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08/10/12
Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF, USTA and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update October 2012)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players that are still competing…
As of 13th of August 2012 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:
• 1 player TOP 100 WTA (Petra Martic – 2001 winner)
• 1 player TOP 200 ATP (Javier Marti – 2002 winner)
• 6 boys and 9 girls… in total 15 players are in TOP 100 ITF – (Gianluigi QUINZI #4, Nikola MILOJEVIC #10, Matteo DONATI #29, Laslo DJERE #30, Franko MIOCIC #43, Borna CORIC #50; Belinda BENCIC #10, Ana KONJUH #12, Christina MAKAROVA #22, Ilka CSOREGI #30, Camilla ROSATELLO #39, Eleanor DEAN #66, Irina Maria BARA #70, Giulia PAIRONE #89, Ivana JOROVIC #90)
• 1boy and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Gianluigi QUINZI #1, Ana KONJUH #4, Belinda BENCIC #6)
• 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Olga FRIDMAN #2, Maia LUMSDEN #4, Viktoria KUZMOVA #6)
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 #185 on WTA 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 #633 on ATP ranking list.
Dino Marcan, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #396 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #64 on WTA list (TOP 100 WTA). Petra’s best raning is #42 on WTA list as of June 2012.
Indire Akiki, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #501 on WTA list.
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 #194 on ATP list.
Giacomo Miccini, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, was ranked #1054 on ATP list in May 2009.
GIRLS
Martina Caregaro, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #577 on WTA ranking list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #356 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC, ranked 3rd on 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, best ranking was #505 on WTA list in July 2010.
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl and 2nd”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #445 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2011 finalist, Eddie Herr International and Junior Orange Bowl under 18 winner.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain, is ranked #842 on ATP ranking list. Junior US OPEN 2011 semifinalist.
Ciprian PORUMB, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia, is ranked #1671 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Jennifer Ren, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Great Britain, not currently ranked on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #500 on WTA list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #356 on WTA list.
“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
Ivan Levar, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Croatia, is not ranked on ATP ranking list.
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #837 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #859 on ATP ranking list.
Danil ZELENKOV, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from FYR Macedonia, is ranked #1303 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #687 on WTA ranking list
“Little Mo” TEAM
Mitchel POLNET, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1671 on ATP ranking list.
Blair SHANKLE, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #124 on ITF 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 #29 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked #1250 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #30 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked 921 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #4 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF) and is ranked #875 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #10 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF).
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #50 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked #1297 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, , 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #104 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #1422 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #43 on ITF ranking list.
GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #687 on WTA ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #455 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #70 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #1023 on WTA ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #121 on WTA list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #528 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #39 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
“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 #4 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF) and is ranked #875 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #117 on ITF ranking list.
GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain, is ranked #66 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #30 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF)
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #102 on ITF ranking list.
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #10 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF)
Giulia PAIRONE, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Italy, is ranked #89 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF)
“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 #22 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
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 #216 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #92 in Europe in under 16 cathegory and is ranked #730 on ITF ranking list.
Gonzalo MORELL, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is ranked #197 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #426 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #5 in Europe in under 16 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U16) and is ranked #12 on ITF ranking list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #49 in Europe in under 16 cathegory and is ranked #125 on ITF ranking list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #56 in Europe in under 16 cathegory, and is ranked #90 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100) and 961 on WTA list.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #842 on ITF ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #874 on ITF ranking list.
Ndindi NDUNDA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1019 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 #212 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Mihnea TURCU, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #437 in Europe in under 14 european ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #127 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Andrea Guerrieri, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked #212 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #103 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #4 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #5 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Estela Perez-Somarriba, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Spain, is ranked #520 on under 14 european ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #2 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #43 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Gabriella Patricia TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #11 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #18 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Justin LEE, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 #176 in under 14 european ranking.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #49 in under 14 european ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Spain, is ranked #358 in under 14 european ranking.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #19 in under 14 european ranking.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw
winner, from Australia, is ranked #60 in under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #101 in under 14 european ranking.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #76 in under 14 european ranking.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is ranked #208 in under 14 european ranking.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for the ITF ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Andrei Taica Radu, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Max Motlagh, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Claire LIU, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Alexa Butera, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro SERRANO OSOBA, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Stipan Madzar, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is too young for 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, Serbian origin living in UAE, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is too young for ITF ranking.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa, is too young for ITF ranking.
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.
04/10/12
Max and Daria Solovyeva - Dasha enjoy the beauty of the sunny Istrian autumn weather at "La Bottega" di Smrikve...
Dasha from Moscow joined “La Bottega” for the second time this year…
It was a long summer for her with a lot of tournaments… and a lot of good results… since her last visit in May… she further grew up :)... and now is a big Dasha ;)...
... the weather is extraordinary… it was nice during whole September… and is still almost summer time…
... nice time for tennis… and Max, Ari, Silvia, Karlo and Dasha can fully enjoy it at “LA BOTTEGA” di Smrikve…
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.
30/09/12
A good news for the Smrikva Bowl friends... Luca APPINO founded APPINO TENNIS ACADEMY (ATA) in Sanremo (ITALY) :)
Luca Appino is a long term Smrikva Bowl friend and Golden Honorary Member since this title was established. He was for many years Babolat Director Of Sports Marketing and contributed to built up Babolat from a string company to one of the largest racquet manufacturers in the World. He is also credited for signing contracts with players such as Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Carlos Moya, Dinara Safina, Nadia Petrova, Aravane Rezzai, etc.
The new challenge that Luca just announced is the evolution of the TENNIS TALENTS project and his current position at the SANREMO TENNIS CLUB: the creation of APPINO TENNIS ACADEMY (ATA).
Here is the message just received from Luca that I am pleased to share with Smrikve community… :)
Dear Friend,
We are happy to announce the opening of our new Appino Tennis Academy (ATA) www.appinotennis.com by Luca Appino.
As a player or as a parent you will certainly find a camp within our Path to Success program that will fit for sure your needs and fulfill your high expectation.
Especially the innovating School &Tennis programs built to secure your future as a Pro, or as a College Player taking full advantage of the American NCAA scholarship system.
We know that managing a good balance between school, professional trainings, and tournaments can be Mission-Impossible sometimes: we will take care of it !
Thank you for reading this email and hope to see you soon in our Academy in Sanremo (Italy).
Luca Appino
ATA Co-Founder and Director
www.appinotennis.com
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.
21/09/12
18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 selection process starts today on Ambassadors Day... 21st of September...
With this e-mail the selection process of the talents for the 18th annual Smrikva Bowl 2013 starts. 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 will be held in Pula-Istria, Croatia, from 24th till 29th of June 2013. Smrikva Bowl, as some of you may know, is the tournament which boasts the top 10 years old players world-wide… not an under 10, but a “s”-uper 10…;)
There is a detailed presentation about 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 with the application form and other relevant information related with this year edition that is posted on the main page of the Smrikva Bowl website
17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 gathered top players from 33 countries and since the tournament foundation in 1996 over 1250 top players from 57 countries and all the continents have played the event… it was the first time this year that over 40% of participants accepted were ranked #1 in their countries… historically Smrikva gathered around 30% of participants being formally ranked #1.
In 2009 the cultural tourism guide Istria from Smrikve was published and this is my gift to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors and Smrikve friends with wish that a part of helping us in scouting talents around the World our little Ambassadors will also help us in spreading the word about Istria as cultural tourism destination worth visiting.
The same year, as part of the subscription fee, the Smrikva Bowl participants started to bring a book about the culture of the place they are coming from thus we started to create the Smrikva Bowl Library… this year we physically created the library that also become a classroom for the members of our tennis school “La Bottega” di Smrikve… our tennis school… the donated book till today form a library of over 380 books from 46 countries…
Smrikva Bowl mission is to develop and spread Cosmopolitan values. Children, sport, culture and music are part of the Cosmopolitan World. Last year the Cosmopolite website has been created and it is another gift to the friends of Smrikve and our Ambassadors. Cosmopolite is a website dedicated to a book describing the importance of civilisation for the talents development.
Today is 21st of September… and few years ago this date was selected to be dedicated to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors… thus became the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day … it is a good day to start the research of the talents for the 2013 edition…
Many of you are our Smrikve Ambassadors and I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the number of the accepted players will be close to our traditional number of 100 players and your help will be as usual very precious…
If you know a good tennis player born in 2003 that deserves to play Smrikva Bowl please let me know. If you would like to help in any way Smrikva Bowl you are welcome, and thank you in advance for spreading the word about Smrikve and Smrikva Bowl in your community.
... and just one more thing for the end… SMRIKVE LOUNGE ... you will hear the story of it in the following months…
Regards,
Miodrag Bozovic
P.S. 1
On Linked In – professionals networking website – Discover Istria from Smrikve group has been created where periodically the contents from the cultural tourism guide on Istria are published and if you wish to receive those articles I am pleased to invite you to join the group.
DISCOVER ISTRIA FROM SMRIKVE on LINED IN
If you have problems with the above link and would like to join please send me an e-mail and I will send you the invitation.
P.S. 2
Today we live in the internet era and creating a quality network is an opportunity for everyone… If you write personal pages, blog, have your own website or community,… and have some elements in common with the Smrikve story you can evaluate to share it with your readers …
WHAT SMRIKVE.COM CONTAINS TODAY? SPORT: SMRIKVA BOWL, La Bottega di SMRIKVE – TENNIS SCHOOL…. CULTURE: “ Istria from Smrikve” and COSMOPOLITE… WINE and OLIVE OIL … VILLA SMRIKVE, VILLA TASTE, SMRIKVE Lounge… place for your tennis, culture or simply sea holiday… these are only few connection elements that I can think off …
In end THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT… I am please to let you know that little by little our website visits YTD have passed 160.000 visits!
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.
20/09/12
Just attended Annual PTR Tennis Forum Meeting 2012 at Vavassori Tennis Academy - Palazzolo in ITALY
I participated last week end to the Annual PTR Tennis Forum at Vavassori Tennis Academy in Palazzolo, nearby Brescia in Italy… which was, as per tradition, full of interesting speakers…
Let me give you just a brief overview of the above mentioned learning experience…
This year at the Annual PTR Tennis Forum held at Palazzolo there were two new guest speakers to me Lorenzo Beltrame... and Gennaro Volturo...
Lorenzo Beltrame lives in Florida and is director of the Human Performance Institute… in particular is Director of Tennis and Mental Training…
Let me just give you a brief overview of his past experiences and awards… thus you can better understand his topics which were focused on improving mental strength and learning best tactics applied on different situations on the court...
Lorenzo Beltrame has been involved in sport all his life, first as a top ranked junior tennis player, then as a professional player and ultimately as a coach. Throughout his coaching career, he has worked with dozens of ATP and WTA touring professionals including Jim Courier and Pete Sampras. He has traveled extensively coaching players in major professional events…
Lorenzo has served as Director of Tennis and Athletic Mental Training at the Human Performance Institute, formerly LGE Performance Systems, in Orlando, Florida since 1996. Prior to joining the Human Performance Institute, he was responsible for developing and running high performance programs at Club Ambrosiano, one of the most prestigious clubs in Milan, Italy, and at two of the leading academies in the U.S.
It was also nice to see that the assistant you see on the picture above assisting Lorenzo is Elisa Villa that was in the public among tennis teachers and many years ago was Lorenzo’s student and TC Ambrosiano :)...
Lorenzo has learned and applied Dr. Loehr’s mental training system to a variety of sports for nearly a decade… currently is responsible for the Mental Toughness Certification Program…
Lorenzo is also featured as guest instructor on various instructional DVD shows produced by the United States Professional Tennis Association… and is a registered coach of the WTA Tour, holds both the USPTA Master Professional and PTR Professional certifications, and is certified as Maestro by the Italian Tennis Federation… is also an ACE certified personal trainer, and a USTA specialist in competitive player development… and was awarded the Coach of the Year and “Doc” Counsilman Science Award by the United States Olympic Committee.
Those who have interest to learn more about Lorenzo Beltrame can simply google his name and find more on what he does on Human Performance Institute website.
Gennaro Volturo with Luigi Bertino spoke about serve and its biomechanics…
I followed several PTR courses run by Luigi Bertino and one of the most beautiful DVD’s on serve is the one he made together with Riccardo Piatti, Ivan Ljubicic and Danilo Pizzorno… currently he is also the PTR head for the education for ITALY…
Gennaro Volturo is on the other side Professor at the Italian Federation National School for the Tennis Coaches since 2003… and is dedicated to the reasearch of biomecanichs and technique…
The above is the product of new alliance formed in Italy where the PTR is combining intelectual forces with Italian Tennis Federation thus it was really nice and high quality analysis speach… nice learning experience…
The other imortant part of the forum was run by Francesco Foschi, Pepe Rigamonti and Luigi Casale...
It was very enthusiastic and entertaining lesson… dedicated to Cardio Tennis and was run by Francesco Foschi and assisted by Rigamonti and Casale...
I already wrote last year that I met for the first time with this new word Cardio Tennis and I did not have an idea what it was… I enjoyed it… and there is a little additional reason why I enjoyed it that much :)...
I will first insert the picture of how the kids danced with Francesco Foschi at the Forum… and after the picture I will insert part of the article I wrote in July after last year Smrikva Bowl on how Smrikva Bowl kids danced… I hope you will like the story… ;)
Last year winter I read a book named The Talent Code... greatness isn’t born. It’s grown… written by Daniel Coyle...
This book, and a tennis teacher described by Daniel in his book, inspired me to share with Smrikva Bowl kids participating this year Smrikva Bowl a dance with their rackets…
It was the closing of the Ambassadors nomination cerimony when we took the rackets and dancing all together with smile on our faces we spent nice moments together… the kids were extraordinary in their imitation skills that evening :)...
I am pleased to share with Smrikve community and especially with the 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 players, parents and coaches that were present that day parts of the book that I also talked about on the Smrikva Bowl Forum the day after Ambassadors nomination…
Mr. David Coyle in that book was traveling around the world trying to understand if talents are born or are helped to develop… and also tennis was among the sports he looked at…
In particular David was impressed by results made in Tennis Club Spartak in Moscow… by Larisa Preobrachenskaya... Larisa passed away few years ago but I am pleased to share part of that book with the group because reading that paragraphs and learning about Larisa’s method… that was the inspiration to me to improvise the dance we did that day in Smrikve…
I would be pleased to quote parts of David’s book from the page 80 till the page 83… in my opinnion it is a book worth having in the library for those who like talented kids and for those who are dedicatint their life to develop talents in any field and also in tennis…
That part I am quoting from the book starts with the following:
ABSORB THE WHOLE THING.... This means spending time staring at or listening to the desired skill – the song, the move, the swing – as a singel coherent entity… it basically amounts to absorbing a picture of the skill until you can imagine yourself doing it…
...Some of the most fruitful imitation I saw took place at Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow, a freezing junkpile that has produced a volcano of talent: Anna Kournikova, Marat Safin, Anastasia Myskina, Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina, Mikhail Youzhny, and Dmitry Tursunov. All in all, the club produced more top-twenty-ranked women than the United States did from 2005 to 2007, as well as half of the men’s team that won the 2006 Davis Cup, and it’s done all that with one indoor court. When I visited in December 2006, the club resembled a Mad Max movie… An abandoned eighteen-wheeler was parked out front. Walking up, I could see shapes moving behind clouded plastic windows, but I did’t hear that distintive thwacking of tennis racquets and balls. When I walked i, the reason become evident: they were swinging all right. But they weren’t using balls.
At Spartak it’s called imitatsiya – rellying in slow motion with an imaginary ball. All Spartak’s players do it, from the five-year-olds to the pros. Their coach, a twinkly, weathered seventy-seven-years-old woman named Larisa Preobrachenskaya, roamed the court like a garage mechanic tunint an oversize engine. She grasped arms and piloted small limbs slowly through the stroke. When they finally hit balls – one by one, in a line (there are no private lessons at Spartak), Preobrazhenskaya frequently stopped them in their tracks and had them go through the motion again slowly, then once more. And again. And perhaps one more time.
It looked like a ballet class: a choreography of slow, simple, precise motions with an emphasis on tekhnika – technique. Preobrachenskaya enforced this approach with an iron decree: none of her students was permitted to play in a tournament for the first three years of their study… “If you begin playing without technique, it is big mistake. Big, big mistake!”
I was inspired by the above imitacija to add the music and try to see how it looks like… and it looked great and I was very pleased to learn that Cardio Tennis already existed with similar idea and concept… :)
During the meeting also Herbert Schnaubelt and Luciano Botti as top Officials of PTR gave indications of new programms that are on their way for the year to come…
PTR is always to me a growing experiences and such an experience was also this year Annual Forum :)
... and just one more thing… having explained the above… I would just say that Dasha from Moscow is again in Smrikve… at La Bottega… and I think the following picture is particular to stamp a nice smile at the end of today’s article… tomorrow the selection of the 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 edition will start…
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15/09/12
Today we collected grapes and started the 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 - SMRIKVE Malvazija collection wine production
Today we collected grapes and started 2013 Smrikve wine production. It is a long day and several people helped us during the collection process. The grapes were yellow colored and of sweet taste… and as per tradition we will do our best to make good wine…
Smrikve Malvazija is thanks to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors spread in 57 countries and all the continents. Last year we created a limited collection of 160 bottles and never above 200 bottles… it is always a gift of our family to the Smrikva Bowl families and to our friends.
Wine and gastronomy are part of a culture and wine bottle that we give to every Smrikva Bowl family is part of our cultural gift that every year we are pleased to make to our guests coming from all around the World.
The wine making is the tradition in Smrikve since 1957…
The wine production is a passion for many Istrian families and my grandfather Mate was a great lower of wine and wine making. The first thing he made in 1957 when he settled in Smrikve was planting the vineyard.
Probably not many Smrikva Bowl readers do know the story how my grandfather agreed to take out a row of vineyard to create the space for the court where today the Smrikva Bowl finals are played.
My father, me and my Uncle continue the wine making tradition in Smrikve…
Several years ago I bought a vineyard close to the vineyard planted by my grandfather and today my father and me are doing our best to get the best from what Malvasia grapes can give.
The first phase of the processing the grapes started today…
We collected the grapes but also separated the juice of the rest to obtain the golden color that usually our Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) wine has. Now for two days the fermentation will be blocked to allow the wine to start its transformation process cleaner than it is today after the collection.
In Smrikve we produce Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) and during the Smrikva Bowl we use to give a bottle of wine to every family as a memory to their Smrikva Bowl. Probably one day this bottles might be something special if our kids continue to love tennis game and continue to write the Smrikva Bowl story with their results.
Wine as part of the culture…
In the regions where the wine is produced the wine was always part of the culture of the particular site. Also the wine we produce is part of the Smrikve tradition and this is the reason why we are pleased to give a bottle to every family that come to visit us for the Smrikva Bowl.
There is an old Istrian saying: ”Vino od loze i mliko od koze” and “Kruh je za tilo a vino je za dušu”. The translation from Croatian is difficult because you loose the feel of the language. Goat is the symbol of Istria and the meaning of the first saying would be: ”Wine from the grapevine and milk from the goat” and the meaning of the second would be: “Bread is for the body, wine is for the soul”.
With todays collection as I said we started the process of transforming the grapes into wine for the 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 edition of Malvazija.
The main Istrian wines are: Malvazija, Terran, Refosc and Muscatel.
The glory of the Istrian wine dates back to over 2000 years ago…
For those who are not familiar with Istrian wine I am pleased to remined the reader that Istrian wine was considered one of the best in the Roman Empire, around 20 centuries ago, and was preferred by Livia Drusilla, also known as Iulia Augusta, the wife of the first Roman Emperor Augustus.
Livia Drusilla’s preferred wine was the Istrian wine Pucinum. Livia is considered one of the most influent women in the beginning of the Roman Empire era. It is not know what wine it was because todays wines were brought in Istria mostly by Venitians.
Todays Istrian Malvazija’s story is related with Serenissima… the Venetian Republic
The story of Istrian Malvazija, cultivated in Istria since the end of the 16th century, is fascinating and it relates to the Venetians.
At the beginning of the 15th century the Venetians occupied Peloponnesus in Greece. In the Peloponnesus region there is a town Monemvassia, also named Malvasia. From this town the Venetians started to import the wine into Venice and the other areas controlled by the Venetian Republic.
This wine was so successful and became so famous all over Europe that Venetians decided to plant huge vineyards on the biggest Greek island, Crete.
Between the 16th and 18th century Malvasia become the most important wine in Europe. In 1570 the Turks conquered Crete and Venetians decided to plant Malvasia vineyards in other areas that had friendly relations with Venice which, at that time, also included Istria.
In end Malvasia is in Istria since the above mentioned period while it is not known the sort of the wine that was preferred by the wife of the Emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla – Julia Augusta.
Giacomo Casanova in his diary talks about another Istrian sort and another great wine…
Giacomo Casanova visited Vrsar several times and in his diary he describes a good wine Refosc and nice women… That Refosc could be Terran too because if you look at the grapes you will hardly note the difference and today Refosc is mostly cultivated in the Slovenian part of Istria while in other areas the dominant sort is Malvasia.
Another excellent wine can be found around Momjan area made of Muscatel sort.
On Istria from Smrikve you can learn much more…
To learn more about Istrian gastronomy and wine please visit the E-book about Istrian cultural heritage on www.smrikve.com/istria/ named “Istria from Smrikve” or join Discover Istria from Smrikve group on Linked In.
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.
13/09/12
Donna Vekic, 8th, 9th and 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, born in 1996, reached the finals of 220.000 USD worth tournament played in Uzbekistan - Tashkent Open 2012
Donna Vekic, 8th, 9th and 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, born in 1996, currently ranked #*183 on WTA list*, reached the finals of 220.000 USD worth tournament played in Uzbekistan – Tashkent Open 2012
Donna Vekic is still very young, she is only 16 years old, thus she had to play the qualifications first… and till the semifinals she defeated four players better ranked than her among which 3 players ranked TOP 100: Monica PUIG (PUR) – # 161 WTA list; Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) – # 54 WTA list; Lara ARRUABARRENA VECINO (ESP) – # 91 WTA list; Bojana JOVANOVSKI (SRB) – # 64 WTA list.
… she’s road towards the finals of USD 220.000 Tashkent Open 2012 played in Uzbekistan tournament in details is the following:
Qualification DRAW
1st round: Donna Vekic – Nadiya KICHENOK (UKR) 6:3, 6:3
2nd round: D. Vekic – Alexandra ARTAMONOVA (RUS) 6:2, 6:3
3rd round: Donna Vekic – Monica PUIG (PUR) 6:2, 6:3
Main DRAW
1st round: Donna Vekic – Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) 7:6, 6:3
2nd round: D.Vekic-Lara ARRUABARRENA-VECINO (ESP) 6:2, 6:2
Quarterfinals: Donna Vekic – Bojana JOVANOVSKI (SRB) 6:4,6:4
Semifinals: Donna Vekic – Eva BIRNEROVA (CZE) 6:1, 3:6, 6:1
Finals: Donna Vekic – Irina Camelia BEGU (ROU) 4:6, 4:6
…while the ranking of the players played with Donna Vekic on Tashkent OPEN 2012 on the WTA list is the following:
Qualification DRAW
Nadiya KICHENOK (UKR) – # 319 WTA list
Alexandra ARTAMONOVA (RUS) – # 334 WTA list
Monica PUIG (PUR) – # 161 WTA list
Main DRAW
Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) – # 54 WTA list
Lara ARRUABARRENA-VECINO (ESP) – # 91 WTA list
Bojana JOVANOVSKI (SRB) – # 64 WTA list
Eva BIRNEROVA (CZE) – # 133 WTA list
Irina Camelia BEGU (ROU) – # 87 WTA list
Woow Donna :)!
Interview of the Day- Donna Vekic published on USD 220.000 Tashkent Open 2012 website
Sixteen year old Croatian Donna Vekic is the new star on the horizon, her game defies her age, making it to her first ever WTA semifinal of a Tour event she displayed superlative playing abilities knocking out three top 100 players so far.
Vekic who started the year playing $25K challengers, suddenly find herself in the middle of spotlight extending her career record to 35 wins and 8 losses this year.
Vekic , showed her confidence while talking to Sunder Iyer of the Tashkent Open Media in her first Interview of her career at a WTA event.
Q. About your match today?
“Reaching the semifinals at a WTA tour event has not sunk in yet”, I’m happy that I played very well . I went into the match with a lot of confidence . I went for every ball and happy to have won against a top 100 player for three days in a row now
Q. Coming into the event at Tashkent as qualifier and now a semifinalist?
Actually I’m happy that I got to play the qualifiers , I had the feeling of the courts and every match helped me to get better. My aim is to play every match better than the last one. I don’t care if I lose too, because I learn from the matches I loose. I have worked hard this year and hard work pays off
Q. You have already made 130 points and its going to be big jump in your young career?
I try not to think about all this, and if you think too much one may lose focus, All I want is to play well and do well.
Q. Your journey from Challengers to WTA tour has been like dream, when so many struggle to get here?
Like I said for every different player, things are different, it is a different game . For me It’s going to the court and doing my best, whatever is the tournament. I have great coach and I just follow what he has planned for me.
Q. Yes as a junior will you have tournament restrictions due to your age?
I leave it to my coach, he is a great guy and he will plan out the right schedule for me, the only thing for me is to focus
Q. How has been the journey from the junior level to the professional level?
I stopped playing juniors after I lost in the junior quarterfinals at Wimbledon, I decided that my junior tennis was over and decided to concentrate on the senior circuit. It is totally a different ball game, I felt I adjusted more to the senior level and have been comfortable.
Q . At 16 years, players are enjoying life on and off court but you seemed to be different and determined?
I love tennis, and I don’t think like a 16 year old. In tennis one has to grow fast and I think I have matured fast. I love tennis and want to be playing. I have to physically and mentally get stronger and focus on developing my game. The aim I have set up is probably play at a Grand Slam soon but firstly get into the top 150.
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11/09/12
Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF, USTA and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update September 2012)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players that are still competing…
As of 13th of August 2012 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:
• 1 player TOP 100 WTA (Petra Martic – 2001 winner)
• 1 player TOP 200 ATP (Javier Marti – 2002 winner)
• 6 boys and 10 girls… in total 16 players are in TOP 100 ITF – (Gianluigi QUINZI #4, Nikola MILOJEVIC #8, Matteo DONATI #32, Laslo DJERE #33, Borna CORIC #34, Franko MIOCIC #45; Belinda BENCIC #10, Ana KONJUH #12, Ilka CSOREGI #23, Christina MAKAROVA #24, Camilla ROSATELLO #42, Eleanor DEAN #57, Irina Maria BARA #69, Ivana JOROVIC #85, Giulia PAIRONE #90, Dea HERDZELAS #98)
• 1boy and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Gianluigi QUINZI #1, Ana KONJUH #4, Belinda BENCIC #6)
• 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Olga FRIDMAN #2, Maia LUMSDEN #4, Viktoria KUZMOVA #6)
IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER (1st Smrikva Bowl)... IN 1997 TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA gathered on the 2nd Smrikva Bowl... IN 1998 3rd SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO GATHER FIRST FOREIGN PLAYERS...
BOYS
Vilim Visak, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, from Croatia. Vilim’s best ranking was #612 in March 2006.
GIRLS
Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, from Croatia. Ivana’s best ranking was #95 on WTA list in June 2006.
Astrid Besser, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, from Italy. Atrid’s best ranking was #356 on WTA list in March 2009.
Tereza MRDEZA, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Croatia, is currently ranked #184 on WTA list.
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 #640 on ATP ranking list.
Dino Marcan, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #378 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #76 on WTA list (TOP 100 WTA). Petra’s best raning is #42 on WTA list as of June 2012.
Indire Akiki, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #476 on WTA list.
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 #198 on ATP list.
Giacomo Miccini, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, was ranked #1054 on ATP list in May 2009.
GIRLS
Martina Caregaro, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #555 on WTA ranking list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #322 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC, ranked 3rd on 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, best ranking was #505 on WTA list in July 2010.
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl and 2nd”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #446 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2011 finalist, Eddie Herr International and Junior Orange Bowl under 18 winner.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain, is ranked #662 on ATP ranking list. Junior US OPEN 2011 semifinalist.
Ciprian PORUMB, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia, is ranked #1651 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Jennifer Ren, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Great Britain, not currently ranked on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #491 on WTA list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #322 on WTA list.
“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
Ivan Levar, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #989 on ITF ranking list.
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #810 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #906 on ATP ranking list.
Danil ZELENKOV, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from FYR Macedonia, is ranked #1307 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #697 on WTA ranking list
“Little Mo” TEAM
Mitchel POLNET, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1652 on ATP ranking list.
Blair SHANKLE, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #126 on ITF 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 #32 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked #1051 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #33 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked 1739 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #4 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF) and is ranked #1013 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #8 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF).
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #34 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked #1284 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, , 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #109 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #1410 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #45 on ITF ranking list.
GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #697 on WTA ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #462 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #69 on ITF ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #183 on WTA list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #605 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #42 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
“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 #4 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF) and is ranked #1013 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #117 on ITF ranking list.
GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain, is ranked #57 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #23 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF)
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #98 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF)
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #10 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF)
Giulia PAIRONE, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Italy, is ranked #90 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF)
“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 #24 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
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 #205 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #91 in Europe in under 16 cathegory and is ranked #757 on ITF ranking list.
Gonzalo MORELL, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is ranked #188 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #471 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #4 in Europe in under 16 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U16) and is ranked #12 on ITF ranking list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #51 in Europe in under 16 cathegory and is ranked #130 on ITF ranking list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #56 in Europe in under 16 cathegory, and is ranked #85 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100) and 961 on WTA list.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #805 on ITF ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #826 on ITF ranking list.
Ndindi NDUNDA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #980 on ITF ranking list.
Domonique Garley, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #2051 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 #207 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Mihnea TURCU, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #609 in Europe in under 14 european ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #126 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Andrea Guerrieri, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked #207 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #78 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #4 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #6 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Estela Perez-Somarriba, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Spain, is ranked #450 on under 14 european ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #2 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #34 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Gabriella PATRICIA TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #13 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #21 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Justin LEE, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 #192 in under 14 european ranking.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #46 in under 14 european ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Spain, is ranked #530 in under 14 european ranking.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #18 in under 14 european ranking.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw
winner, from Australia, is ranked #66 in under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #100 in under 14 european ranking.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #70 in under 14 european ranking.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is ranked #199 in under 14 european ranking.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for the ITF ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Andrei Taica Radu, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Paula Arias Manjon, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Max Motlagh, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Claire LIU, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Alexa Butera, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro SERRANO OSOBA, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Stipan Madzar, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is too young for 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, Serbian origin living in UAE, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is too young for ITF ranking.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa, is too young for ITF ranking.
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08/09/12
The Little Prince and The Fox... dedicated to 1250 Smrikva Bowl kids spread in 57 countries and all the continents...
A narration of the story of The Fox and The Little Prince who tamed him… is today dedicated to over 1250 Smrikva Bowl kids – Ambassadors – spread in 57 countries and all the continents that played Smrikva Bowl since its foundation in 1996...
On 21st of September 2012 – the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ Day – the tennis talents selection process for the 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 edition will start...
Just few memorable quotes or better say teachings :)...
... “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.
:)
Adapted from Antoine Saint Exupery’s book. Reading by Ari Bancale.
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
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06/09/12
Several Smrikva Bowl players competed in the Main Draw of the Junior US OPEN 2012: Ilka Csoregi and Gianluigi Quinzi reached the quarterfinals
There were several Smrikva Bowl players that I noted competing in the Main Draw of this year Junior US OPEN 2012… actually the exact number is 10… :)...
... 10 out of 128 were at the beginning… and two of them reached the quarterfinals…
In the following you can read more detailed results related to former Smrikva Bowl players on this year Junior US Open 2012 played in New York this week:
Boys:
Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) – 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner
1st round: Gianluigi Quinzi – Jared Hiltzik (USA) 6:2, 7:5
2nd round: Gianluigi Quinzi – Borna Coric (CRO) 6:1, 6:7, 6:3
3rd round: Gianluigi Quinzi – Julien Cagnina (BEL) 3:6, 6:2, 6:1
Quarterfinals: G.Quinzi – Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6:7, 6:3, 6:0
Borna Coric (CRO) – 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player
1st round: Borna Coric – Temur Ismailov (UZB) 6:7, 6:0, 6:1
2nd round: Borna Coric – Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) 1:6, 7:6, 3:6
Matteo Donati (ITA) – 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner
1st round: Matteo Donati – Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 5:7, 2:6
Franko Miocic (CRO) – 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player
1st round: Franko Miocic – Quentin Halys (FRA) 2:6, 2:6
Nikola Milojevic (SRB) – 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 consolation draw winner
1st round: Nikola Milojevic – Maximilian Marterer (GER) 2:6, 1:6
William Blumberg (USA) played qualifications.
Girls:
Ilka Csoregi(ROU) – 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists
1st round: Ilka Csoregi – Nicole Frenkel (USA) 6:4, 4:6, 6:3
2nd round: Ilka Csoregi – Ellen Allgurin (SWE) 6:4, 6:3
3rd round: Ilka Csoregi – Ipek Soylu (TUR) 6:2, 6:2
Quarterfinals: Ilka Csoregi – Antonia Lottner (GER) 3:6, 1:6
Ana Konjuh (CRO) – 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up
1st round: Ana Konjuh – Emily Fanning (NZL) 6:1, 6:1
2nd round: Ana Konjuh – Tornado Alicia Black (USA) 4:6,6:2,6:1
3rd round: Ana Konjuh – Antonia Lottner (GER) 4:6, 7:6, 0:6
Belinda Bencic(SUI) – 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player
1st round: Belinda Bencic – Erin Routliffe (CAN) 6:1, 6:0
2nd round: B.Bencic – Samantha Crawford (USA) 6:7, 6:3, 5:7
Christina Makarova (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl player
1st round: Christina Makarova – Marcela Zacarias (MEX) 3:6,0:6
Camilla Rosatello(ITA) – 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player
1st round: Camilla Rosatello- Anne-Liz Jeukeng (USA) 4:6,6:2,2:6
Played qualifications: Ivana Jorovic (SRB) and Giulia Pairone (ITA)
WOMEN MAIN DRAW
Petra Martic (CRO) – 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner
1st round: Petra Martic – Samantha Stosur (AUS) 1:6, 1:6
WOMEN’s QUALIFYING SINGELS DRAW
Donna Vekic (CRO) – 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player
1st round: Donna Vekic – Marta Sirotkina (RUS) 6:0, 6:2
2nd round: Donna Vekic – Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6:1, 6:2
3rd round: Donna Vekic – Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) 6:2,4:6,0:6
Tereza Mrdeza (CRO)- 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner
1st round: Tereza Mrdeza – Jessica Pegula (USA) 5:7, 3:6
Ivana Lisjak (CRO)- 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner
1st round: Ivana Lisjak – Brooke Austin (USA) 6:3, 4:6, 4:6
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06/09/12
Mille Elsborg, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 Consolation Draw winner, from Denmark, ranked third in u10 Nesquick's "Little Mo" International tournament in New York
Nesquick’s Little Mo International tournament was played in New York from 19th till 25th of August 2012… and I just received few nice pictures from Elsborg family that I am pleased to share with the Smrikve community…
Mille Elsborg is from Denmark and she played the 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 annual reaching the victory in the Consolation Draw and now she ranked third in u10 in Nesquick’s “Little Mo” International tournament in New York…
In addition to the great result in single… in doubles, with Gianna Pielet they obtained the victory!
1st round: Mille Elsborg – bye
2nd round: Mille Elsborg – Christina Severs (USA) 6:0, 6:0
Quarterfinals: Mille Elsborg – Rachel Arbitman (USA) 6:1, 6:0
Semifinals: Mille Elsborg – Gianna Pielet (USA) 5:7, 2:6
The tournament director Carol Weyman told me how the historic Forest Hills was a very special setting for the parents and players.
The players had a great time with the Bryan Brothers. They gave an hour and 1/2 clinic with the players on court and gave an exhibition with Max Miryni and Christian Harrison… signed autographs and took photos with the players.
Also, Anne Smith (10 time grand slam doubles champion) gave a clinic, a mental toughness talk and free individual consultations.
Congratulations Mille!
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02/09/12
Anđela Skrobonja, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, and Yulia Valiullina left "La Bottega" for their homes...
This week Anđela Skrobonja, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, and Yulia Valiullina from Moscow left “La Bottega” for their homes…
... it was a nice week spent with Anđela and her family… dedicated to relax and tennis…
... and a lot of swimming :)...
There were several good results made by many Smrikva Bowl players around Europe over the last weeks but I would like to recall only some of them and related with few players that visited “La Bottega” this summer…
Let’s start with recent result of Jovana Vukovic JOKA that over the last 3 weeks won 2 TE under 12 Tournaments… this week in Romania at Trofeul Municipiului Tg. Jiu she played as follows:
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA (Srb) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner and 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 finalist
1st round: Jovana VUKOVIC – Andreea CIORNEI (Rou) 6:0, 6:0
2nd round: Jovana VUKOVIC – R.M.FLOCA OPREA (Rou) 6:0, 6:1
Quarterfinals: Jovana VUKOVIC – Andreea VELCEA (Rou) 6:4, 6:1
Semifinals: Jovana VUKOVIC – Andra Ilinca BABATA (Rou) 6:1,6:0
Finals: Jovana VUKOVIC – Ramona Eva CHIVU (Rou) 6:1, 6:3
At the same tournament another Smrikva Bowl player Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU reached the semifinals…
...few weeks before at Terme Ptuj Open in Slovenija JOKA won as follows:
1st round: Jovana VUKOVIC – Kristina NOVAK (Slo) 6:1, 6:2
2nd round: Jovana VUKOVIC – Marija VICIC (Slo) 6:0, 6:0
3rd round: Jovana VUKOVIC – Lana SIPEK (Cro) 6:0, 6:1
Quarterfinals: Jovana VUKOVIC – Selma S.CADAR (Rou) 6:3,6:1
Semifinals: J.VUKOVIC – Valentina KHALTURINA (Slo) 6:0, 6:0
Finals: Jovana VUKOVIC – Nika RADISIC (Slo) 6:3, 6:2
In Ptuj several Smrikva Bowl girls played too: Ziva FALKNER (3rd round), Pia LOVRIC (2nd round), Tina CVETKOVIC (1st round), Kristina NOVAK (1st round), Anja GAL (2nd round)
On the picture below from left to right there are: MATIC, VULE and JOKA :)
...at the same tournament Matic Podlipnik, who visited “La Bottega” several times this year, reached the semifinals while Bodin Zarkovic won the boys draw:
1st round: Matic PODLIPNIK – Sebastian GIMA (Rou) 6:4, 6:3
2nd round: Matic PODLIPNIK – Borna DEVALD (Cro) 6:2, 6:3
3rd round: Matic PODLIPNIK – Blaz VIDOVIC (Slo) 6:2, 6:1
Quarterfinals: M.PODLIPNIK – Yan BONDAREVSKIY (Rus) 6:4,6:3
Semifinals: Matic PODLIPNIK – Bodin ZARKOVIC (Srb) 1:6, 4:6
... and the following Smrikva Bowl boys played in Ptuj: Sebastian GIMA (1st round), Borna DEVALD (2nd round), Bodin ZARKOVIC (victory), Tim TEKAVEC (quarterfinals), Filip Jeff PLANINSEK (2nd round), Filip KALJEVIC (1st round), Tom ASIC KOVAC (2nd round), Jan KUPCIC (3rd round), Andrej DJURIC (2nd round), Matija VOLAREVIC (2nd round), Karlo SUEVICH (quarterfinals), Daniel TRIANTAFYLLOU (2nd round)
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26/08/12
Milena and Jovan Jevtovic visited "La Bottega" last week... Miša Kecmanovic departured for Spain... and Andjela Skrobonja, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, reached Smrikve... :)... another week of talents in Smrikve...
As I already wrote various times La Bottega di Smrikve is a natural development of the story started in 1996 when the Smrikva Bowl tennis talents story began…
.. AND TALENTED PLAYERS THAT WE ENJOY HOSTING DURING THE YEAR FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME AS GUESTS OF OUR SCHOOL ARE LINKED TO THE SMRIKVA BOWL NETWORK…
This week was characterized by several visits, departures and new talents arrivals… let’s start a short week overview :)...
Milena and Jovan Jevtovic, living in Milan, where on their road towards home and decided to stop for couple of days and show their yearly progress… both of them made significant progress…
... and I am sure that in couple of years Milena will be ready for her Smrikva Bowl… after leaving Smrikve she went to play the Italian Champiship PIA Cup... and she help her team to qualify for the finals… she won all of her single and double matches without loosing a set against Florence, Catania and Rome… and the finals will be played with Perugia… :)
On the picture below you can see Andjela Skrobonja, one of the most talented girls born in 2001 in Serbia, she played Smrikva Bowl last year and she is in Smrikve to relax after a long year of tournaments and tranings…
Yesterday was the last summer day in Smrikve for Miomir Kecmanovic, one of the most talented boys in Europe born in 1999, from Belgrade, he played Smrikva Bowl in 2009 and this weekend he is flying to Barcelona… ;)
... Yulia from Moscow is here for another week.. Ari and later on Andjela joined her on the court for her morning lesson…
... and for the end of this week and the beginning of the next week I am pleased to post Angela’s powerful forehand that I enjoyed watching yesterday morning… :)
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20/08/12
Yesterday "I was here"… (United Nations World Humanitarian Day…)... on 21st of September - the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day - the 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 tennis talents selection will start...
Yesterday the UN celebrated the World Humanitarian Day… and Beyonce with her song “I was here” supported the campaign…
...many years ago LENNON, JOHN WINSTON / MCCARTNEY, PAUL JAMES put down the song saying something like…
Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured,
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won’t you please, please help me.
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I’ve never done before…
… the story remain the same in the circle of life looking at various civilisations over the mankind evolution timeline… and the traces of the cultural heritage around the World is saying the same…
... my homeland is full of civilisation traces that marked the World history… and Beyonce song rise quite a simple question in my head… how can you conserve the civilisation on Earth?...
… I know that it is a hard task…
… and probably there are many answers, but the answer that I like at the moment is “by example”…
On 21st of September – the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day – the 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 tennis talents selection will start… the seeds of the Legends of tomorrow…
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18/08/12
Yesterday several Smrikva Bowl players played at "La Bottega"... Alberto Orso, Marko Boltužić, Miomir Kecmanović...
La Bottega di Smrikve is a natural development of the story started in 1996 when the Smrikva Bowl tennis talents story began…
.. TALENTED PLAYERS THAT WE ACCEPT DURING THE YEAR FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME AS GUESTS OF OUR SCHOOL ARE LINKED TO THE SMRIKVA BOWL NETWORK… and the preference of the accepted players always go to the talents we had opportunity to meet during Smrikva Bowl or players recommended by the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors…
Yesterday was the day of several visits… Marko Boltuzic, living today in Opatija, played Smrikva Bowl in 2009… the same year when also Miomir Kecmanovic played it… and yesterday they had the opportunity to spend the afternoon together…
Marko Boltuzic reached Smrikve in the morning… and spend the morning training with Ari, Max and Karlo... while the afternoon was the boys afternoon when Miso joined them too for the singles and a double…
... another surprise we had yesterday was the visit to Smrikve of Alberto Orso from Italy…
Alberto was recommended for this year Smrikva Bowl by Matteo Donati, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner and this year Junnior Wimbledon doubles finalist… and it was a pleasure to see him with his coach and few older tennis friends in Smrikve just few months after his Smrikva Bowl…
... and here are the afternoon boys: Marko, Max and Miomir... Karlo was missing because his cap was missing too… ;)...
... and here they are again… but all the four together…
... another new Smrikva friend made us a visit in the afternoon… Jaša Cvek from Slovenia… Jaša is a very talented 9 years old boy coming from Idria… the place where several Slovenian talents are grown… and I had the opportunity to meet some of them… Jaša has good chances to continue the talents story of the place…
Every day Smrikva Bowl kids win something somewhere around the World… and I am pleased to recall that yesterday two Smrikva finals where played in Barcelona and Poland…
At the beginning of May both Yshai and Dasha visited Smrikve after winning a cathegory 3 TE under 12 tournament in Cakovec… and yesterday they both won another cathegory 3 TE under 12 tournament… Yshai in Spain and Dasha in Poland :)...
Yshai defeated in the finals another Smrikva Bowl boy from Spain, a year younger, Nicolas Alvarez Varona, and also Dasha, who did not played Smrikva Bowl but spend some time with us in Smrikve, defeated in the finals another talented Smrikva Bowl girs from Poland Ania Hertel...
Please find below detailed results:
Yshai OLIEL (Isr) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 semifinalist
1st round: Yshai OLIEL – Marc FELIU GOMEZ (Esp) 6:0, 6:0
2nd round: Yshai OLIEL – Francesco CARDINALE (Ita) 6:0, 6:0
3rd round: Yshai OLIEL – Carlos SANCHEZ JOVER (Esp) 6:3, 6:1
Quarterfinals: Yshai OLIEL – S. GOMEZ MONTESA (Esp) 6:0, 6:2
Semifinals: Yshai OLIEL – Alejandro VEDRI ASENSI (Esp) 3:1 ret.
Finals: Yshai OLIEL – Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (Esp) 6:0, 6:1
Daria SOLOVYEVA (Rus) – visiting guest of La Bottega di
1st round: Daria SOLOVYEVA – Julia MNIKOWSKA (Pol) 6:0, 6:1
2nd round: Daria SOLOVYEVA – Hanna PISHCHYK (Blr) 6:0, 6:3
Quarterfinals: D.SOLOVYEVA – W. RUTKOWSKA (Pol) 7:6, 6:2
Semifinals: Daria SOLOVYEVA – Franziska SZIEDAT (Ger) 6:0, 6:0
Finals: Daria SOLOVYEVA – Ania HERTEL (Pol) 6:3, 6:3
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13/08/12
Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF, USTA and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update August 2012)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players that are still competing…
As of 13th of August 2012 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:
• 1 player TOP 100 WTA (Petra Martic – 2001 winner)
• 1 player TOP 200 ATP (Javier Marti – 2002 winner)
• 6 boys and 9 girls… in total 15 players are in TOP 100 ITF – (Gianluigi QUINZI #4, Nikola MILOJEVIC #6, Borna CORIC #28, Matteo DONATI #32, Franko MIOCIC #44, Laslo DJERE #66; Belinda BENCIC #10, Ana KONJUH #13, Christina MAKAROVA #23, Ilka CSOREGI #27, Camilla ROSATELLO #44, Irina Maria BARA #55, Eleanor DEAN #59, Ivana JOROVIC #89, Giulia PAIRONE #95)
• 1boy and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Gianluigi QUINZI #1, Ana KONJUH #3, Belinda BENCIC #5)
• 4 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Olga FRIDMAN #1, Viktoria KUZMOVA #3, Maia LUMSDEN #4, Gabriela Patricia TAYLOR #10)
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 #194 on WTA 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 #822 on ATP ranking list.
Dino Marcan, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #328 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #51 on WTA list (TOP 100 WTA). Petra’s best raning is #42 on WTA list as of June 2012.
Indire Akiki, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #412 on WTA list.
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 #181 on ATP list.
Giacomo Miccini, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, was ranked #1054 on ATP list in May 2009.
GIRLS
Martina Caregaro, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #512 on WTA ranking list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #271 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC, ranked 3rd on 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, best ranking was #505 on WTA list in July 2010.
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl and 2nd”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #445 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2011 finalist, Eddie Herr International and Junior Orange Bowl under 18 winner.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain, is ranked #662 on ATP ranking list. Junior US OPEN 2011 semifinalist.
Ciprian PORUMB, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia, is ranked #1651 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Jennifer Ren, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Great Britain, not currently ranked on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #482 on WTA list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #271 on WTA list.
“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
Ivan Levar, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #934 on ITF ranking list.
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #807 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #889 on ATP ranking list.
Danil ZELENKOV, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from FYR Macedonia, is ranked #1315 on ATP ranking list.
GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #656 on WTA ranking list
“Little Mo” TEAM
Mitchel POLNET, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1651 on ATP ranking list.
Blair SHANKLE, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #124 on ITF 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 #31 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked #1342 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #65 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #4 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF) and is ranked #1008 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #6 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF).
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #28 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF) and is ranked #1399 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, , 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #116 on ITF ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #43 on ITF ranking list.
GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #656 on WTA ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #495 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #56 on ITF ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #208 on WTA list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #711 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #44 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
“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 #4 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF) and is ranked #1008 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #112 on ITF ranking list.
GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain, is ranked #60 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #27 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF)
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #10 on ITF ranking list (TOP 10 ITF)
Giulia PAIRONE, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Italy, is ranked #95 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF)
“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 #23 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100 ITF).
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 #181 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #32 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
Gonzalo MORELL, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is ranked #269 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #447 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #3 in Europe in under 16 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U16) and is ranked #13 on ITF ranking list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #56 in Europe in under 16 cathegory and is ranked #143 on ITF ranking list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #58 in Europe in under 16 cathegory, and is ranked #89 on ITF ranking list (TOP 100).
“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #805 on ITF ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #826 on ITF ranking list.
Ndindi NDUNDA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #980 on ITF ranking list.
Domonique Garley, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #2051 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 #185 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Mihnea TURCU, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #457 in Europe in under 14 european ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #112 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Andrea Guerrieri, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked #292 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #35 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #4 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #3 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Estela Perez-Somarriba, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Spain, is ranked #611 on under 14 european ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #1 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #22 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Gabriella PATRICIA TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #10 in Europe in under 14 cathegory (TOP 10 TE U14).
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #14 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Justin LEE, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 #193 in under 14 european ranking.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #31 in under 14 european ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Spain, is ranked #483 in under 14 european ranking.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #18 in under 14 european ranking.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw
winner, from Australia, is ranked #92 in under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #86 in under 14 european ranking.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #61 in under 14 european ranking.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is ranked #159 in under 14 european ranking.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for the ITF ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Andrei Taica Radu, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Paula Arias Manjon, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
“Little Mo” TEAM
Max Motlagh, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Claire LIU, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the ITF ranking list.
Alexa Butera, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is too young for the 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro SERRANO OSOBA, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Stipan Madzar, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is too young for 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 too young for under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, Serbian origin living in UAE, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is too young for ITF ranking.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa, is too young for ITF ranking.
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08/08/12
Miomir Kecmanovic, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, and Karlo Suevich, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 finalist trained together this morning...
Two great Smrikva Bowl talents spent the morning together… Miša nad Šujo… :)
I’ve already posted the note that Miro and Miša are doing their traditional summer training at Smrikve and this morning another talented Smrikva boy, trained by his father, visited and joined Miša on his training…
Miomir Kecmanovic – Miša is among the best European players under 14 and is the best in his age group according to his current ranking… while on the other side Karlo Suevich – Šujo, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 finalist and 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 semifinalist, is today the top under 12 Croatian player and soon I am sure he will reach the top of Europe too…
... a nice talents morning in Smrikve…
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06/08/12
Miomir Kecmanovic, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, is at "La Bottega" again... and last week also Mark Boltuzic made as a visit too...
Miomir Kecmanovic is one of the most prominent European players in his age group and every summer he likes to spend some time with Miro in Smirkve :)...
... he grew up quite a lot from last year and his game continues to improve… always in balance and always ready to hit fast… although only 13 his serve can reach 170 km/h… and the balls goes where he wish… ;)...
... there was another Smrikva Bowl player from the 1999 generation last week for a day visit in Smrikve… he is friend of Max and Karlo thus the morning and afternoon was spent in a nice doubles atmosphere…
Mark Boltuzic always ready to have fun made the day for the boys…
... over the last days I’ve been reading a gift book received from a friend about a wise man living over 2500 years ago… and considering the Smrikva Bowl community reading the updates I am pleased to share a paragraph from the book…
...the wise man I mentioned above noted the following:
“Uphold the faith, love learning, defend the good Way with your life. Enter not a country that is unstable; dwell not in a country that is in turmoil. Shine in a world that follows the Way; hide when the world loses the Way.
In a country where the Way prevails, it is shameful to remain poor and obscure; in a country which has lost the Way, it is shameful to become rich and honoured”
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01/08/12
Little ZOE… “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.” - Nelson Mandela – Madiba… INVICTUS…
… years ago I found the above saying perfectly describing the founding idea of the Smrikva Bowl… and probably during the last week I may have learned more about its origin…
I am pleased to share part of this story with Smrikve community…
… it is the story of the sport… healing… of rugby… it is the the story of Zoe from South Africa… the story of Nelson Mandela… the story of inspiring…
Just a week ago a good friend of mine made me a visit with his family… it is an old friend from the Investment Banking world… currently based in Vienna… and every summer he sail with his both to Dalmatia and it is a custom to meet each other for at least an afternoon …
He drop me a note when he was supposed to sail in Pula’s harbour with his boat and we spent a nice evening and had dinner in Smrikve… his wife and daughters are always lovely chat companion for me…
… at 10:30 pm I was taking them with car towards their boat… and in the car I had the music I’ve selected for this year Smrikva Bowl…
… I prsented them Kitaro – Matsuri… than I put them Circle of Life version performed in swahilii language on Broadway… and I started to describe them a girl named Zoe… from South Africa…
… while listening the music The Lion Sleeps Tonight at this year Smirkva Bowl Zoe’s mother walked close to me and told me with smile on her face that every morning Zoe wake up with Lions… and I thought that every morning I wake up with cocks very early and with my imagination I tried to imagine Zoe waking up with Lions :)… and since I’ve seen Zoe for the first time she remind me a bit of Nala… when Nala was still little playing with Simba in Lion King cartoon ;)…
… and while telling this story to Marco’s kids I told him also that Zoe’s father was an important rugby player in South Africa…
… and Marco asked me if he played during the 1990’s and I said yes… I told him that I’ve heard he was part of the great South African team and I told him that I received a book from Zoe … than he told me something I’ve been missing… and he said… „Mio there was a film made on that team that wrote an important page of the South Africa recent history… the name of the film is INVICTUS… it is an increadible and inspiring film… related to Nelson Mandela and is related to rugby… you should see that movie“…
I was not sure if Zoe’s family story was related with the above film… and the first thing that I did when I came home… I went to the Smrikva Bowl library and took one of the two books Zoe donated to Smrikve… and I saw on the cover black and white faces… and I thought it might be the story Marco told me…
… and on Wikipedia watching the list of the actors I saw Zoe’s father name…
…and I watched the movie…
It is a particular movie… about inspiring… about how hard it is to be the example…
I would like to continue this article with a bit different story that relates in my mind to the above…
… few years ago I decided to create “iUPii” to share my findings summarized in a book on possible maintainance of peace… The findings were related with the word war… but could be used with the word minority… the same as with any kind of discrimination… and it is a gift to Smrikve friends spread around the World.
The first Chapter of the book I wrote thinking on kids playing Smrikva Bowl thus I tried to write it in the manner that almost every person could understand it…
I was born in the country that over the last decades has gone through the experience of war… and I remember that I was asking my self why we have wars today… I thought that every person would agree that war is a painful experience? I was asking my self that question at the beginning of 1990’s… this was 20 years ago… today we are in the 21st century and there are still many wars all around the World.
At the time I was thinking that it was impossible that such an experience will happen in the heart of Europe… I was much younger than today and at the time I did not know much about history and European complexity.
…In end of my thinking I came to a simple conclusion that 1990 were only the years that we count from Jesus’ birthday but actually the oldest man on the Earth at the time was about 100 years old, the same as today.
The oldest living memory we had it was and is about 100 years. Every person is born without knowing anything about the life on the Earth and every time each person starts from the beginning to build his own knowledge. Each person gain its own experience in the circle of life.
The circle of life is made of intergenerational responsibility and I found out that in end it is very easy that a new generation repeat the experiences of the previous generations. The circle of life rule was responsible for the fact that every generation repeated similar errors and this has happened almost all the time through the man kind history.
What can we learn from the past?
Every country and every conflict has its own background problems and every diplomat or person that is involved in trying to help to solve conflicts need a deep understanding of the local situation that brought people into a conflict situation.
From the history you can learn but you will not find the answers to the future problems. Every generation needs to solve them on their own. The history could help you to see how other people solved problems of their times and this knowledge could be of help to each of us.
There are very few people that learn thanks to their intuition and most of the people on the Earth learn through mistakes, own experiences, and long hours spent listening to the parents, friends, relatives, reading books and learning by doing. Nothing comes easy and nothing comes without huge efforts.
Every human artwork is product of immense dedication of talented individuals and the society. Every human success require efforts…
The same is with peace or civil society… it is like a nice garden… and if you are not present every day in the garden it will not be that nice in the long run… some plants will get eliminated… the same is within the civil society or anything created by human…
Smrikva Bowl… is an experience… founded on sport, children, culture and music…
Smrikva Bowl is a small but real experience…
In 1996 I founded Smrikva Bowl that has grown in one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World. Over the years top players from 57 countries and all continents gathered.
Smrikva Bowl experience made me think that Children and Sport could be considered cosmopolitan pillars, later on I added Music as a pillar. While writing that book on war and peace… and learning more about Monet I decided to add Culture as another important pillar.
… and you have to bear in mind that each of the above pillars can be seen in the opposites. You can view at sport like Nelson
Mandela when he said: ”Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace”. .. or as a Balkan Nationalist leader who once said: “Sport is the continuation of war”.
Children as future…
When I wrote that book on war and peace I had in my mind the young players I gather during the Smrikva Bowl, especially in the first chapter. Children are the future and I decided that I would gave them one day my book as a gift thus they can understand more in depth the rationale behind the experience they lived…
There are different ways to look at the sport. There are different ways to look at the music, to the culture and also to the children.
The vision of the sport preferred for the Smrikva Bowl that can be extended to: culture music and children is the one above mentioned by Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s: “Sport (or Children, or Music, or Culture) has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace”
I like also this variation: “Culture has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of civilisation”
Shimon Peres, another Nobel Prize for Peace, was a guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings. It is tradition that every guest speaker dedicate few words to the Group and he wrote down the following: “The future is always in a minority. Yet the history of the future is more important than the history of the past. It is for the old to remember the past. It is for the young to build the world of tomorrow.
Do it! You can build a world without wars. You can build a new humanity.”
In 1995… the Rugby players were a minority… and Madiba’s idea was an example of trying to heal the social wounds…
There were many people in the man kind history that traced with their examples inspirational paths for the others… but as I wrote above the nice and big garden can not be mantained by a single person it requires the energy of lot of people for almost infinitive time…
I use to repeat to Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors when we plant the century Old Olive Tree the story that 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 thus the knowledge, the human curiosity, and will to learn are important.
Culture, sport, children and music are some of the pillars for the unity in a diversity… an old Eutopia dream… It is mostly a matter of civilisation…
This Eutopia might become a reality when the mankind unite in common future challenges. There will be several opportunities in the future…
Thank you Zoe… the inspiring girl who wakes up with Lions every morning in her native Africa… for helping me to say the above once again in a bit different manner ;)…
29/07/12
Maxim Landa from Denmark visited Smrikve today...
Maxim Landa is a young talented boy, under 16 National Champion of Denmark, just starting to play ITF tournaments…
He spent some hours on Smrikve courts today and it was a pleasure to meet him and his family… :)
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