRB) – quarterfinals
Mao Mushiga (JPN) – quarterfinals
Tea Nikčević (MNE) – quarterfinals

“IGRA” GAME WINNERS:
Boys
Iker Sevilla (ESP)
Kevin Edengren (SWE)

Girls
Malwina Rowinska (POL)
Emma Roeck (USA)

“IGRA” GAME RUNNER UPS:
Boys
Dino Prižmić (CRO)
Matej Dodig (CRO)

Girls
Anja Petković (SRB)
Tea Živić (FRA)

27/06/15

Some pictures of the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 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
Branko Đurić (MNE)

Iker Sevilla (ESP)

Girls
Anja Petković (SRB)

Alena Kasatkina (RUS)

CONSOLATION DRAW FINALIST:

Boys
Giacomo Nosei (ITA)

Daniel Zimmerman (AUT)

Girls
Jaquelyn Ogunwale (NGA)

June Bjork (SWE) – EUROPE

BOYS “IGRA” GAME WINNERS and RUNNER UPS:

Iker Sevilla (ESP)
Kevin Edengren (SWE)

Dino Prižmić (CRO)
Matej Dodig (CRO)

GIRLS “IGRA” GAME WINNERS and RUNNER UPS:

Malwina Rowinska (POL)
Emma Roeck (USA)

Anja Petković (SRB)
Tea Živić (FRA)

After the presentation of the actors of the Day… I am pleased to share a little piece of the Smrikve c Code story…

it is a story about virtue created by training and wish to learn… and to do that this year generation and STAR WARS imagination would help me again ;)

You have already met most of the actors presented over the past days and they do not need particular presentation any more ;)…

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.

I used the above short explanation to introduce the Codes used in the Star Wars universe :)…

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.”… :)

… and today is the FINALS Day… the day of the Cake… Awarding Ceremony Day… and the Day of the Swimming Pool :D

26/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl Fifth Day Results and Order of Play for the Sixth Smrikva Bowl Day 27th of June

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Draws and Fifth Day Results

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Order of Play 27th of June

MAIN DRAW FINALIST:

Boys
Branko Đurić (MNE)
Iker Sevilla (ESP)

Girls
Anja Petković (SRB)
Alena Kasatkina (RUS)

CONSOLATION DRAW FINALIST:

Boys
Giacomo Nosei (ITA)
Daniel Zimmerman (AUT)

Girls
Jaquelyn Ogunwale (NGA)
June Bjork (SWE) – EUROPE

“IGRA” GAME WINNERS:
Boys
Iker Sevilla (ESP)
Kevin Edengren (SWE)

Girls
Malwina Rowinska (POL)
Emma Roeck (USA)

“IGRA” GAME RUNNER UPS:
Boys
Dino Prižmić (CRO)
Matej Dodig (CRO)

Girls
Anja Petković (SRB)
Tea Živić (FRA)

26/06/15

Some pictures of the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 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

Branko Đurić (MNE) – EUROPE

Jose Aless Hernandez (ESP) – EUROPE

Marc Majdandžić (GER) – EUROPE

Iker Sevilla (ESP) – EUROPE

Girls

Mare Gae (ROM) – EUROPE

Anja Petković (SRB) – EUROPE

Alena Kasatkina (RUS) – EUROPE

Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) – EUROPE

CONSOLATION DRAW SEMIFINALIST:

Boys

Matej Dodig (CRO) – EUROPE

Giacomo Nosei (ITA) – EUROPE

Daniel Zimmerman (AUT) – EUROPE

Federico Garbero (ITA) – EUROPE

Girls

Jaquelyn Ogunwale (NGA) – AFRICA

Emma Roeck (USA) – AMERICAS

June Bjork (SWE) – EUROPE

Lola Radivojević (SRB) – EUROPE

IGRA GAME SEMIFINALIST:

Boys
Dimitar Penchev (BUL) – Viktor Marko (BUL)
Dino Prižmić (CRO) – Matej Dodig (CRO)
Iker Sevilla (ESP) – Kevin Edengren (SWE)
Manuel Lazić (AUT) – Moritz Lesjak (AUT)

Girls
Tea Živić (FRA) – Anja Petković (SRB)
Alena Kasatkina (RUS) – Anastasiia Grechkina (RUS)
Airana Geerlings (ESP) – Vanesa Danko (HUN)
Emma Roeck (USA) – Malwina Rowinska (POL)

Having introduced some of the actors of the Fourth and Lucky Draw Day… I would be pleased to share just few promised words behind Smrikva ;)…

Romeo…

Matej and Luka seems ready to hear part of the story ;)…

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 Andrea?… your smirking smile may show a need to explain a bit more ;)…

CULTURE, CHILDREN, SPORT and MUSIC are part of the Smrikva Bowl idea of the cosmopolitan world. It is a matter of civilization …

O yes Kodai… an inspired character…

…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…

You are still young Vanesa…

… 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.)…

Tea and Mio…

… and also Emma and Mao…

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, Gael Monfils…

… and their success could teach us how fear and anger are for the brain the same as cramps for the muscles…

and Borna’s gift may help me to say…

… what Master Yoda noted “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”…

O yes Taki, Malak, Tea and Lara… 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…

Try to remember the following Malak :D

… “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.”

Dominic Thiem t-shirt he had on this year Australian Open… won Ofek… and I am pleased to say to Ofek and the other 20th annual Ambassadors…

that … 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 ;)….

25/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl Fourth Day Results and Order of Play for the Fifth Smrikva Bowl Day 26th of June

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Draws and Fourth Day Results

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Order of Play 26th of June

GAME “IGRA” WILL FOLLOW BRIONI ISLANDS VISIT

MAIN DRAW SEMIFINALS:

Boys
Branko Đurić (MNE) – EUROPE
Jose Aless Hernandez (ESP) – EUROPE
Marc Majdandžić (GER) – EUROPE
Iker Sevilla (ESP) – EUROPE

Girls
Mare Gae (ROM) – EUROPE
Anja Petković (SRB) – EUROPE
Alena Kasatkina (RUS) – EUROPE
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) – EUROPE

CONSOLATION DRAW SEMIFINALS:

Boys
Matej Dodig (CRO) – EUROPE
Giacomo Nosei (ITA) – EUROPE
Daniel Zimmerman (AUT) – EUROPE
Federico Garbero (ITA) – EUROPE

Girls
Jaquelyn Ogunwale (NGA) – AFRICA
Emma Roeck (USA) – AMERICAS
June Bjork (SWE) – EUROPE
Lola Radivojević (SRB) – EUROPE

25/06/15

Some pictures of the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 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… girls quarterfinalist were known already yesterday and today we get the quarterfinalist of the boys Main Draw and of both Consolation Draws…

Third day is also the FORUM day… knowledge sharing day…

I am pleased to start today’s story with the following artistic group :) Given… Jacquelyn… Lara… Julia… and friends… ;) and also 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…

… and with Andrea’s picture I would like to say that I do like books ;)…

With this year edition Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors are spread in over 70 countries and all the continents… and the library reached around 700 books from around 60 countries…

… Alvaro’s serve will help me to say… that 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…

… and… with Dino’s forehand… I would explain that 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.

… Ofek’s backhand will help me to say… that 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 Iker, Alvaro y Jose ;)… 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.

Adriana above and Pepe below will help me explain the importance of a quality book…

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 ;)

With above Federico’s picture… 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.

… and with Andrew, Lev and Ofek… 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” :)

…today the “IGRA” game will continue after the single matches…

MAIN DRAW QUARTERFINALS:

Boys
Dino Prižmić (CRO) – EUROPE
Branko Đurić (MNE) – EUROPE
Jose Aless Hernandez (ESP) – EUROPE
Pepe León Baleato (ESP) – EUROPE
Andrew Salu (USA) – AMERICAS
Marc Majdandžić (GER) – EUROPE
Iker Sevilla (ESP) – EUROPE
Andrea Meduri (ITA) – EUROPE

Girls
Klio Maria Ioannou (CYP) – EUROPE
Mare Gae (ROM) – EUROPE
Malak Mansy (EGY) – AFRICA
Anja Petković (SRB) – EUROPE
Alena Kasatkina (RUS) – EUROPE
Mio Mushiga (JPN) – ASIA
Petra Janigova (SVK) – EUROPE
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) – EUROPE

CONSOLATION DRAW QUARTERFINALS:

Boys
Matej Dodig (CRO) – EUROPE
Filippo Romano (ITA) – EUROPE
Giacomo Nosei (ITA) – EUROPE
Luka Plosnić (CRO) – EUROPE
Daniel Zimmerman (AUT) – EUROPE
Edin Mulalić (BIH) – EUROPE
Federico Garbero (ITA) – EUROPE
Daniel Phillips (BMU) – AMERICAS

Girls
Mao Mushiga (JPN) – ASIA
Jaquelyn Ogunwale (NGA) – AFRICA
Emma Roeck (USA) – AMERICAS
Anastasia Nikolova (BGR) – EUROPE
Teodora Milić (SRB) – EUROPE
June Bjork (SWE) – EUROPE
Tea Nikčević (MNE) – EUROPE
Lola Radivojević (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…

and with the artistic group the third day’s picture report is concluded ;)

Today is the day of QUARTERFINALS… the day of IGRA… and the LOTTERY DAY :D

24/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl Third Day Results and Order of Play for the Fourth Smrikva Bowl Day 25th of June

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Draws and Third Day Results

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Order of Play 25th of June

GAME “IGRA” WILL FOLLOW BY THE SINGLE MATCHES

MAIN DRAW QUARTERFINALS:

CONSOLATION DRAW QUARTERFINALS:

24/06/15

Some pictures of the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 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… and will start with Teodora who was the first to sign the Ambassador picture…

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree… and Theo’s expression will help me to give you few more details behind the idea ;)…

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… and Branko’s nomination may help you to remember that ;)…

…Malwina’s nomination picture to anchor that 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 for the first time it was the name and a Grand Slam ;)… the children know the story…

During the ceremony of the 20th Smrikva Bowl Olive Tree Generation… the tree received new names… and Emma was among them :)…

… Yakup smile help me to say that… the Olive tree is a symbol of peace… but the age of the tree means intergenerational responsibility…

Jaka will remind that… 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… :)

… while Mare and Viktor on the Ambassador’s door will help me to share that to me… 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… ;)

… Rania might already know or learn one day… that the 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…

and Vanessa smile how… Love, friendship and empathy are all Cosmopolitan values per excellence, as far as people and humanity are concerned…

… O yes Jacquelin… 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.

and Aryan nomination will help to say that… Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think abuout empathy, intuition and loyalty.

… there are other important relationships in the Lion King Malak… and the relationship between Simba and Nola reminds me again about the importance of love… :)

… with Tara’s nomination I would like to remind that Rafiki, the wise old baboo, with his many centuries old tree reminds me about the importance of knowledge and experience of the older…

… my little friend at the door will help to say… 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”… maybe Given already knows that because her little brother truly love fairy tales ;)…

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” :)… ahora lo sabes Jose ;)

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…

Pepe y Iker’s Grand Slam victory of yesterday could help me to recall that 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… for any of our “victories” Mare:)

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 ;)

… and Given’s brother enjoyed watching her sister giving their best to do it ;)…

… o yes…

… winning with smile :)

and then ice cream award :D

… it was a long day Theo…

… long day for Marc too…

… tomorrow is the new day…

… IGRA game day…

…boys quarterfinals…

… it is the day to choose IGRA partners…

and the FORUM day…

Today the 20th Smrikva Bowl generation will discover the IGRA game… and we will get to know the quarterfinalist of Boys Main Draw and Consolation Draws…

The girls quarterfinals names of the Main Draw are already known :)

23/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl Second Day Results and Order of Play for the Third Smrikva Bowl Day 24th of June

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Draws and Second Day Results

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Order of Play SMRIKVE Main and Consolation Draw 24th of June

22/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl First Day Results and Order of Play for the Second Smrikva Bowl Day 23rd of June

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Draws and First Day Results

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Order of Play SMRIKVE STINJAN Main Draw 23rd of June

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 Order of Play SURIDA Consolation Draw 23rd of June

22/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 started today at 8:20 AM with presentation of over 100 tennis talents from over 40 countries and all the continents...

Early this morning the talents started to gather for their Smrikva Bowl beginning… and here we start the day with Viktor… Dimitar… Julia and Anastasia :)…

With the new countries Smrikva Bowl will reach over 70 countries represented on the tournament since Smrikva Bowl foundation in 1996…

… and on the 20th annual there are over 40 countries represented and many more nations because many Smrikva Bowl kids do have more than one passport :)

… the players were presented…

and Malwina had the honor to start the players presentation on the court…

… 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… over 1570 names in 20 editions :)

and it is always a pleasure to wish to the players a good game… and this year ART DANCE gift helped us to do it :)

Tomorrow at 6:00 PM 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 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 close to 700 cultural books from over 60 countries… tomorrow at 6:00 PM each book will be presented… and the century old olive tree of the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 generation will be planted…

21/06/15

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 players list - "seeds of the Legends"...

World in Smrikve … Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors network will be spread in over 70 countries after Tuesday’s Ambassador Nomination Ceremony… for eight new countries the Ambassadors should be nominated…

The level of the players is expected to be very high again this year among 107 registered participants from over 40 countries and all the continents… this year is one of the annuals with the highest concentration of top tennis talents in an annual since Smrikva Bow foundation in 1996…

The list of the names of the players that honored us with their arrival to Smrikve this year is the following:

Girls

Valentina Kovačić (CRO)
Filipa Knežević (SWE)
Dana Kamal (EGY)
Mao Mushiga (JPN)
Tea Živić (FRA)
Klio Maria Ioannou (CYP)
Mare Gae (ROM)
Petra Marčinko (CRO)
Andrea Kristo (AUS)
Evin Musabegović (BIH)
Tea Nikčević (MNE)
Anastasia Grechkina (RUS)
Emma Roeck (USA)
Malak Mansy (EGY)
Lara Stojanovski (SRB)
Bogna Zaklukiewicz (POL)
Rania Musić (BIH)
Julia Zlateva (BGR)
Paula Hrnčić (SRB)
Vanesa Danko (HUN)
Korina Martinčić (CRO)
Emma Ghirardato (ITA)
Anja Petković (SRB)
Alexandra Eala (PHL)
Nikki Kaurić (CRO)
Jaquelyn Ogunwale (NGA)
Teodora Milić (SRB)
Alena Kasatkina (RUS)
Malwina Rowinska (POL)
Roisin Gilheany (AUS)
Vanja Cado (SWE)
Tara Sladaković (CRO)
Mio Mushiga (JPN)
Adel Pilosyan (RUS)
June Bjork (SWE)
Ariana Geerlings (ESP)
Leticia Tarocco (CRO)
Sofia Stanković (BIH)
Anastasia Nikolova (BGR)
Ema Midžić (CRO)
Petra Janigova (SVK)
Ivona Ahčan (SVN)
Given Roach (BRB)
Tena Rajki (CRO)
Lola Radivojević (SRB)
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE)

Boys

Dino Prižmić (CRO)
Jaka Tomažin (SVN)
Aryan Jow Vurghese (KW)
Alvaro Fernandez Quiz (ESP)
Matej Dodig (CRO)
Kodai Ishikawa (JPN)
Matic Križnik (SVN)
Kevin Edengren (SWE)
Marko Nikolić (SRB)
Walker Allen (USA)
Amar Kolić (BIH)
Filippo Romano (ITA)
Fran Kuna (CRO)
Tim Kušter (SVN)
Branko Đurić (MNE)
Aleksa Pisarić (SRB)
Giacomo Nosei (ITA)
Leonit Nushi (UNK)
Borna Pejić (CRO)
Lorenzo Sciahbasi (ITA)
Jose Aless Hernandez Frias (ESP)
Yanik Maarsen (NED)
Mikolai Bankou (BLR)
Ofek Shimanov (ISR)
Max Horvatić (CRO)
Leon Borčić (GER)
Ljev Lutkov (RUS)
Lazar Dimitrijević (SRB)
Moritz Lesjak (AUT)
Luka Plosnić (CRO)
Pepe León Baleato (ESP)
Andrew Salu (USA)
Daniel Zimmerman (AUT)
Borjan Nikolovski (MKD)
Staš Hercog (SVN)
Kristian Tumbas Kajgo (ESP)
Roko Markovina (CRO)
Alfredo Gallegos (ECU)
Dimitar Penchev (BGR)
Tadej Mihajlović (SRB)
Samuel Guzon (SVK)
Federico Bondioli (ITA)
Viktor Morkov (BGR)
Edin Mulalić (BIH)
Kerem Cavit Bayrak (TUR)
Marc Majdandžić (GER)
Theodore Purkis (GBR)
Mihajlo Stanojević (SRB)
Federico Garbero (ITA)
Iker Sevilla (ESP)
Roko Mađor (CRO)
Noah Klaassen (NED)
Mateja Gojković (SRB)
Matthias Uwe Kask (CAN)
Daniel Phillips (BMU)
Vojtech Doubek (CZE)
Manuel Lazić (AUT)
Romeo Hadžimehmedović (SRB)
Filip Dubovečak (CRO)
Yakup Uzunel (DEN)
Andrea Meduri (ITA)

The opening ceremony is scheduled for 8:20 AM while, tomorrow at 6:00 PM 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 players will be nominated Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors that will be followed by the Olive Tree planting ceremony…

21/06/15

The final registration for the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 players started... and talents from all the continents started to reach Smrikve's theatre stage... for the new page of the story of "the seeds of the legends"...

It was a long day of presentations… meeting each other for the first time… and getting the final guidance for the 20th annual… for both families, coaches and players…

I am pleased to present Mao… and Mao and her sister Mio… with their friend Kodai will continue the Japanese tradition of their predecessor Kawakami, Himari, Rio, Kyoka and many others Smrikva had pleasure to host and meet over the years :)…

… and in the following I am pleased to present Lev and Ofek… both friends of common friends… Artem and Yshai :)…

… and tennis talents developers Toru and Ariel…

Andrew and Matthias… having a chat… two talents from the US and Canada… “Little Mo” friends :)…

…per tradition, to register every Smrikva Bowl player bring a book with him or her representing the heritage of the place where they are coming from… and with this year books donation the Smrikva Bowl library could reach nearby 700 books from almost 60 countries… ;)

… and in the following I am pleased to present Given with her parents… she will be the first child to represent Smrikva Bowl in Barbados after Tuesday Ambassador’s Nomination Ceremony… Barbados is one of the seven new countries for which new Ambassadors are expected to be nominated on Tuesday :)… reaching over 70 countries in total since Smrikva Bowl foundation in 1996…

… several years ago Smrikva kids started to play a special funny doubles game with music named “IGRA”… and during registration is the opportunity to present again how the game is played… and the small tennis court is of help ;)…

… the BRIONI islands story is a part of the registration information package and it starts with dinosaurs’ story… and I am pleased to present a boy who made me enjoy the dinosaurs’ story a lot… and he remind me a famous quote: “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.” :)

and after a long day… and many fairy tales, also Blaki took some time to rest and sleep…

Very soon… after the opening ceremony which is scheduled for Monday morning 8:20 AM… the list of the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 edition names will be known :)

16/06/15

Katie Swan, Dominic Thiem and Ana Ivanovic sent their little memory gifts for the arriving 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015...

Katie Swan, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, played this year junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN final with another Smrikva Bowl player Tereza Mihalikova, who played Smrikva Bowl in 2008… and the following gift to Smrikve is the racket Katie used on her first junior Grand Slam final :)

Dominic Thiem, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, recently won his first ATP title which is also the first ATP title ever won by a past Smrikva Bowl player… and the following is a memory gift for the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner… this is the t-shirt Domi had at this year Australian Open…

… Katie also sent the dress she had in Australia… and the visor you see on the pictures is a memory gift of Ana Ivanovic, long term Smrikva Bowl kids friend…

Yesterday Ana Konjuh conquered her first WTA title… and is the second WTA title conquered ever by a Smrikva Bowl player… Donna Vekic was the first one to do it…

Maybe more surprises to come ;)…