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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.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.
20/10/06
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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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.
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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.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.
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
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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)2005Gianluigi 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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