Ucinak U20 igraca na profesionalnim turnirima u 2012.

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Igraci rodjeni 1996. nikako da probiju granicu i da neko od njih udje u prvo finale na Fjucersima za svoju generaciju.. sinoc je u 1/2 izgubio Kristian Garin, jutros Tanasi Kokinakis a upravo i Rubin Noa, veoma talentovani Amerikanac kome je ovo bilo prvo 1/2 na Fjucersima

Kokinakis je vec imao 1/2 ove godine, kao i jedan Rumun, a Djanluidji Kvinzi je u tri vezane nedelje ulazio medju 4 ali nije mogao do finala.. mislim da im je skor 0-9 ili 0-10 u mecevima za finale ali ova generacija je veoma bericetna sto se tice talenata i prakticno svi oni ce zavrsiti godinu u prvih 1000. Od njih dosta ocekujem pre kraja 2016., do kad cu ih pratiti

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Denis Kudla upravo je dobio Van Der Mervea u Sarlotsvilu i sutra ce se boriti za drugu Celindzer titulu ove sezone... ovi bodovi vracaju ga na poziciju treceg najboljeg U20 igraca sveta, ima 17 bodova vise od Soka ali ako osvoji trofej stvorice i jos vecu razliku

Agustin Veloti uskoro ce poceti mec u Montevideu, njega ce ulazak u finale dovesti na isti broj bodova sa Sokom... bar jedna titula bice uspeh ali bi bilo sjajno ako i Denis i Agustin sutra podignu trofeje. Bice to peta i sesta Celindzer titula ove sezone, cime ce biti premasenih 5 iz 2011.

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Denis Kudla lako je pobedio Aleksa Kuznjecova u Sarlotsvilu i doneo petu Celindzer titulu U20 igracima ove sezone, prvu dvoransku.. konto iz 2011. je dostignut

* Rio Quente, Brazil, $35,000+H (Outdoor Hard) : Guilherme Clezar (BRA, 1992)
* Fergana, Uzbekistan, $35,000+H (Outdoor Hard) : Yuki Bhambri (IND, 1992)
* Lexington, USA, $50,000 (Outdoor Hard) : Denis Kudla (USA, 1992)
* Tiburon, USA, $100,000 (Outdoor Hard) : Jack Sock (USA, 1992)
* Charlottesville, USA, $75,000 (Indoor Hard) : Denis Kudla (USA, 1992)



Denis ce ponedeljak docekati kao 147. igrac sveta, daleko ispred Dzeka Soka i Agustina Velotija. Iduce nedelje idemo u Knoksvil, gde ce se voljom bogova u prvoj rundi sastati upravo Kudla i Sok, treci i cetvrti najbolji U20 igrac sveta. Danas su igrali obojica posto je Sok izgubio finale dubla

Jedna vesela pesmica za proslavu titulu (nije Knoksvil ali ce posluziti)

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Kudla i Sok odigrali su dobar mec u Knoksvilu, bolje rangirani igrac dobio je u taj brejku treceg seta. Dzek mi je drazi igrac ali mi je drago sto je Denis ovo izvukao, voleo bih da zavrsi sto bolje rangiran na kraju 2012., da jaz izmedju Tomica i Harisona u odnosu na njega bude manji koliko god je to moguce

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Jos jedna impresivna partija Denisa Kudle! Pobeda nakon manje od sat vremena za plasman u 1/4, i sada vec nema sumnje da ce on zavrsiti sezonu kao treci najbolji U20 igrac iza Tomica i Harisona.. Sok, Veloti i Svarcman ga ne mogu stici, iako je i Diego u 1/4 Celindzera u Brazilu

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Steta sto je Diego Sebastian Schwartzman tek pred kraj godine, i mog pracenja njegove generacije, poceo da belezi konstantne rezultate i izbori se za mesto medju 200 najboljih igraca sveta. Do sada je vec mogao imati ogroman broj titula na Fjucersima ali ih je pre ove sezone redovno gubio, skor u finalima bio mu je katastrofalan. To se ove sezone promenilo a u drugoj polovini godine dosli su i uspesi na Celindzerima, za verovatno mesto cetvrtog ili petog najboljeg U20 igraca na kraju 2012.

On je jedini U20 igrac koji ce ove nedelje igrati u 1/4 nekog Celindzera (premalo jer imamo 6 turnira), posto je danas prvo ispao umorni Laksonen u Britaniji, a pre nekih sat vremena Denis Kudla nije uspeo da nastavi pobedniciki niz od prosle nedelje i porazen je od matorog Rasela, iako je bio na par poena od pobede od 2-0. Diego je prokockao 2 mec lopte u desetom gemu drugog seta protiv Dutra Silve, ali je bio ubedljiv u taj brejku za mesto u 1/2 protiv Pola Kapdevila. Ovim poenima pretekao je Velotija na rang listi, a dobije li i Cileanca preskocice i Dzeka Soka

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Roberto Karbaljes Baena prosao je u 1/4 Marbelje, dobar mec protiv Himeno-Travera.. tamo ce ga nadam se cekati Havier Marti koji svoj mec druge runde igra kasnije, bilo bi lepo da u medjusobnom duelu njih dvojica odluce o polufinalisti

Ovo mu je treci Celindzer u karijeri, i prve dve pobede koje je ostvario u ovom rangu takmicenja

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Nakon velike borbe Havi ipak gubi od Munjoza De La Nave.. imao je brejk do pred kraj treceg seta ali ga gubi u odsudnom trenutku i iskusnijem igracu nije trebala druga pozivnica. On ce sutra na Karbaljesa Baenu u 1/4

Veceras ce na teren Dzek Sok u Kampeinu

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Odavno sa vecom paznjom nisam buljio u Livecore... ali isplatilo se

Alexander Zverev postao je prvi igrac rodjen 1997. koji je usao u 1/2 na Fjucersima, upravo je pobedio Bangouru 7-6 0-6 7-6. Nije moralo da bude ovoliko napeto, imao je brejk do pred kraj treceg seta, ali ne bunim se ni na ovakav ishod

Ovog momka sam vec pominjao, i uz Omara Jasiku jedini je igrac svoje generacije koji je do sada na pro turnirima ostvario neke uspehe, odnosno velike uspehe s obzirom da mu je 15. Do sada je ove godine osvojio ponosnih 5 bodova, a ovaj rezultat iz Sjedinjenih Drzava donece mu bar 6, pa ce sa tih 11 za dve nedelje biti medju najboljih 920 igraca sveta. 2012. zavrsice kao ubedljivo najmladji igrac sveta u prvih 1000. Posebno mi je drago sto je svoj veliki talenat pokazao bas na Bolitierievoj akademiji, gde se ove nedelje igra Fjucers, a kroz koju je prosla armija najvecih talenata belog sporta


Nedelja ce biti uspesna i zbog drugih igraca, Taro Daniel ujutru igra 1/2 Celindzera kod kuce u Japanu, a Dzek Sok je veceras lako pobedio Bogdanovica i prosao u finale Kampeina. Djanluidji Kvinzi je na Fjucersu u Brazilu ostvario novo 1/2 i nadam se da ce mu ova peta sansa konacno biti srecna da udje u Fjucers finale, prvo za svoju generaciju

BRADENTON - Alexander Zverev has always had the tennis bloodlines. Now, at the tender age of 15, he's is starting to get surprising results on the men's pro circuit.

Friday, with one mighty swinging volley, followed by one final yell of “Da,” the son of two Russian tennis players fathered a win over eighth-seeded Sekou Bangoura to continue his incredible run here in the 2012 IMG Academy $10K Futures tournament.

The tall, lean teenager, who also has a brother, Mischa, who plays professionally on the tennis tour, showed both stamina and splendid shot-making ability to outlast Bangoura in a battle of wills, 7-6 (6), 0-6, 7-6 (5) to win in a match that lasted 3 hours and 37 minutes.

“At the end it was just a mental thing,” Zverev said about the win over the Bradenton resident and hometown favorite that sends him into Saturday's semifinals at IMG Academy. “I am pretty tired but I want to see how I can do tomorrow.”

Zverev, who won a wild card tournament leading up to the IMG event, will meet unseeded Luke Bambridge of Great Britain in a semifinal match Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. Bambridge, 17, upset second-seeded Daniel Garza 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday.

Top-seeded Florian Reynet of France will meet third-seeded Alexandre Folie of Belgium in the second semifinal. Reynet held off Pittsburgh's Bjorn Frantangelo 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-4, while Folie beat Mohamed Abid of Tunisia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Mohamed bounced back to team with Ryan Thacher to win the men's doubles title with a 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 win over Romain Arneodo and Benjamin Balleret.

Zverev's father, Alexandra, played Davis Cup for Russia. His mother, Irina, played Federation Cup. Both were on hand Friday to watch their son overcome distractions, a huge lapse in the second set, and Bangoura's gritty play to finally end the match by wading in on a short ball and ripping the swinging volley winner.

“I am very emotional,” the player known as Sascha explained about his alternating screams of joy and disgust. “As you can see I was not very emotional in the second set. I was tired after the first set. In the third set I pumped myself up and I was fighting for every point. And somehow I made it.”

Zverev reached triple match point in the final tiebreaker by prevailing in an exchange that lasted 16 shots. Bangoura saved two of match points on his serve but could only watch as Zverev hit a winner to end the match.

“I had control of the match early and let it go,” said Bangoura, who reached the final of a $10,000 event in Pensacola two weeks ago. “I played not to lose and he took control of the middle of the court. When the big points came, he took his chances and played with confidence. And I didn't. That was that.”

Bangoura knew he let an opportunity to win the opening set get away when he double-faulted while leading 6-5 in the tiebreaker. Failing to convert the set point, Bangoura sailed a tennis ball out of the court in frustration and was issued a code of conduct warning.

“I felt like, ‘I am not the only one who is nervous,' ” Zverev recalled about the critical moment.

Zverev won the next point on Bangoura's serve, then won the next point on his own serve to win the set.

Bangoura broke Zverev's serve to open the second set, and got two more breaks to run off six straight games and force the final set.

Bangoura, who attended the University of Florida for one year, got an early break in the third game of the final set, but Zverev broke right back.

Bangoura was broken in the sixth game, double-faulting on game-point, but he broke back and the two held the rest of the way to force the final tiebreaker.

Getting to the semifinals in a Futures event is a first for Zverev, who grew up in Germany. He previously reached the quarterfinals in a $10,000 pro tournament in Dubai a month ago after making the main draw as a qualifier.

“I ran out of gas,” he said about that experience. “I am just 15 year old and it is a big difference between those guys and me physically.

This week Zverev has shown that he is growing on them.

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Zverev je u finalu Fjucersa!! Prvi igrac rodjen posle 1995. koji je usao u finale profesionalnog turnira, Luke Bambridge (1995) nije mu danas bio dostojan rival, iako je vec par nedelja u Sjedinjenim Drzavama i zajedno sa kolegom Edmundom postize dobre rezultate

Alexanderu ovaj WC nije pao sa neba, prosle nedelje morao je da osvoji jedan kvalifikacioni turnir, samo ne znam da li su mu rivali bili juniori sa Nikove akademije ili pro igraci bez ogranicenja. Uglavnom, ovaj ogromni uspeh donece mu 10 poena, i sa ukupno 15 ce za dva ponedeljka uci u prvih 850 igraca sveta, sto nisam mogao ni da sanjam za igraca njegove generacije na pocetku godine

Jos da Kvinzi udje u finale Brazila, prvo za generaciju 1996., i potom Dzek Sok osvoji Celindzer bice ovo savrsen vikend

BRADENTON — Alexander Zverev maintained his unlikely march through the main draw of the IMG Academy $10K Futures tournament Saturday by earning a berth in today’s championship match.

Playing in just the fifth professional tournament of his life, the 15-year-old born to Russian tennis players made quick work of Great Britain’s Luke Bambridge 6-4, 6-3 in a semifinal round match of the USTA Pro Circuit event.

Zverev will face No. 1 seed Florian Reynet of France today at 11 a.m. to decide the champion of the inaugural event.

Reynet easily defeated a self-imploding Alexandre Folie of Belgium, the tournament’s No. 3 seed, 6-2, 6-2 in his semifinal Saturday.

Zverev needed to win five matches last week on the clay courts at IMG Academy to win a wild card tournament, just to get into the main draw. The 6-3 right-hander turned the hard-earned berth into four more victories and his first final on the Pro Circuit.

“When I came here I just wanted to get some points, but I made little steps,” said Zverev, who grew up in Hamburg, Germany. “Wow. Now, I’m in the finals. I didn’t really expect that. We’ll see what happens (today).”

Like Saturday’s three other semifinalists, Zverev played a grueling three-set match Friday in the quarterfinal round. He finally outlasted Bradenton resident and local favorite Sekou Bangoura 7-6(6), 0-6, 7-6(5) in a marathon match lasting three hours and 37 minutes.

In addition to his parents’ tennis lineage, Zverev’s brother Mischa has also played professionally.

“We’ve been working hard for this every day,” said Zverev, who splits his time between Hamburg and training at Saddlebrook in New Port Richey. “I’m happy to have such parents and a brother. They let me know if I do something right or wrong, on or off the court. That helps me a lot, as well.”

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Dzek Sok je nakon velike borbe izgubio finale Kampeina sinoc, da je uzeo titulu pretekao bi Denisa Kudlu na mestu treceg najboljeg U20 igraca sveta.. verujem da ni jedan ni drugi nece igrati Fjucerse do kraja godine, tako da se stanje nece menjati

Djanluidji Kvinzi izgubio je i peto polufinale na Fjucersima ove godine, bas mu se ne da finale ali bodovi koje je sakupio su impresivni i on je sto se mene tice mladi igrac sezone.. ova j decko jednostavno mora biti veliki igrac

Prosle nedelje u Meksiku po prvi put smo imali dvojicu igraca rodjenih 1994. u finalu jednog profesionalnog turnira, Lucas Pouille osvojio je titulu a igrace ponovo u finalu i ove nedelje, takodje protiv igraca iz svoje generacije, najboljeg juniorsa sveta Filipa Pelivoa.. win win situacija ko god da dobije mec

Mate Delic osvojio je prvu Fjucers titulu u Grckoj a u Brazilu ce Sant'anna pokusati da ''osveti'' Kvinzija protiv Esteveza

Medjutim, najvaznije od svega je finale Fjucersa u Sjedinjenim Drzavama, gde ce Alexander Zverev pokusati da postane jedan od retkih osvajaca Fjucersa sa 15 godina. U 1/4 je igrao preko 3 i po sata ali juce je lakse dobio mec i nadam se da ce danas imati sta da pokaze

Na kraju, uspeh jedne devojcice koja ce biti svetski broj 1 u buducnosti, bez sumnje. Maria Shishkina osvojila je juniorski G4 turnir kod kuce (i bukvalno) na Floridi, u neverovatnom stilu. U 6 meceva protivnicama je dala samo 3 gema u dva seta, sve ostale resavala je sa nulom ili sa jednim izgubljenim gemom. Kakve god da su joj bile rivalke uspeh je veliki posto je ovo Girls 18 turnir, dakle mogle su ga igrati igracice mnogo starije i iskusnije od ovog cuda od 14 godina

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Sasa ipak nije uspeo da napravi cudo danas, Rejne je suvise dobar i prepustio mu je samo jedan gem

Nema nikakvog razloga za zaljenje ali mislim da je mogao da udje u istoriju mozda kao najmladji osvajac Fjucersa od kada se igraju 1998. To naravno nije dug vremenski period ali ih je do sada odigrano sigurno preko 5000. Nemam podatak za prve 4 sezone ali je posle toga samo Risar Gaske uspeo da osvoji titulu (uzeo dve, izgubivsi samo jedan set) u ovom rangu takmicenja sa 15 godina..s tim sto je Zverev trenutno mladji od njega

Videcemo za sta ce se odluciti sledece sezone, posto je ipak previse mlad i povrede ga mogu lako stici, ali se nadam da nece igrati previse juniorskih turnira i da cemo ga videti na bar 10 Fjcuersa.. pre toga do kraja ove godine treba da odradi Eddie Herr (na istim ovim terenima) i Orange Bowl

BRADENTON — Experience triumphed over youth in ultra quick fashion Sunday at the final of the inaugural IMG Academy $10K Futures tournament.

Twenty-six-year-old Frenchman Florian Reynet, the tournament’s No. 1 seed, needed just 48 minutes to claim the title 6-0, 6-1 over 15-year-old Alexander Zverev.

Zverev, whose parents are Russian tennis players, had to win five matches to capture last week’s wild card tournament on the clay courts at IMG Academy just to earn a berth in this week’s main draw.

Playing in only his fifth professional tournament, the 6-foot-3 right-hander won four main draw matches, including a three-set marathon over Bradenton resident Sekou Bangoura during the quarterfinal round Friday, to make it to his first-ever pro final.

“When I woke up in the morning my legs already felt heavy,” Zverev said. “My arm wouldn’t go all the way up when I served. That’s no excuse, but if you’re going to play someone like that, you have to be prepared to play three or more hours. I just wasn’t ready for that today.”

Reynet, who won three previous Futures tournaments this year, entered the IMG Academy Pro Circuit event ranked No. 327 in the world. One of those three victories was in Pensacola at the end of October when Reynet defeated Bangoura in the final.

Reynet also won four Futures events in 2010.

“It’s beautiful for me,” Reynet said of his recent success. “I feel so good. I am playing with so much confidence I have to keep on playing.”

That’s why Reynet will head to Africa for another tournament that begins in two weeks.

Zverev’s next tournament will be later this month right back at IMG Academy, the site for the prestigious annual Eddie Herr International Junior Championships, where Zverev will be battling players closer to his own age.

Playing professionals well above his age the past two weeks, Zverev should be extra prepared for the Eddie Herr event.

“I’m definitely happy that I made it this far,” Zverev said of his first pro final. “But I’m also unhappy that I lost that bad.

“I’m exhausted. I played the wild card tournament and this tournament. I mean, I played so many matches to come here. I think if I would have played him in the first or second round, I would have given him a much tougher match.

“He’s had a great three weeks here in Florida, so congratulations to him.”

Zverev, who splits his time between training at Saddlebrook in New Port Richey and his home in Hamburg, Germany, plans to play at the Orange Bowl tournament in Miami following the Eddie Herr event, before traveling to Australia to play some professional tournaments down under.

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Konacno!!! Nakon 5 poraza u polufinalima Fjucersa ove godine, Djanluidji Kvinzi upravo je prosao u svoje prvo pro finale, ovo je ujedno i prvo finale za igrace rodjene 1996., ciji je nesumnjivi predvodnik

Ovi bodovi vode ga u prvih 600 igraca sveta, i konstantnost i napredak koje je pokazao ove godine daju nam za pravo da u njega polazemo najvece nade, ovaj momak bice veliki teniser

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Djanluidji ipak nije uspeo da donese jos jedan milestone mladim igracima ove godine, porazen je u finalu 6-4 6-4. Brejnut je po jednom u desetom gemu oba seta ali stvarno nema za cim da zali, stekao je novo iskustvo i jos dosta bodova

Bas me zanima kakav ce kalendar napraviti za iducu godinu.. imace ranking da igra svaki Fjucers koji pozeli, ali ce od 1. januara isto tako biti najbolji junior sveta. Sto se mene tice moze odmah da prekine sa juniorskom karijerom, njemu momci rodjeni '95. ili '96. nisu dorasli

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Slavni Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships polako ulazi u zavrsnicu i dobili smo ucesnike 1/8. Turniru fale najbolji juniori sveta ali je postava i bez njih zanimljiva, imamo 3 odlicna meca osmine u najavi

Noah Rubin (USA, 1996) vs Filippo Baldi (ITA, 1996) 3-6 7-6 7-6
Elias Ymer (SWE, 1996) vs Luca Corinteli (USA, 1995) 6-7 6-3 6-4
Brayden Schnur (CAN, 1995) vs Pedro Cachin (ARG, 1995) 7-6 1-6 6-3
Laslo Djere (SRB, 1995) vs Alexander Zverev (GER, 1997) 4-6 6-3 6-0
Christian Garin (CHI, 1996) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR, 1995) 7-6 6-1
Mackenzie McDonald (USA, 1995) vs Weiqiang Zheng (CHN, 1996) 6-2 4-6 6-4
Spencer Papa (USA, 1995) vs Jan Zielinski (POL, 1996) 6-3 6-4
Mazen Osama (EGY, 1995) vs Henrik Wiersholm (USA, 1997) 6-2 6-4

Odmah upada u oci da nema igraca rodjenih 1994., oni su dakle ili batalili juniorske turnire ili se spremaju za Oranz Bol. Zato se moze desiti da vecinu ovih igraca vidimo i dogodine ovde. Prvi zanimljiv mec je i prvi na listi, velika americka nada protiv Italijana koji igra u sjajnoj formi i koji je prosle nedelje bukvalno pomeo konkurenciju na Jukatan Kupu. Jos bolji mec u najavi trebali bi da igraju Zverev i Djere.. obojica su ove godine usli u finale na Fjucersima i od obojice treba mnogo ocekivati u budunosti. Treci atraktivan par cine Garin i Bambridz, momci koji imaju sveza 1/2 na Fjucersima

Pored Zvereva i Wiersholm (igrao mec prve runde na Fjucersu protiv Kozlova kada je Stefan otisao do 1/4) je '97. godiste, a oni i momci rodjeni godinu dana ranije (polovina preostalog zreba) su mogli da igraju B16 turnir, samo u znatno slabijoj konkurenciji i ovde ce steci mnogo vise iskustva. Prenosi sa Bolitierieve akademije idu sa 14 terena ali na zalost prenose samo B16, B14 i B12 kategorije (i devojcice), oni igraju na betonskim terenima a ovi najstariji juniori na sljakastim sa kojih nema kamera pa nista ne mozemo da gledmao