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20/04/15

1st Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2015 started... the Sensation and Hidden Force Day...

Yesterday morning we started with the first Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week… the arrival of the first players started more then a week ago… with arrival of Verdhan Karkal and his family from India… followed by the arrival of June Bjork and her father from Sweden…

On Saturday… a day before the program started… the majority of the group members reached us… Tadej Mihajlovic with his grandfather and aunt from Belgrade… Andjela Skrobonja with her mother and sister from Sombor… Ivan and Matej Sabanov from Osijek… and Luca Appino from Turin in Italy…

During the first day… also Leah Gonzales Edwards with her father joined us immediately after landing to Pula… :)

Saturday evening we started with a pizza dinner in our Konoba… and I am pleased to share just few pictures of the first knowledge sharing day…

Early in the morning with Luca… the final fine tuning for the day was made…

… and after breakfast… we started to go on the courts and make a little assessment of each player…

… here we are… the 1st SMRIKVA BOWL TENNIS TALENTS FAMILY WEEK 2015 Group… :)

the sharing knowledge week is based on two key elements… the TENNIS TALENTS Formula and Method… and learning about managing matches and the hidden force in tennis…

the on court day start at 8:30 AM… and finish after 8:30 PM in the evening… it is all about development…

and the first day was dedicated to exploring the first pillar of the tennis talents formula… dedicated to sensations… a very broad subject… and after the morning assessment… classroom introduction of the formula – method… and the launch break…

… we dedicated the afternoon in exploring the sensation elements…

… in all the learning we go through various key habits for any sportsmen… which start with warm up… and ends up with stretching and cooling down…

… after dinner we all returned to the classroom… and we’ve got a help from Yoda to introduce some of the elements to be shared over the week and related with Momentum and hidden force in tennis ;)…

Today the group will start exploring the other relevant pillars of the Tennis Talent Method… :)

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14/04/15

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update April 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 – #32 WTA (Nov 2014)
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 – #36 ATP (Aug 2014)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #54 ATP (Apr 2015)

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

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

• 25 players TOP 700 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #34 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 60 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #98 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #108 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #175 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #177 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #281 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #283 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #285 on WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #290 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #328 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #343 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #344 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #347 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #390 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #398 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #409 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS, 2006 quarterfinalist – #463 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #538 WTA
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #543 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #557 WTA
Eleanor DEAN, 2006 winner, – #599 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #640 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #689 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #695 WTA

• 14 players TOP 700 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #44 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #54 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #218 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #247 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #279 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #331 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 334 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #359 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #374 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #487 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #557 ATP
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #586 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #617 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semifinalist – #682 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP

• 7 boys and 13 girls… in total 20 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #11 William BLUMBERG
- #22 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #59 Alex DE MINAUR
- #70 Gian Marco MORONI
- #73 Lloyd HARRIS
- #80 Yshai OLIEL
- #96 Bogdan BORZA

GIRLS:
- #10 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #12 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #26 Seone MENDEZ
- #27 Michaela GORDON
- #38 Ingrid NEEL
- #43 Maia LUMSDEN
- #45 Viktoria KUZMOVA
- #47 Clair LIU
- #57 Nina POTOCNIK
- #80 Gabriella TAYLOR
- #89 Lucie KANKOVA
- #97 Dalila SAID
- #100 Ivana JOROVIC

• 3 boys and 4 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Miomir KECMANOVIC #2, Yshai OLIEL #3, Nicolas KUHN #7, Katie SWAN #4, Lucie KANKOVA #5, Michaela GORDON #9, Seone MENDEZ #10)

• 2 boy and 1 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #4, Mihajlo POPOVIC #8, Olga DANILOVIC #9)

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 #*177 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 #*617 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 #20 on ATP double ranking list.
Dino MARCAN, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #*586 on ATP ranking list*.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #*175 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 and 1st“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #374 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 #*2040 on ATP list*.
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*682 on ATP list*.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*1185 on ATP list*.
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #*279* on ATP list*.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #*487* on ATP list*.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #*867* 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 #60 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #543 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl and 2nd“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #*44 on ATP ranking list*.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain, is ranked #862 on ATP doubles ranking list.
Ciprian PORUMB, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia, is ranked #2161 on ATP ranking list.
Nik RAZBORSEK, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Slovenia, is ranked #1453 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #60 on WTA list*.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #398 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #538 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #722 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Emmett EGGER, played 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked yet on ATP list.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl and 3rd“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #359 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #557 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #784 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia. Her best ranking was # 559 on WTA ranking list in June 2012.
Angelica MORATELLI, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from Italy, is ranked #1149 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #728 on WTA ranking list.
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #695 on WTA ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Mitchel POLNET, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ATP ranking list.

Blair SHANKLE, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, is not ranked on WTA ranking list

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl and 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #247 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked 218 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #334 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #331 on ATP list.
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #60 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #1388 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1136 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1051 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia. Her best ranking was # 559 on WTA ranking list in June 2012.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #281 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #409 on WTA ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #*108 on WTA list*.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #343 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #764 on WTA list.
Vladica BABIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 quarterfinalist, from Montenegro, is not ranked on WTA ranking list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #328 on WTA ranking list.
Tena LUKAS, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #390 on WTA ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Jeffrey SCHORSCH, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.
Jose GRACIA, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.
Yale GOLDBERG, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

Dorothy TANG, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl and 5th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #334 on ATP list.
Filip KRALJEVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1453 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1345 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain, is ranked #599 on WTA list.
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #784 on WTA list.
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #463 on WTA list.
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #34 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #283 on WTA list

“Little Mo” TEAM
Daniel MAESE, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ATP ranking list.
Aries WONG, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is still not ranked on ATP ranking list.

Christina MAKAROVA, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on WTA ranking list.
Gabriella UMOQUIT, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on WTA ranking list.

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

BOYS
Sacha MERZETTI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Italy, is ranked #578 on ITF ranking list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #96 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #1630 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is ranked #198 on ITF ranking list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #680 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked # 98 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #1057 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #285 on WTA list.
Bianka BEKEFI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Hungary, is ranked #311 on ITF ranking list
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #134 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #910 on ATP ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #721 on ATP ranking list.

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 #1200 on ITF ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #918 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked #428 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #890 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #43 on ITF ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #689 on WTA ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #557 on WTA ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #188 on ITF ranking list.
Gabriella Patricia TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #734 on WTA ranking list.
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #463 on ITF ranking list.
Petra GRANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1207 on WTA ranking list.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #640 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #964 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 #11 on ITF ranking list.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #38 on ITF ranking list.
Paulina FERRARI, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF 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 #317 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #124 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is ranked #49 in under 16 european ranking.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #22 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #255 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #449 on ITF ranking list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #131 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #823 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #227 in under 16 european ranking.
Alex *DE MINAUR*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #59 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #10 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #464 on ITF ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #244 on ITF ranking list.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is ranked #1406 on ITF ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #89 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #783 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #171 on ITF ranking list.
Alessia WELTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Switzerland, is ranked #550 on ITF ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #209 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #644 on ITF ranking list.
Alex GEE, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #750 on WTA ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

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 #161 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #49 in under 16 european ranking.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #80 on ITF ranking list.
Andrei Taica RADU, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #475 in under 16 european ranking.
Matic PODLIPNIK, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 player, is ranked #464 in under 16 european ranking.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #75 in under 16 european ranking.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #25 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #464 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #669 in under 16 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #1998 on ITF ranking list.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #578 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #501 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #97 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #518 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #848 on ITF ranking list.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #1044 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #659 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #1782 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 #47 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked 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 #15 in under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #8 in under 14 european ranking.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Spain is ranked #4 in under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro SERRANO OSOBA, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Spain, is not ranked on under 14 european ranking.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #85 in under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #85 in under 14 european ranking.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #68 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #15 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #9 in under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #344 in under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #218 in under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #32 in under 14 european ranking.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #34 in under 14 european ranking.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #15 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 #39 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 #85 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #101 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #56 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #196 on under 14 european ranking.
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #132 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #55 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #49 on under 14 european ranking.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #143 on under 14 european ranking.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #113 on under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa, is too young for ITF ranking.

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 Germani, 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.

12/04/15

Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, this week with wild card reached the finals at Euro 106.500 Challanger played in Napoli (Italy)

Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, currently ranked #355 ATP… this week obtained a WILD CARD and played Euro 106.500 Challanger in Napoli (Italy) – Tennis Napoli 2015.

Smrikva Bowl

Matteo’s road to the finals was the following:

1st round: Matteo Donati – Axel Michon (Fra) 6:2, 6:2
2nd round: Matteo Donati – Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6:7, 6:4, 6:2
Quarterfinals: Matteo Donati – Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) 7:6, 4:6, 7:6
Semifinals: Matteo Donati – Marco Cecchinato (Ita) 7:6, 6:2
Finals: Matteo Donati – Daniel Munoz (Esp) 2:6, 1:6

The ranking of the player played by Matteo is the following:

Axel Michon (Fra) – #220 ATP
Andrey Golubev (Kaz) – #111 ATP
Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) – #185 ATP
Marco Cecchinato (Ita) – #162 ATP
Daniel Munoz De La Nava (Esp) – #199 ATP

08/04/15

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE 20th SMRIKVA BOWL 2015 CANDIDATES... The confirmation e-mails have been sent to all the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 candidates who presented complete candidacies in time....

All the candidates that have indicated correct e-mail address in their application forms should have received the confirmation e-mail letters by 3rd of April 2015 of:

a) their acceptance
b) suggestion to join the waiting list
c) or impossibility to invite them to play this year Smrikva Bowl.

For the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 annual the application forms received exceeded by far the number of total places available envisaged for this year edition of 96 players in total (48 + 48 Draws)…

By taking into consideration that nearby 100 players who presented their candidacy in time are ranked among TOP 3 players in the country the decision was taken to extend the number of accepted players to our maximum potential of 112 players… the new envisaged draws are: 64 boys + 48 girls draws…

Smrikva Bowl historical limit was always 100 players and we confirmed 12 players above our traditional limit…

The accepted candidates are from 42 countries and there are six new countries therefore the total number of countries represented on Smrikva Bowl since its foundation in 1996 may reach the number 70 after this year Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Nomination Ceremony…

There are players who presented the complete candidacy before the deadline and invited to join the waiting list… therefore there is no possibility to take into consideration other candidacies…

The players that have not received any confirmation e-mail but have provided in time all the five requested elements in the application instructions indicated in the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 tournament presentation please inform Smrikve Tennis Club via e-mail: [email protected].

30/03/15

The possibility to candidate players for the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 edition was Closed before 30th of March 2015. The candidates who presented their candidacy are pleased to read the following...

Smrikva Bowl is traditionally limited to 100 players…

For the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 annual the application forms received exceeded by far the number of total places available of 96 players in total (48 + 48 Draws)…

The candidates are from 42 countries…

As indicated in the application instructions: preference will have top players from each country…

There are over 90 players being ranked into TOP3…

All the candidates who presented their candidacies by the deadline date will receive the confirmation e-mail of their acceptance or impossibility to invite them to play before April 8th, 2015.

The players that do not receive any information e-mail by the 8th of April please inform via e-mail: [email protected]

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.

22/03/15

Ivan and Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, won ISTARSKA RIVIJERA doubles Futures played in Pula and in Vrsar (CROATIA)...

Ivan and Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, are still playing Istarska Rivijera… and yesterday they won doubles title of the ITF Futures just concluded in Pula (Pola)…

The day before the finals they spent some time on the court with Andrey and Leki… it was a fun time for all of them :)

… and few days after the finals they spent again some time on the court with Tara, Ivan and Andrej… and all the kids were invited to celebrate the victory with Pizza dinner ;)…

… the qualification round of the following Istarska Rivijera Future already started in Rovinj (Rovigno)… and the Main Draw matches and doubles will start soon…

20/03/15

Smrikva Bowl Library story and the spring... JRL once said... "books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind..." ;)

20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 generation will be selected in less than 10 days… and… while few weeks ago I recalled the story of circle of life that is linked to our little Ambassadors and the old olive trees we plant…

… today I would be pleased to recall another story that is linked to the books and the title of today… linked to the books but also to our players who bring them to their Smrikva Bowl… :)

…it is the story of heritage… but as written in the title… it is again a story related to the spring via pollen … but this time is a kind of mind pollen… ;)…

James Russell Lowell compared books to the bees and I like it… “books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind…”

In 2009 we started the building of the Smrikva Bowl Library… and since than each Smrikva Bowl player is requested to bring with him a cultural book that will remember his or her stay in Smrikve and will represent part of the culture to be shared with other Smrikve friends…

Nowadays Smrikva Bowl Library consists of over 590 books from 53 countries… :)

…Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors are spread in 64 countries and all the continents… and historically their task was to help us in our search of talented kids in their countries of origin and invite them to play the Smrikva Bowl but from 26th of March 2009… since Istria from Smrikve was put on line… they are also ISTRIA Cultural Ambassadors’ seeds.

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 the Smrikva Bowl Library too…

I used to write in my first book on European Union and Cosmopolitan Democracy that we are those who represent the current civilization…

I find it as 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 till today, which our institutions in part are able to pass onto future generations… sometimes this is not easy at all…

The books represent the greatest 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 that great heritage…

We have gotten used to rapid technological progress, but social and civil progress is slower… more complex. Humans learn throughout the whole lifetime, from books… schools, but mostly from personal experiences…

Smrikva Bowl mission is to develop and spread cosmopolitan values. Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people and humanity…

Thanks in advance to all the 20th Smrikva Bowl players who will help this year with their visit to Smrikve to build another piece of the Smrikva Bowl World library :)

14/03/15

A week of talents visiting Smrikve continues :)... Patrick and Conor BRADY, Maria TIMOFEEVA, Oksana SELEKHMETEVA, Ivan and Matej SABANOV, Karlo SUEVICH...

Every spring brings in Istria a lot of talented and young players… tomorrow the finals of ETA under 12 will be played in UMAG – 29th Memorial Slavoj Greblo 2015… and the Grade 1 ITF tournament 31st Perin Memorial 2015 will start… at the same moment the ITF Futures of the 43 rd ISTRIAN RIVIJERA 2015 is moving to Pula…

Patrick and Conor BRADY returned an evening to Smrikve and they played with Masha and Oksana… they were all playing ETA under 12 in Umag… and Conor showed incredible potential in playing this group of more experienced and older players :)… they had a lot of fun ;)…

… after tennis… again… all together for the dinner around the table… it was the “cavapcici” dinner :)

… and new friendship started between players who met already on International tournaments over the past…

… and below is the prize for Masha and Oksana for reaching the finals in doubles in UMAG on the tournament they played… a lot of Smrikva kids were in Umag and two of them will be playing in the finals today: Noa KRZNARIC and Stefan POPOVIC…

Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2000 runner up, spent few days in Smrikva playing with Karlo KAJIN and they are both preparing to play ITF Grade 1 tournament in Umag… this will be the second ITF tournament for Karlo SUEVICHwho this year turn 15 years old…

Also Matej and Ivan SABANOV moved to Pula this week… and early in the morning the warm up start…

for the 43rd edition of Istarska RIVIJERA 2015… tournament they play… with them also brother of 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner visited Smrikve… Tomislav DRAGANJA and his coach…

Yesterday afternoon… Masha and Oksana had pleasure to play for points with Ivan and Matej…

It was a super smiling and funny experience that all four players enjoyed…

and after many points played… and school made by girls via skype… the evening finished with Pizza in Konoba all together :)

… as I wrote in my last article… the days are longer… asparagus started to wake up and grow… and the spring is knocking on Istrian doors… and every year during spring Smrikve starts to receive visit from its Seeds of the Legends spread around the World :)

12/03/15

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

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

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #36 ATP (Aug 2014)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #60 ATP (Mar 2015)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #22 ATP doubles (Mar 2015)

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

• 26 players TOP 700 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #37 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 53 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #84 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #99 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #185 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #209 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #269 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #281 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #284 on WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #306 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #331 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #335 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #340 WTA
Katie BOULTER, 2006 player, – #350 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #407 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #413 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS, 2006 quarterfinalist – #448 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #557 WTA
Eleanor DEAN, 2006 winner, – #600 WTA
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #558 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #572 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #589 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #633 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #687 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #696 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #699 WTA

• 13 players TOP 700 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #46 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #60 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #250 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #306 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #353 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 375 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #391 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #397 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #416 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #514 ATP
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #547 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #549 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #627 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #22 ATP

• 7 boys and 10 girls… in total 17 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:

- #32 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #34 William BLUMBERG
- #51 Tommy PAUL
- #75 Yshai OLIEL
- #83 Bogdan BORZA
- #84 Lloyd HARRIS
- #88 Gian Marco MORONI

GIRLS:
- #12 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #13 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #27 Michaela GORDON
- #32 Seone MENDEZ
- #41 Viktoria KUZMOVA
- #42 Maia LUMSDEN
- #47 Ingrid NEEL
- #64 Katarina JOKIC
- #67 Nina POTOCNIK
- #75 Gabriella TAYLOR
- #80 Clair LIU

• 2 boys and 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Yshai OLIEL #2, Miomir KECMANOVIC #3, Katie SWAN #4, Michaela GORDON #8, Lucie KANKOVA #10)

• 1 boy and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #6, Olga DANILOVIC #3, Oona ORPANA #9)

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 #*209 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 #*627 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 #22 on ATP double ranking list.
Dino MARCAN, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #*547 on ATP ranking list*.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #*185 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 and 1st“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #397 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #*170 on ATP list* (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*705 on ATP list*.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*1244 on ATP list*.
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #*306* on ATP list*.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #*514* on ATP list*.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #*882* on ATP list*.

GIRLS
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #331 on WTA ranking list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #53 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #558 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl and 2nd“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #*46 on ATP ranking list*.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain, is ranked #2127 on ATP ranking list.
Ciprian PORUMB, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia, is ranked #2166 on ATP ranking list.
Nik RAZBORSEK, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Slovenia, is ranked #1724 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #53 on WTA list*.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #407 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #557 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #687 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Emmett EGGER, played 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked yet on ATP list.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl and 3rd“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #391 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #549 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #804 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia. Her best ranking was # 559 on WTA ranking list in June 2012.
Angelica MORATELLI, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from Italy, is ranked #976 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #763 on WTA ranking list.
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #696 on WTA ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Mitchel POLNET, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ATP ranking list.

Blair SHANKLE, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, is not ranked on WTA ranking list

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl and 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #416 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked 250 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #375 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #353 on ATP list.
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #60 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #1518 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1089 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1108 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia. Her best ranking was # 559 on WTA ranking list in June 2012.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #306 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #413 on WTA ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #*84 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 #589 on WTA list.
Vladica BABIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 quarterfinalist, from Montenegro, is not ranked on WTA ranking list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #335 on WTA ranking list.

Dorothy TANG, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl and 5th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #375 on ATP list.
Filip KRALJEVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1268 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1340 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain, is ranked #600 on WTA list.
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #804 on WTA list.
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #448 on WTA list.
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #37 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #281 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 #198 on ITF ranking list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #83 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #1624 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is ranked #206 on ITF ranking list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #657 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked # 99 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #1072 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #284 on WTA list.
Bianka BEKEFI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Hungary, is ranked #201 on ITF ranking list
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #145 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1155 on ATP ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #763 on ATP 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 #1162 on ITF ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #871 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked #405 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #699 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #42 on ITF ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #723 on WTA ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #572 on WTA ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #176 on ITF ranking list.
Gabriella Patricia TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #730 on WTA ranking list.
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #463 on ITF ranking list.
Petra GRANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1221 on WTA ranking list.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #633 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #969 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 #34 on ITF ranking list.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #47 on ITF ranking list.
Paulina FERRARI, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF 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 #299 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #182 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is ranked #47 in under 16 european ranking.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #32 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #140 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #423 on ITF ranking list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #148 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #784 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #121 in under 16 european ranking.
Alex *DE MINAUR*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #102 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #12 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #492 on ITF ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #244 on ITF ranking list.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is ranked #1377 on ITF ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #186 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #816 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #162 on ITF ranking list.
Alessia WELTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Switzerland, is ranked #525 on ITF ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #207 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #947 on ITF ranking list.
Alex GEE, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #754 on WTA ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

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 #380 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #47 in under 16 european ranking.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #75 on ITF ranking list.
Andrei Taica RADU, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #444 in under 16 european ranking.
Matic PODLIPNIK, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 player, is ranked #444 in under 16 european ranking.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #69 in under 16 european ranking.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #49 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #492 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #543 in under 16 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #564 in under 16 european ranking.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #555 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #580 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #123 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #590 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #1300 on ITF ranking list.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #1030 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #641 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #1752 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 #80 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked 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 #15 in under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #14 in under 14 european ranking.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Spain is ranked #6 in under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro SERRANO OSOBA, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Spain, is not ranked on under 14 european ranking.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #102 in under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #68 in under 14 european ranking.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #46 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #13 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #3 in under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #378 in under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #219 in under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #42 in under 14 european ranking.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #36 in under 14 european ranking.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #12 in under 14 european ranking.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #22 in under 14 european ranking.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #34 in under 14 european ranking.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #65 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #57 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #22 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #180 on under 14 european ranking.
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #63 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #50 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #41 on under 14 european ranking.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #124 on under 14 european ranking.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #129 on under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa, is too young for ITF ranking.

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

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

09/03/15

Matej and Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, joined us for dinner tonight :)

It was a nice surprise to see Ivan and Matej this afternoon in Smrikve…

It is the spring time… and spring is the time of Istrian Riviera…

This week 2nd in the row Istrian Riviera Futures started in Porec… and I expected to see them next week during Pula’s Future but their visit was a nice anticipation and surprise :)

… it was a nice surprise for Masha and Oksana too to meet them… and we had dinner all together… and I hope during this weekend we will be able to arrange some time on the court all together too ;)…

08/03/15

Maria TIMOFEEVA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2002 players, with her friend Oksana SELEKHMETEVA arrived to Smrikve... and also Patrick BRADY, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, made us a visit with his brother Conor :)

Maria TIMOFEEVA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2002 players, with her friend Oksana SELEKHMETEVA arrived to Smrikve… and also Patrick BRADY, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, with his brother Conor made us a visit :)

They will all, except Conor who is still too little, play the ETA under 12 tournament in UMAG…

…with Masha, Oksana, Pat and Conor we all spent a lovely dinner evening at Konoba :)

Like old friends sharing story nearby the fireplace ;)…

A big surprise to Patrick and Conor was a 9 kg Octopus they saw… it was huge… especially to Conor…

… the time run fast in a good company… and Pat and Conor with father John at 9:30 PM returned to UMAG…

… while Masha and Oksana at 8 AM were already practicing on the courts… … meeting both of them for the first time with strong Istrian northern wind named “Bura”… a lot of spin is required to play with this extreme condition… but from tomorrow the wind should calm down…

Patrick Brady meet with Maria Timofeeva and Oksana Selekhmeteva at AURAY few weeks ago… and when Patrick ring on my door… we went nearby the courts and he recognized both of them…

Patrick, although only 10 years old, qualified for the Main Draw in Auray… while Oksana played the semifinals with Smrikva Bowl runner up Kylie Bilchev and Masha reached third round because of a back injury during the match and she withdraw from the single… in doubles Masha and Oksana were this year Champions in Auray…

… the spring is knocking on the doorway… and like every year Smrikve start to receive visit from its Seeds of the Legends spread around the World :)

07/03/15

Spring is at the door... nature awakens... and soon the 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 tennis talents generation will be known... :)

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree…

… in many countries the olive tree is a symbol of peace… while the age of the Smrikva Bowl olive tree is a symbol of intergenerational responsibility…

… every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to try to understand and to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with…

… the spring moment when nature wakes up… is also the moment when the new Smrikva Bowl generation will be identified… and to me it is a nice moment to recall the story of the circle of life… :)

Smrikve, March 2008

AMBASSADORS’ OLD OLIVE TREE AND THE CIRCLE OF LIFE…

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. They 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.

The relationship between Mufasa, Sarabi and Simba reminds me of both: parents and family love, but also about the intergenerational responsibility.

Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think about empathy, intuition and loyalty. 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.

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.

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… 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.

The intergenerational responsibility alone will allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth. Enjoy the circle of life.

“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…”

Everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. 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.

Miodrag Bozovic

25/02/15

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked 84 ATP, reached the semifinals in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, USD 2,503,810 ATP 500 series Tournament

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked 84 ATP, reached the semifinals at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, USD 2,503,810 ATP 500 series Tournament… he entered the Main Draw as lucky looser and was able to win in the quarterfinals Andy Murray and was honored to play Roger Federer in the semifinals :)…

Main Draw:

1st round: Borna Coric – M.Jaziri (Tun) 5:7,6:3,6:3
2nd round: B.Coric – M.Baghdatis (Cyp) 6:4,3:6,6:6 r.
Quarterfinals: Borna Coric – Andy Murray (Gbr) 6:1,6:3
Semifinals: Borna Coric – Roger Federer (Sui) 2:6,1:6

Qualification:
1st round: Borna Coric – D.M. de la Nava (Esp) 6:3,6:4
2nd round: Borna Coric – Fabrice Martin (Fra) 3:6,7:6,6:7

Players ranking:
Daniel Munoz de la Nava (Esp) – #195 ATP
Fabrice Martin (Fra) – #350 ATP

Malek Jaziri (Tun) – #72 ATP
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) – #62 ATP
Andy Murray (Gbr) – #3 ATP
Roger Federer (Sui)- #2 ATP

16/02/15

15 Smrikva Bowl players out of 128 were in the Main Draws of the Open Super 12 - AURAY 2015 start... Kylie BILCHEV reached the finals... Charlotte OWENSBY semifinals and Daniel RINCON quarterfinals

OPEN SUPER 12 AURAY is played since 1985 and many top world players played this tournament considered one of the most important under 12 International Tournaments in the World.

Some of the known names are: Les Français Richard GASQUET, Gaël MONFILS, Paul-Henri MATHIEU, Julien BENNETEAU, Tommy ROBREDO, Raphaël NADAL, Mickaël YOUZNY, Féliciano LOPEZ, Amélie MAURESMO, Justine HENIN, Kim CLIJSTERS and Dinara SAFINA.

Over the last years several Smrikva Bowl players won OPEN SUPER 12 AURAY: Maia LUMSDEN, Anastasia MIKHEEVA, Paula ARIAS MANON, Mihailo POPOVIC, Victor JOVIC…

Out of 128 players in both girls and boys Main Draws I recognized 15 former Smrikva Bowl players…

Detailed results of Smrikva boys and girls on this year OPEN Super 12 – AURAY 2015 are the following:

GIRLS:

Kylie BILCHEV (Gbr) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up
1st round: Kylie BILCHEV – Emma BERGAIRE (Fra) 6:1, 6:0
2nd round: Kylie BILCHEV – Clarine LERBY (Ned) 6:1, 6:2
3rd round: Kylie BILCHEV – Elsa JACQUEMOT (Fra) 6:1,6:0
Quarterfinals: K.BILCHEV – D.TOMASHEVSKAYA (Can) 5:7,6:3,6:1
Semifinals: Kylie BILCHEV – O.SELEKHMETEVA (Rus) 6:1,6:4
Finals: Kylie BILCHEV – Holly FISCHER (Gbr) 1:6,0:6

Charlotte OWENSBY (Usa) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 semifinalist
1st round: Charlotte OWENSBY – Chloe CARAVACA (Fra) 6:1,6:1
2nd round: Charlotte OWENSBY – Tilwith DI GIROLAMI (Bel) 6:2,6.1
3rd round: Charlotte OWENSBY – Pola WYGONOWSKA (Pol) 6:3,6:3
Quarterfinals: Charlotte OWENSBY – Ksenia ALESHINA (Rus) 6:1,6:2
Semifinals: Charlotte OWENSBY – Holly FISCHER (Gbr) 1:6,4:6

Iva DIVAC (Srb) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 quarterfinalist
1st round: Iva DIVAC – Ling WAGEMANS (Bel) 6:2,6:1
2nd round: Iva DIVAC – Eleonore VIANO (Fra) 3:6,6:1,6:1
3rd round: Iva DIVAC – Sofia PIZZONI (Ita) 2:6,2:6

Maria TIMOFEEVA (Rus) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Maria TIMOFEEVA – Mathilde SARCELET (Fra) 6:1,6:1
2nd round: Maria TIMOFEEVA – Carla URCHOEGUIA (Fra) 6:1, 6:1
3rd round: Maria TIMOFEEVA – D.TOMASHEVSKAYA (Can) 6:7,0:5 r.

Andrea MRVIC (Srb) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 quarterfinalist
1st round: Andrea MRVIC – Chloe DONSTETTER (Fra) 6:1,6:3
2ND round: Andrea MRVIC – Holly FISCHER (Gbr) 1:6,0:6

Qualifications:
1st round: Andrea MRVIC – bye
2nd round: Andrea MRVIC – Juliette DOUKHAN (Fra) 6:0,6:2

Ana VILCEK (Srb) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Ana VILCEK – Camille BELBERKA (Fra) 2:6,1:6

Sophia Marie WEILAND (Ger) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Sophia WEILAND – Lea PERIA SIMBIN (Fra) 6:3,5:7,3:6

Selin Lidya SEPKEN (Tur) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Selin Lidya SEPKEN – Ksenia ALESHINA (Rus) 4:6,4:6

Qualifications:
1st round: Selin SEPKEN – bye
2nd round: Selin SEPKEN – Dana HEIMEN (Ger) 6:3, 6:2

BOYS:

Daniel RINCON (Esp) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Daniel RINCON – Florent CELLA (Fra) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: D.RINCON – A.VAN DROOGENBROECK (Bel) 6:4,6:4
3rd round: Daniel RINCON – Leo RAQUIN (Fra) 6:2,2:6,7:5
Quarterfinals: D. RINCON – E.MORAIS (Por) 6:1,2:6,4:6

Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (Srb) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – Antoni FABRE (Fra) 6:2,6:4
2nd round: Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – Holger RUNE (Nor) 7:5,6:4
3rd round: Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – Jack P.JONES (Gbr) 6:4,4:6,5:7

Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (Nor) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 quarterfinalist
1st round: Holger RUNE – Romeo BASTIEN (Fra) 3:6,6:0,6:1
2nd round: Holger RUNE – Hamad MEDJEDOVIC 5:7, 4:6

Abedallah SHELBAYH (Esp) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Abedallah SHELBAYH – Evan ARMAND (Fra) 7:5,6:1
2nd round: Abedallah SHELBAYH – Martin KATZ (Bel) 3:6,7:5,1:6

Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (Esp) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner
1st round: A.TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ – Clovis BENICHOU (Fra) 2:6,6:7

Stefan POPOVIC (Srb) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 quarterfinalist
1st round: Stefan POPOVIC – Mehdi SADAOUI (Fra) 3:6,6:7

Patrick BRADY (Esp) – 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner
1st round: Patrick BRADY – Leo RAQUIN (Fra) 4:6,1:6

Qualifications:
1st round: Patrick BRADY – Lucas OLIVIER (Fra) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: Patrick BRADY – Damien PERROT (Fra) 6:2,6:3

14/02/15

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 semifinalist, reached the finals at PTT Thailand Open 2015 - USD 250.000 tournament played in Pattaya

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 semifinalist, currently ranked #68 WTA reached the semifinals at PTT Thailand Open 2015 – USD 250.000 tournament played in Pattaya…

1st round: Ajla Tomljanovic – Elizaveta KULICHKOVA (Rus) 6:3, 7:6
2nd round: Ajla Tomljanovic – Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (Aus) 7:6, 6:3
Quarterfinals: Ajla Tomljanovic – Evgeniya RODINA (Rus) 7:6, 6:2
Semifinals: Ajla Tomljanovic – Monica PUIG (Por) 7:6,5:7,7:6
Finals: Ajla Tomljanovic – D.Hantushova (Svk) 6:3,3:6,6:4

Players ranking:
Elizaveta KULICHKOVA (Rus) – #181 WTA
Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (Aus) – #54 WTA
Evgeniya RODINA (Rus) – #109 WTA
Monica PUIG (Por) – #60 WTA
Daniela Hantushova (Svk) – #73 WTA

14/02/15

Ljubav ne zahtjeva da dvoje ljudi gledaju jedno u drugo, već da zajedno gledaju u istom pravcu.

Today… in many countries around the World the LOVe Day is celebrated… and I like to dedicate every year few words to this particular FORCE :)…

Smrikva Bowl mission has always been dedicated towards spreading the cosmopolitan values… and LOVe, friendship and empathy are among those values per excellence…

… today is still hard to imagine what kind of beauty the Smrikva Bowl seeds around the World will be able to create…

… they are growing… like growing seeds of the tennis of tomorrow.. spread in 64 countries and all the continents…

The title of today article… “Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”… is borrowed from a quote of Antonine de Saint- Exupéry… the author of the Little Prince book… and is dedicated to THE FORCE… we like to name “LOVe”… and I like to think of it as… the ”eVOLve”… :)

… very powerful force…

THE LITTLE PRINCE…by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry… is a very special book that every person at different age read differently.

It is a book that last over time and was likely the last love gift Antoine de Saint-Exupéry made to his wife Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.

Over time this book was translated into many different languages thus become a love gift for many generations around the world.

It is a children’s book written for the older… and I like many parts of it… especially the description that Antoine make of the adult people… the description of the moment when the rose was born… the importance of the right orders on the King’s planet… “you never know” statement… the meeting with the wise fox… the smiling stars and many other parts…

… and just one more thing… Only best friends, when they trust each other, do share their deep knowledge… and once The Little Prince and the fox created such a special relationship the fox shared a secret with him…

… “One only understands the things that one tames,” said the fox…

… “What must I do, to tame you?” asked the little prince.

“You must be very patient,” replied the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me – like that – in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day…”

… and when Little Prince come back to say goodbye the fox shared a little secret with him…

… “Goodbye,” said the fox. “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“What is essential is invisible to the eye,” the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”

… “… You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose…”

“I am responsible for my rose,” the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry believed in the title of today’s article that: “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction”…

…whatever he thought with that say… I like it… ;)

p.s. “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.” – Albert Einstein

12/02/15

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update February 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 – #32 WTA (Nov 2014)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA (Jun 2012)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 51 WTA (Jun 2014)
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 – #36 ATP (Aug 2014)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #85 ATP (Feb 2015)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #24 ATP doubles (Feb 2015)

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

• 26 players TOP 700 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #37 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 68 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #84 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #99 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #167 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #229 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #275 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #292 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #305 on WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #311 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #331 WTA
Katie BOULTER, 2006 player, – #340 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #343 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #373WTA
Dea HERDZELAS, 2006 quarterfinalist – #432 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #441 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #445 WTA
Eleanor DEAN, 2006 winner, – #510 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #558 WTA
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #559 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #591 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #604 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #630 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #675 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #682 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #690 WTA

• 13 players TOP 700 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #47 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #85 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #254 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #304 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #383 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #400 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #406 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 420 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #482 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #489 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #520 ATP
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #552 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #632 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #24 ATP

• 7 boys and 10 girls… in total 17 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:

- #33 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #36 William BLUMBERG
- #42 Lloyd HARRIS
- #46 Tommy PAUL
- #65 Yshai OLIEL
- #80 Bogdan BORZA
- #94 Gian Marco MORONI

GIRLS:

- #13 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #25 Michaela GORDON
- #33 Seone MENDEZ
- #37 Viktoria KUZMOVA
- #46 Ingrid NEEL
- #48 Maia LUMSDEN
- #64 Katarina JOKIC
- #68 Nina POTOCNIK
- #73 Gabriella TAYLOR
- #78 Clair LIU

• 2 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Yshai OLIEL #2, Miomir KECMANOVIC #3, Katie SWAN #4, Michaela GORDON #8)

• 2 boys and 5 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #9, Mihailo POPOVIC #10, Olga DANILOVIC #2, Oona ORPANA #7, Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU #8)

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 #*229 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 #*632 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 #24 on ATP double ranking list.
Dino MARCAN, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #*552 on ATP ranking list*.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #*167 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 and 1st“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #788 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #*170 on ATP list* (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*728 on ATP list*.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #*1244 on ATP list*.
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #*304* on ATP list*.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #*520* on ATP list*.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #*953* on ATP list*.

GIRLS
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #373 on WTA ranking list; her best ranking was #370 on WTA list in October 2010.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #68 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #559 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl and 2nd“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #*47 on ATP ranking list*.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain, is ranked #1498 on ATP ranking list.
Ciprian PORUMB, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia, is ranked #2170 on ATP ranking list.
Nik RAZBORSEK, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Slovenia, is ranked #1722 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #68 on WTA list*.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #441 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #558 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #675 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Emmett EGGER, played 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked yet on ATP list.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl and 3rd“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #400 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #482 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #800 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia. Her best ranking was # 559 on WTA ranking list in June 2012.
Angelica MORATELLI, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from Italy, is ranked #1009 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #766 on WTA ranking list.
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #690 on WTA ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Mitchel POLNET, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ATP ranking list.

Blair SHANKLE, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, is not ranked on WTA ranking list

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl and 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #406 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked 254 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #420 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #383 on ATP list.
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #85 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #1521 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1090 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1119 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia. Her best ranking was # 559 on WTA ranking list in June 2012.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #292 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #445 on WTA ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #*84 on WTA list*.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #331 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #591 on WTA list.
Vladica BABIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 quarterfinalist, from Montenegro, is not ranked on WTA ranking list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #343 on WTA ranking list.

Dorothy TANG, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl and 5th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #420 on ATP list.
Filip KRALJEVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1264 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1332 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain, is ranked #510 on WTA list.
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #794 on WTA list.
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #432 on WTA list.
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #37 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #311 on WTA list

“Little Mo” TEAM
Daniel MAESE, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.
Aries WONG, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is still not ranked on ITF ranking list.

Christina MAKAROVA, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #894 on WTA ranking list.
Gabriella UMOQUIT, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

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

BOYS
Sacha MERZETTI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Italy, is ranked #190 on ITF ranking list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #80 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #1624 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is ranked #191 on ITF ranking list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #609 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked # 99 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #1059 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #305 on WTA list.
Bianka BEKEFI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Hungary, is ranked #165 on ITF ranking list
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #117 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1151 on ATP ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #799 on ATP 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 #1129 on ITF ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #844 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked #389 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #706 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #48 on ITF ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #758 on WTA ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #604 on WTA ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #193 on ITF ranking list.
Gabriella Patricia TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #729 on WTA ranking list.
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #447 on ITF ranking list.
Petra GRANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1210 on WTA ranking list.
Nina ALIBALIC , 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #630 on WTA ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #31 on ITF ranking list.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #46 on ITF ranking list.
Paulina FERRARI, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF 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 #490 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #227 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is ranked #41 in under 16 european ranking.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #33 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #138 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #315 on ITF ranking list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #151 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #760 on ITF ranking list.
Andrej JOKIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #223 in under 16 european ranking.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #84 in under 16 european ranking.
Alex *DE MINAUR*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #123 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #13 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #559 on ITF ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #243 on ITF ranking list.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is ranked #1112 on ITF ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #172 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #924 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #152 on ITF ranking list.
Alessia WELTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Switzerland, is ranked #504 on ITF ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #185 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #913 on ITF ranking list.
Alex GEE, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #682 on WTA ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

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 #363 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #41 in under 16 european ranking.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #65 on ITF ranking list.
Andrei Taica RADU, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #413 in under 16 european ranking.
Matic PODLIPNIK, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 player, is ranked #413 in under 16 european ranking.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #67 in under 16 european ranking.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #46 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #559 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #531 in under 16 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #324 in under 16 european ranking.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #541 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #569 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #134 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #577 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #1278 on ITF ranking list.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #1493 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #618 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #1718 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 #78 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked 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 #16 in under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #10 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, is not ranked on under 14 european ranking.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #116 in under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #54 in under 14 european ranking.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #34 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #22 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #2 in under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #364 in under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #200 in under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #43 in under 14 european ranking.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #30 in under 14 european ranking.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #8 in under 14 european ranking.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #17 in under 14 european ranking.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #28 in under 14 european ranking.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #63 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #48 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #16 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #154 on under 14 european ranking.
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #49 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #44 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #37 on under 14 european ranking.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #113 on under 14 european ranking.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #116 on under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa, is too young for ITF ranking.

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

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

08/02/15

Marin DRAGANJA, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, with Henri Kontinen, won PBZ Zagreb Indoors 2015 Doubles

Marin DRAGANJA, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #29 ATP in doubles, won 2015 PBZ Zagreb Indoors Doubles with Henri Kontinen…

From PBZ Zagreb indoors website I am pleased to share the following for those who understand Croatian…

In summary, this is second title for both Marin and Henri… but the first for both playing together… although they played together three finals: Basel, Metz and Zagreb:

Hrvatsko-finska kombinacija Marin Draganja, Henri Kontinen pobjednik je jubilarnog izdanja PBZ Zagreb Indoorsa u konkurenciji parova!

Do prvog zajedničkog naslova stigli su pobjedom u finalu 6:4, 6:4 protiv francusko-indijskog para Fabrice Martin, Purav Raja, a obojici je to drugi naslov u karijeri.

Draganja je prošle godine osvojio Hamburg (suigrač mu je bio Rumunj Mergea), a Kontinen je, također lani, osvojio Kitzbuhel (partner mu je bio sunarodnjak Nieminen).

“Bio sam posljednji Hrvat u turniru, plan je bio osvojiti naslov i drago mi je što smo uspjeli. Hvala Henriju što je igrao sa mnom nakon Australije, jer nije bilo lako”, rekao je Draganja, koji je s Kontinenom do Zagreb Indoorsa igrao na trima turnirima i na svima su ispali u prvom kolu.

Najveći uspjeh do sada u zajedničkim nastupima bili su im prošlogodišnji plasmani u finale Basela i Metza.

Martin i Raja su u Zagrebu prvi put uopće igrali zajedno u paru na ATP turnirima, a nedostajala im je samo jedna pobjeda da premijerni zajednički nastup na natjecanju ovog ranga zaključe osvajanjem naslova. U finalu, međutim, nisu imali mnogo izgleda: ostali su bez ijedne “break” lopte, a u oba seta gubili su servis pri rezultatu 1:1.

“Finale je uvijek poseban meč, pritisak je veći. Po renkingu su Martin i Raja slabiji od nas, ali zbog toga nam nije bilo lakše”, rekao je Kontinen.

Draganja se nadovezao: “Mi smo već igrali dva puta u finalu i bez obzira što smo tada izgubili danas nam je bilo lakše, jer Martinu je ovo bio prvi, a Raji drugi finale. Zadovoljni smo, plan nam je da cijelu sezonu igramo zajedno. Ako bude ovako bit će dobro, a ako bude kao u Australiji, onda će biti teško. Cilj nam je da se obojica spustimo do 30. mjesta na rang listi igrača parova, pa da iduću sezonu počnemo u boljem statusu nego ovu.”

02/02/15

Olga Danilovic, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, reached the finals of the 33rd Les Petits As 2015 edition (Tarbes - France)

Les Petits As is unofficial under 14 World Championship traditionally played in Tarbes in France… and Olga Danilovic, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, reached the finals this year…

The following are the Smrikva Bowl players who reached at least semifinals at Tarbes since 2009…

Nikola MILOJEVIC – 10th SB 2005 C.winner – winner 2009
Borna CORIC – 10th SB 2005 player – runner up 2009
Bogdan BORZA – 12th SB 2007 runner up – runner up 2011
Belinda BENCIC – 11th SB 2006 player – semifinalist 2011
William BLUMBERG –“Little Mo”/SB 2008 – runner up 2012
Maia LUMSDEN – 13th SB 2008 runner up – semifinalist 2012
Gabriela Patricia TAYLOR – 13th SB 2008 player – semifinalist 2012
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI – 14th SB 2009 runner up – winner 2013
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 14th SB 2009 player – runner up 2013
Andrea Amalia ROSCA – 14th SB 2009 player – runner up 2013
Nicola KUHN – 15th SB 2010 winner – runner up 2014
Claire LIU –“Little Mo”/SB 2010 player – runner up 2014
Nicolas ALVARES VARONA – 16th SB 2011 player – semifinalist 2015
Olga DANILOVIC – 16th SB 2011 winner – runner up 2015

Olga Danilovic (SRB) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner
1st round: O.Danilovic – Mylene HALEMAI (Fra) 6:4,6:1
2nd round: O.Danilovic – Evgeniya BURDINA (Rus) 6:0, 6:2
3rd round: O.Danilovic – Federica ROSSI (Ita) 6:3, 6:4
Quarterfinals: O.Danilovic – Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA) 6:1,6:1
Semifinals: O.Danilovic – Iga SWIATEK (Pol) 6:4,6:0
Finals: O. Danilovic – Anastasia POTAPOVA (Rus) 4:6,4:6

31/01/15

Katie Swan: Britain's new tennis Queen by telegraph.co.uk

Today Katie Swan, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player, played the finals of the junior Australian Open and I am pleased to share an article published by The Telegraph explaining a bit Katie’s casual passion development for tennis…

On 7th of July 2009 I wrote a short note recalling the 14th Smrikva Bowl annual and in relation with Katie in my notes I found… “Katie Swan is very British in her attitude and game… very polite but she never give up… sometimes running without shoes even if it is raining thus reminded me the Ashley’s freedom style… and sometimes like a Swan in a ballet dance concentrate at every move and every stroke… “

Swan 15, set on the road to stardom by chance after taking tennis lessons on family holiday

By Victoria Ward, 30th of January 2015

It was a chance encounter with a former international tennis player during a family holiday to Portugal that set Katie Swan on the road to success.

The 15-year-old has become Britain’s brightest and youngest hopeful after reaching the Australian Open junior final, and has been catapulted into the spotlight in the process.

But her ability might never have been nurtured were it not for a fortuitous decision to take tennis lessons whilst on holiday in Portugal when she was just seven.

The lessons were intended to be little more than a fun way to pass the time in the sunshine. As it happened, her teacher had once played for Portugal and told her parents, Nicki and Richard, that she showed real talent.

Mrs Swan has said: “She had a few lessons and (the teacher) used to play for Portugal, and he told us, ‘She’s going to be a professional tennis player.’

“(I said) ‘Oh, that’s hilarious’. He said, ‘I promise you.’ We gave her proper lessons, and it went from there.”

On the family’s return to Abbots Leigh, Bristol, they booked her regular tennis lessons with Rob Hawkins, junior programme manager and head coach at the David Lloyd club.

Mr Hawkins ended up coaching Swan from the age of seven to 11, watching her develop into a promising player on the international circuit.

Swan moved to Wichita, Kansas, two years ago due to her father’s job in the oil industry, but has continued to flourish thanks to her natural ability and quiet determination.

Mr Hawkins told The Telegraph: “Katie came in having had a go at tennis in Portugal and started off playing a steady once or twice a week to begin with.

“Very quickly it was obvious that she was progressing extremely well and we increased her time on the court gradually.

“She was always keen to play and always keen to listen. She had very good concentration and wanted to learn how to do things properly- in a way, the perfect person to teach.”

Mr Hawkins brought Swan to the attention of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) when she was eight and as a result, she began to receive LTA support and funding.

She won her first international tournament in Croatia, the prestigious Smrikve Bowl event for 10-year-olds, and went on to win an Under 10s international title.

She was a member of the four-strong UK squad, coached by Judy Murray, that triumphed in last year’s Maureen Connolly Cup, an annual Under-18s competition against the US.

Swan now plays tennis six days a week, for two or three hours a day. But her success has in part been attributed to her parents’ insistence that she have a normal, rounded childhood.

They have always been keen that she remain in school, unlike many young tennis professionals who are home schooled, and have a range of interests outside of tennis.

She was head girl at Bristol prep The Downs School and was a keen hockey player, representing Avon and her school when they qualified for the Under-13 national finals.

She briefly attended the independent Bristol Grammar School before the family relocated to Kansas, where she remains in school, taking online classes since August.

Mrs Swan said recently: “She’s one of the very few players on the competitive circuit who is still in school, and we’re working to keep it like that.

“We really like her having what we think is a balanced lifestyle. It keeps her grounded. We like the structure of school. Katie went to homecoming, went to Sadie Hawkins (a traditional US school dance).

“I don’t know realistically if she can graduate, that might get too difficult. But in the here and now, she’s 15 and achieving this along with a completely normal lifestyle while she’s here in Wichita.”

Swan is currently on tour with LTA coach Julien Picot but when at home, trains with Collin Foster, Wichita State women’s coach, and Rex Coad, head professional at Wichita Country Club.

Mr Coad has described her as “a pretty unique young lady” who combines extraordinary physical ability with mental strength.

Answering questions about herself on Ask.fm last year, Swan said her favourite subject was Spanish and described her life in five words: “Family, friends, tennis, traveling, food”

Although she has developed an American accent, she insisted this week: “I’m definitely British, even though I don’t sound it.

“I’m still with the LTA and I’m not doing anything for the USTA (United States Tennis Association).

“My British friends think I sound fully American and my American friends think I still sound English. It’s funny, they both give me stick about my accent.”

Swan made he made her junior debut at Wimbledon last year but lost in the first round to Romania’s Ioana Rosca.

The Australian Open is only her third Grand Slam but on Saturday, all hopes will be on her as she aims to become the first British winner since Annabel Croft triumphed there in 1984.