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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.

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

02/08/06

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.

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.

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.

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.

16/07/06

Tereza Mrdeza arrived in semifinals of the ITF junior tournament in Essen - Germany

Tereza Mrdeza, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, played in the semifinals in Essen against Pivovarova from Russia and in 3 hours and 15 minutes lost 6:3, 5:7, 7:6.

Deni Zmak, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 runner up, lost in 3rd round of the same tournament against Karaliolis by 6:4, 6:3.

12/07/06

Ivan Levar, Nikolina Grbac and Borna Coric won in their age group the Quatt Kid's Cup in Paris

Ivan Levar, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, won in his age group in Paris Quatt Kid’s Cup.
Nikolina Grbac and Borna Coric also played Smrikva Bowl and won in their age group in Paris. This results showed again the strength and talent of Croatian junnior tennis players.

11/07/06

Marcia Frost live coverage of the 11th Smrikva Bowl and 5th "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl

Marcia Frost, college and junior tennis editor, helped “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl to become reality and this year for the first time attended the Bowl. Please take time and have a look of the story Marcia prepared on the following internet page:

http://www.collegeandjuniortennis.com/SmrikvaBowl06.htm

11/07/06

11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 and 5th "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl results

11th Smrikva Bowl – tennis tournament for boys and girls under 10 – gathered around 70 boys and girls from around twenty countries. 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 (E) – Martina Caregaro (I) 2002
Dominic Thiem (A) – Jennifer Ren (UK) 2003
Ivan Levar (Cro)- Saska Gavrilovska (SiCG) 2004
Matteo Donati (I)- Saska Gavrilovska (SiCG)2005

Gianluigi Quinzi won boys finals and Eleonor Dean the girls finals. The winners won mountain bikes and runner up the Babolat rackets.

On 9th of July 2006, the selected Smrikva Bowl players: Gianluigi Quinzi (I), Filip Kraljevic (Cro), Eleonor Dean (Uk), Dina Paocic (BiH) – played the 5th “Little Mo” / Smrikva Bowl in Smrikve Tennis Club in Pula, Croatia. Daniel Maese, Aries Wong, Christina Makarova and Gabriella Umoquit have been selected by MCB foundation to represent the United States.

European team won 7:1 the 5th “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.

11th SMRIKVA BOWL RESULTS
Boys:

Finals:Gianluigi Quinzi (I) – Filip Kraljevic (Cro) (6 : 0 6 : 2);
Semifinals:Gianluigi Quinzi (I) – Andre Biro (H) (9 : 1);
Filip Kraljevic (Cro) – Aziz Kijametovic (I) (9 : 5);

Quarterf.:Gianluigi Quinzi (I) – Maks Tekavec (Slo) (9 : 3);
Andre Biro (H) – Ross James Wilson (Uk) (9 : 2);
Aziz Kijametovic (BiH) – Matej Kostadinov (Ch) (9:6);
Filip Kraljevic (Cro) – Vasek Slezak (Cz) (9 : 7).

Girls:

Finals:Eleonor Dean (Uk) – Dina Paocic (BiH) (6 : 0 6 : 0);

Semifin.:Eleonor Dean (Uk) – Ilka Csoregi (Rum) (9 : 5); Dina Paocic (BiH) – Virginia Pena (Esp) (9 : 3);

Quarterf.:Eleonor Dean (Uk) – Dea Herdzelas BiH) (9 : 3); Ilka Csoregi (Rum) – Katie Boulter (Uk) (9 : 1); Dina Paocic (BiH) – Dunja Vukelic (SiCG) (9 : 8); Virginia Pena (Esp) – Iva Primorac (Cro) (9 : 6).

5th “Little Mo”/SMRIKVA BOWL RESULTS

EuropeUSA

Eleonor Dean (Uk) – Christina Makarova (USA) (6:3 6:2)
Gianluigi Quinzi (I) – Daniel Maese (USA) (6:0 6:3)
Dina Paocic (BiH) – Christina Makarova (USA) (6:4 6:1)
Filip Kraljevic (Cro) – Daniel Maese (USA) (6:4 7:6)

Dina Paocic (BiH) – Gabriella Umoquit (USA) (6:2 6:3)
Filip Kraljevic (Cro) – Aries Wong (USA) (4:6 4:6)
Eleonor Dean (Uk) – Gabriella Umoquit (USA) (6:1 6:2)
Gianluigi Quinzi (I) – Aries Wong (USA) (6:1 6:0)

FINAL RESULTS 7 – 1

07/07/06

11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 started...

11th Smrikva Bowl started on 5th of july. Smrikva Bowl attracted top players from many country and there are a lot of very good matches going on. We will see in few days who will win this year championship.

Yesterday, we planted the over two hundred years olive tree and also we completed the “Ambasador” nomination. Today quarterfinals and semifinals are played and this evening we will have the presentation of the US team and Smrikva Bowl team.

02/07/06

CollegeAndJuniorTennis.com at Smrikva Bowl!

It seems like just yesterday when I received a letter from Miodrag Bozovic telling me about the Smrikva Bowl. He explained this wonderful tournament to me that brought together 10 and under players from all over Europe. All I could think about was how much it sounded like the “Little Mo” events, presented by the Maureen Connolly Foundation for 11 and under players in the United States. I suggested that Mio contact MCB’s Carol Weyman and the rest, as they say, “is history.”

The “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl is now in its fifth year and I’ve finally accepted the yearly invitation to attend the Tennis Club Smrikve. I’ll be heading to Pula, Croatia to begin coverage on July 7th. From the Smrikve Club in Pula I will bring photos and stories of the prestigious tournament and the finale—the Little Mo/Smrikva Bowl exhibition on July 9th. I am very excited about attending and meeting so many young players from around Europe. You can see the stories and photos at http://www.CollegeAndJuniorTennis.com.

Marcia Frost, Editor

02/07/06

CollegeAndJuniorTennis.com at Smrikva Bowl!

Marcia Frost from College and Junior Tennis put created the contact between Miodrag Bozovic from the Smrikva Bowl side and Carol Weyman from “Little Mo” side and helped the creation of the “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl event.

22/06/06

Gianluigi Quincy in the finals of the ETA under 12 in Portoroz, Slovenia

Gianluigi Quincy ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 and last Sunday in Portoroz – in Slovenia he reached the finals of an ETA under 12 tournament. Gianluigi is 10 years old and it is the first time in the Tennis Europe history that a 10 years boy reach such a result. Congratulations Gianluigi!

14/06/06

Ivana Lisjak lost in the 1st round of the ITF Challenger Zagreb Ladies Open (USD 75.000)

Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner and 95 ranked player on WTA list, lost in the first round against Ana Vrljic 2:6, 5:7.

Only few days ago, Ivana Lisjak played the 3rd round of the Roland Garros.

12/06/06

Ivan Levar contributed to the victory of Croatia on the Cup of the Nations - under 12

The Cup of the Nations has been played in Ajjacio in Corsica, in France.

Ivan Levar, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, and Filip Beger won by 3:0 against Romania, The Netherlands, France and Italy. In the finals Croatian team won against Belguim 2:1.

Croatia won for the first time this Championship in its 12 years history.

Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World and Villa Smrikve, for your accommodation in Stinjan (Pula) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia. In Villa Smrikve you can enjoy tennis, sea, good istrian food, Smrikve wine and events in Pula and Istria.

12/06/06

Javier Marti ranked #3 in Europe under 14

Javier Marti, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, is currently ranked 3rd in Europe on under 14 ranking list.

Giacomo Miccini, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 finalist, is ranked 7th in Europe on the same ranking list.

12/06/06

Tereza Mrdeza won the U18 ITF junior tournament in Hungary

Tereza Mrdeza, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, won the finals of the ITF junior tournament U18 in Budapest. Tereza Mrdeza played in the finals with Killi 1:6, 6:4, 6:1.

12/06/06

Ivana Lisjak reached her best ranking on the WTA list - 95 in the World

Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner and top ranked Smrikva Bowl player on WTA list, after reaching the 3rd round of the French Open is for the first time ranked bellow top 100 on WTA list.
Last year, Ivana Lisjak reached 3rd round of the US Open and the 3rd round at this year Roland Garros confirmed Ivana’s talent.

Ivana Lisjak is currently ranked 95 in the World.

12/06/06

Ciprian Porumb jr. played quarterfinals of Romanian National U14 Championships

Ciprian Porumb jr., ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, played in these days the Romanian National U14 Championships. Ciprian jr. lost in the quarterfinals to Sebastian Ionescu, last year’s runner-up and this year’s winner, the highest ranked Romanian in the ETA U14 ranking. On the other hand, Ciprian paired with Ionescu for the doubles and they won the title.

Ciprian Porumb jr. is son of Ciprian Porumb, the forme Romanian Davis Cup player.

04/06/06

Ivana Lisjak finished this year Roland Garros experience in the third round

Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner and top ranked Smrikva Bowl player on WTA list (currently ranked 111), lost in the third round of the French Open against Martina Hingins, currently ranked 14 on WTA list. The final result was 1:6, 1:6.

Martina Hingis is one of the top players in the World and it was for a long time World leader on WTA list.

Last year, Ivana Lisjak reached 3rd round of the US Open and the 3rd round at this year Roland Garros confirmed Ivana’s talent and was another top result of her carrier. This result should bring Ivana Lisjak among top 100 players in the World.