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26/06/07

Ciprian Porumb jr. and Andras Szekely won the Romanian National Championships at their age categories

Former Smrikva Bowl players Ciprian Porumb jr. and Andras Szekely won the Romanian National Championships at their age categories, U14 and U12. Ciprian also attended the U16 National Championships where he ended up on the third place in the final four tournament! Internationally, he is currently on the 5th place in the U14 ETA ranking.

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24/06/07

12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winners are Sacha Merzetti from Italy and Virginia Pena from Spain

12th Smrikva Bowl – tennis tournament for boys and girls under 10 – gathered around 90 boys and girls from 16 countries and 4 continents. It was another successful annual.

The proof of the Smrikva Bowl importance is given by the names of the winners:
Vilim Visak (Cro) – Natali Zuliani (Cro) 1996
Zeljko Peric (Cro)- Ivana Lisjak (Cro) 1997
Filip Kovacic (Cro) – Mateja Horvat (Cro) 1998
Borko Mudronja (Cro)- Astrid Besser (I) 1999
Adelchi Virgili (I) – Tereza Mrdeza (Cro)2000
Marin Draganja (Cro) – Petra Martic (Cro) 2001
Javier Marti (ESP) – Martina Caregaro (I)2002
Dominic Thiem (A) – Jennifer Ren (UK) 2003
Ivan Levar (Cro)- S. Gavrilovska (SRB)2004
Matteo Donati (I)- S. Gavrilovska (SRB)2005
Gianluigi Quinzi (I)- Eleanor Dean (UK)2006
Sacha Merzetti (I)- Virgina Pena (ESP)2007

Sacha Merzetti won boys finals and Virginia Pena the girls finals. The winners won mountain bikes and runner up the Head rackets.

On 24th of June 2007, the selected Smrikva Bowl players: Sacha Merzetti (I), Bogdan Borza (Rom), Virginia Pena (Esp), Ana Konjuh (Cro) – played the 6th “Little Mo” / Smrikva Bowl in Smrikve Tennis Club in Pula, Croatia. Edoardo Nava, Tommy Paul, Ndindi Ndunda and Domonique Garley have been selected by MCB foundation to represent the United States.

Smrikva Bowl team won 7:1 the 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl.

The Smrikve Tennis Club and the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation have created “Little Mo”/ Smrikva Bowl, the first-ever international competition between the United States and Europe for boys and girls 10 & under. Today Smrikva Bowl gathers top players from all around the World.

12th SMRIKVA BOWL RESULTS

Boys:
Finals:
Sacha Merzetti (I) – Bogdan Borza (Rom) (6:1 6:3);

Semifinals:
Bogdan Borza (Rom) – Sergiu Bucur (Rom) (9:0);
Sacha Merzetti (I) – Gonzalo Morell (Esp) (9:3);

Quarterfinals:
Sacha Merzetti (I) – Lloyd Harris (SAF) (9:2);
Bogdan Borza (Rom) – Miguel Semmler (Esp) (9:4);
Sergiu Bucur (Rom) – Dylan Beonarczyk (Can) (9:8);
Gonzalo Morell (Esp) – Gideon Fairhall (Uk) (5:0 ret).

Girls:
Finals:
Virginia Pena (Esp) – Ana Konjuh (Cro) (6:2 6:1);

Semifinals:
Virginia Pena (Esp) – Nina Potocnik (Slo) (9:1);
Ana Konjuh (Cro) – Katie Dyson (Uk) (9:5);

Quarterfinals:
Virginia Pena (Esp)- Kataryna Baranivska (Ukr) (9:1);
Ana Konjuh (Cro) – Bianka Bekefi (H) (7:5 ret);
Nina Potocnik (Slo) – Chiara Grimm (Ch) (9:1);
Katie Dyson (Uk) – Ivana Jorovic (Srb) (9:2).

6th “Little Mo”/SMRIKVA BOWL RESULTS

Smrikva Bowl vs. Little Mo

Virgina Pena (Esp) – Ndindi Ndunda (USA) (6:0 6:1)
Ana Konjuh (Cro) – Dominique Garley (USA) (6:2 6:0)

Sacha Merzetti (I) – Eduardo Nava (USA) (6:33:6 10:8)
Bogdan Borza (Rom) – Tommy Paul (USA) (6:47:5)

Ana Konjuh (Cro) – Ndindi Ndunda (USA) (6:1 6:1)
Virginia Pena (Esp) – Dominique Garley (USA) (6:36:0)

Bogdan Borza (Rom) – Eduardo Nava (USA) (7:6 1:6 5:10)
Sacha Merzetti (I) – Tommy Paul (USA) (6:46:0)

FINAL RESULT 7 – 1

17/06/07

Marin Draganja in the finals of Avvenire, one of the most important under 16 tournaments in the World

Marin Draganja, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, arrived in the finals of the 43rd Trophy Avvenire in Milan, Italy. Marin Draganja lost in the finals against Mirza Basic from Bosnia and Herzegovina 7:6, 6:7, 2:6.

13/06/07

Ivana Lisjak in the final of the ITF Challenger Zagreb Ladies Open (USD 75000)

Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, lost in the finals of the Zagreb Ladies Open from Kira Nagy from Hungary 2:6, 7:6, 6:2.

06/06/07

Petra Martic arrived in the quarterfinals of the Junior Roland Garros

Petra Martic, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, lost in the quarterfinals against Ksenia Milevs.aya from Belarus 3:6, 3:6. In the the 3rd round of the Junior Roland Garros Petra Martic won against Simana Halep from Romania 2:6, 6:4, 6:0. In the 2nd round Petra Martic won against Cindy Chala from France 6:2, 6:1. In the 1st round Petra Martic won against Bojana Jovanovski 6:3, 6:3.

Roland Garros is a 3rd junior Grand Slam tournament for Petra Martic. Petra arrived in the quarterfinals of the US Open and to the 2nd round of the Australian Open.

05/05/07

Tereza Mrdeza arrived in the finals of the USD 10000 ITF Tournament in Bol

Tereza Mrdeza, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, arrived in the finals of the USD 10000 ITF Futures tournament in Bol (Croatia). Tereza Mrdeza lost against Johannna Larsson from Sweeden 1:6, 3:6. Johanna Larsson is ranked 364 on WTA list.

17/02/07

The news on Ciprian junior

Hello Mio,

I hope everything’s fine with you.

I am writing this message in order to inform you and through you the visitors of smrikve.com that Ciprian is doing fine again in ETA U14 tournaments.

Last week he reached the semis at Les Petits As in Tarbes, France, probably the strongest U14 tournament in the world, along the Orange Bowl. He played some great tennis and beat his opponents on the main draw in straight sets, but failed to qualify in the final, losing in the semis to spaniard Carlos Boluda, european champion and ETA no.1 player. On the doubles main draw, playing along fellow Romanian Vasile Ghilea, he again made it to the semifinals, losing to Czech pair Rumler, Vrnak who went on to win the tournament.

Earlier this year, preparing this tournament, Ciprian also played the 6th Realsport Open in Mlada Milovice (Czech Republic). At his first games on hard court this year, he qualified in the semifinals of this competition.

The points earned in January allowed Ciprian to close the gap at only 5 points in the race for the 3rd place on the ETA U14 ranking. Currently, Ciprian is no.4, with 400 points, chasing Lukas Vrnak (Czech Republic), 405 points.

All the best to you, the Smrikva Bowl team and the former palyers of this tournament!

Best regards,

Ovidiu

22/01/07

Petra Martic lost in the second round of the Junior Australian Open 2007

Petra Martic, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, won the first round against Klaudia Boczova from Slovak Republic 6:2, 6:3.

In the second round Petra Martic played against Tamira Paszek from Austria. Tamira Paszek last year won a WTA tournament in Portoroz. Tamira Paszek won 6:2, 6:2

Petra Martic arrived in the quarterfinals of the Junior US Open last year and won recently the ITF tournament in Melbourne.

07/01/07

Harry Busby won Ouatt Kids Cup - age 11 - 2007

Harry Busby played semi finals on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 and helped the european team to win 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

Hi Mio

Hope you and the family are well.

Just to let you know Harry has won this year Ouatt Kids Cup final age 11 2007 in fantastic style against Greece young talented star Ioannis Toumpakaris 6-4 6-3. Getting a Babolat sponsorship.

Since playing Smrikva Bowl Harry has many doors open to him.He has been offered scholarships and now is known around the world tennis circuit, and the Smrikva Bowl made this all possible for him because you give him a opportunity to compete in the worlds best 10 years and under tournament in Croatia.

He is now in training for this years Orange Bowl in Florida where he aim is to do well but get sponsorship to take him eventually on to the ATP tour.

Harry again would like to say thank you for helping him gain valuable experience.

Warmest regards Busby family

03/01/07

The end of the year was really successfull for Ciprian Porumb

The end of the year was a really successfull one for Ciprian Porumb junior, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, he won the von Rotz Trophy in Wilen, Switzerland in November and reached the semis at TIM Essonne in S-te Genevieve des Bois, France in December, being currently on the 4th place in the ETA U14 ranking.

03/01/07

Ajla Tomljenovic and Ivan Levar in the quarterfinals of the Orange Bowl

Ajla Tomljanovic, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, and Ivan Levar,9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, arrived to the quarterfinals in under 14 and under 12 cathegory of the Orange Bowl in Brandenton (Florida).

07/11/06

Blair Shankle ranked #1 under 12 in the USA

In 2004, Blair Shankle played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl in Pula and won both matches for the US team.

Blair Shankle is the top-ranked girls’ 12s player in the US. Shankle kicked off 2006 by sweeping the singles and doubles titles at the girls’ 12 National Open Championships in Sea Island, Ga., in February.

Shankle, who has been nationally ranked in the girls’ 12s since she was a 9-year-old, made history last year at the “Little Mo” National Championships, where she became the first player ever to win four consecutive titles.

Ranking history:
2006 – 1* (USTA 12s)
2005 – 9* (USTA 12s)
2004 – 40* (USTA 12s)

highest ranking achieved during the year.
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28/10/06
Tereza Mrdeza reached the semifinals of the USD 10.000 ITF Tournament in Dubrovnik

Tereza Mrdeza, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, won the 1st round of the ITF USD 10.000 tournament against Paola Sprovieri from Germany (currently ranked 872 on WTA list) 6:3, 7:6.

In the 2nd round Tereza Mrdeza won against Emilie Bacquet from France (currently ranked 451 on WTA list) 6:3, 7:5.

In the 3rd round Tereza Mrdeza won against Anja Prislan from Slovenia (currently ranked 757 on WTA list) 6:0, 7:5.

In the semi finals Tereza Mrdeza lost against Polona Rebersak from Slovenia (currently ranked 550 on WTA list) 3:6, 6:4, 7:6.

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21/10/06
Smrikva Bowl winners on ATP and WTA lists

Vilim Visak, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, is currently ranked 868 on ATP list. Vilim was ranked 612 on March 6, 2006.

Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, is currently ranked 142 on WTA list. Ivana was ranked 95 on June 12, 2006.

Mateja Horvat, 3rd Smrikva Bowl 1998 winner, is currently ranked 1073. Mateja was ranked 830 on November 14, 2005.

Astrid Besser, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, is currently ranked 647. Astrid was ranked 645 on October 2, 2006.

All the other winners are still potential professional players:
Adelchi Virgili, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner.
Tereza Mrdeza, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner.

Marin Draganja, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner.
Petra Martic, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner.

Javier Marti, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner.
Martina Caregaro, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner.

Dominic Thiem, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner.
Jennifer Ren, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner.

Ivan Levar, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner.
Saska Gavrilovska, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner.

Matteo Donati, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner.
Saska Gavrilovska, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner.

Gianluigi Quinzi, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner.
Eleonor Dean, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner.

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20/10/06
Petra Martic finished in the 3rd round of the ITF USD 10.000 tournament in Dubrovnik

Petra Martic, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, won the 1st round of the ITF USD 10.000 tournament against Polona Rebersak from Slovenia (currently ranked 499 on WTA list) 6:4, 6:2.

In the 2nd round Petra Martic won against Anja Prislan from Slovenia (currently ranked 752 on WTA list) 6:0, 6:2.

In the 3rd round Petra Martic lost against Ana Savic from Croatia (currently ranked 823 on WTA list) 6:2, 6:2.

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06/09/06
Petra Martic reached the quarter finals of the Junior US Open 2006

Petra Martic, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, played the quarter finals of the Junior US Open at the Flushing Meadows in New York.

In the first round, Petra Martic won against Berkova 6:1, 6:1; and in the second round, in less than one hour, Petra Martic won against Touhimaa 6:4, 6:0. In the third round, Petra Martic won against Ayumi Morita from Japan 7:5, 6:0. Ayumi Morita is ranked #4 in the World in junior tennis.

In the quarterfinals Petra Martic lost against Lauren Albanese from the USA (currently ranked 650 on WTA list) 4:6, 4:6.

Petra Martic is from Split, Goran Ivanisevic’s town, and is one of the most talented junior players from Croatia.

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02/08/06
Ajla Tomljanovic reached quarterfinals at the European Championship Under 14 in Ostrava

Ajla Tomljanovic, 3rd ranked on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 and the finalist of the 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, reached quarterfinals at the European Championship under 14 that was played in Ostrava, Czeck Republic.

In the third round, Ajla won against Jennifer Ren from UK 6:1, 6:0. Jennifer Ren was the winner of the 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003.

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27/07/06
Kristijan Mesaros arrived in the quarterfinals of the Austrian USD 10.000 Futures tournament

Kiki, after passing the qualifications of the USD 10.000 ITF Futures St. Polen, reached the quarterfinals and gained his first ATP points. Kristijan Mesaros turned 18 on 2nd of july 2006 and is one of the most talented croatian players in his age group.

In the first round Kristian won against Thomas Holzmann from Austria (ranked 840 on ATP list) 1:6, 6:4, 6:3. In the second round with Jan Marek from Czeck Republic the result was 3:6, 7:5, 2:1 ret. In the quarterfinals Kiki lost 3:6, 4:6 against Jerome Becker from Germany (currently ranked 876 on ATP list).
Congratulations KIKI!

Krtijan Mesaros trains with Miro Hrvatin in the Smrikve Tennis Club.

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24/07/06
Tereza Mrdeza arrived in the finals of ITF junior tournament in Wels, Austria

Tereza Mrdeza, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, arrived in the finals of the ITF junior tournament in Austria. Tereza, lost against Oksana Kalasnikova from Gruzia 6:2, 5:7, 6:2. In the same tournament Petra Martic, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, arrived in the semifinals. Petra Martic lost against Kalasnikova too 6:1, 6:2.

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16/07/06
Ivana Lisjak lost against Cakvetadze in Umag

Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner and top ranked Smrikva Bowl winner on WTA list, lost in the Fed Cup qualifications against Cakvetadze 7:6, 7:6.

The current result Croatia : Russia is 0:2. Sanja Ancic lost against Jelena Dementijeva 3:6, 5:7.

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Ciprian Porumb jr. and Andras Szekely won the Romanian National Championships at their age categories

12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winners are Sacha Merzetti from Italy and Virginia Pena from Spain

Marin Draganja in the finals of Avvenire, one of the most important under 16 tournaments in the World

Ivana Lisjak in the final of the ITF Challenger Zagreb Ladies Open (USD 75000)

Petra Martic arrived in the quarterfinals of the Junior Roland Garros

Tereza Mrdeza arrived in the finals of the USD 10000 ITF Tournament in Bol

The news on Ciprian junior

Petra Martic lost in the second round of the Junior Australian Open 2007

Harry Busby won Ouatt Kids Cup - age 11 - 2007

The end of the year was really successfull for Ciprian Porumb

Ajla Tomljenovic and Ivan Levar in the quarterfinals of the Orange Bowl

Blair Shankle ranked #1 under 12 in the USA

Tereza Mrdeza reached the semifinals of the USD 10.000 ITF Tournament in Dubrovnik

Smrikva Bowl winners on ATP and WTA lists

Petra Martic finished in the 3rd round of the ITF USD 10.000 tournament in Dubrovnik

Petra Martic reached the quarter finals of the Junior US Open 2006

Ajla Tomljanovic reached quarterfinals at the European Championship Under 14 in Ostrava

Kristijan Mesaros arrived in the quarterfinals of the Austrian USD 10.000 Futures tournament

Tereza Mrdeza arrived in the finals of ITF junior tournament in Wels, Austria

Ivana Lisjak lost against Cakvetadze in Umag