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No. 56 Magda Linette stunned No. 6 seed Ons Jabeur, bouncing the Tunisian star in the first round of the French Open Sunday. The Polish underdog outlasted Jabeur in the two-and-a-half-hour battle, notching a 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 three-set win. Linette was only 2-16 against Top 10 opponents heading into Sunday’s contest, falling to Jabeur in the third round of the French Open last year. The unseeded Pole played clean tennis to overcome the No. 6 seed, registering 35 unforced errors to Jabeur’s 47. Jabeur has been dominant on dirt up until Sunday’s upset, winning a tour-leading 17 matches on clay in 2022. “I am just happy I managed to fight for every single point,” said Linette following the match, acknowledging the challenge Jabeur presented on clay. Linette now advances to the second round, where she will face the winner of Martina Trevisan and Harriet Dart.

Irina Khromacheva (26) is a tennis player from Russia who has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 41. In her childhood she was a buoyant and very lively child. Her parents tried to use various developing exercises for her when possible, thus she learned to walk at a quite early age. When she was three years old, she was recorded to the figure skating group. But once when she was training, Irina fell down inauspiciously, and the doctors stated the fracture of the shin, after that she stopped going in for figure skating. Simultaneously with training in figure skating, Irina went to art school. She couldn’t draw very well but she was good at clay modeling. That’s a pity, but tennis lessons didn’t allow her to continue the training. Once, in the summer of 1999, her parents went to Sokolniki Park to play tennis and took Irina with them. During the break they gave Irina a racket, and to their surprise she rapidly started to hit the ball. On their way to home, passing the courts ...

Who is Marta Kostyuk? Marta Kostyuk is a tennis player from Ukraine. Marta was born on June 28, 2002. in Chaiky near Kiev. Marta is the daughter of Oleh Kostyuk and his wife, Talina (nee Boyko). Oleh Kostyuk was the technical director of the Kiev Junior Tennis Tournament "Antey Cup", Marta`s mother was a professional tennis player representing Ukraine in the 1990s who reached a career high WTA ranking of No. 391. Marta started playing tennis in her young childhood at the Antey Tennis Club on the west side of Kiev. One of her first coaches was her native uncle Taras Beyko, a respected player for the USSR and Ukraine in the late 1980s and early 1990s.  www.tennisforum.com Junior career: The first junior tournament, Marta played with her 13 years at home in Lviv (ITF Lion Cup). Marta came to the finals at her premier tournament but was injured in the finals and handed over the match before the start. The first significant success, Marta made in February ...

In the sea of ​​young great tennis players who have come from Serbia for years, in addition to already famous tennis players such as Djokovic, Troicki, Tipsarevic, Zimonjic, Lajovic ... the name Miomir Kecmanovic stands out. Miomir is formerly the first junior in the world, but now the ATP TOP 150 player and certainly one of those who will very quickly get into the world's top. www.worldtennismagazine.com Miomir Kecmanovic was born in Belgrade on August 31, 1999, by father Dragutin Kecmanovic, a famous Serbian doctor, and Maja Pavlov Kecmanovic, a Serbian surgeon. His coach is Miro Hrvatin, a great coach from Croatia. Miomir is currently number 132 on the ATP list, Miomir is also in the top 500 at the ATP Doubles Rankings. Junior career: Miomir was a junior also in position number 1 on ITF JUNIORS. During his junior career, Miomir won the following tournaments: COPA UNIVERSIDAD GALILEO, GUATEMALA (G4) - 2014. OPEN DU CONSIEL GENERAL (G4) GUADELOUPE - 2014. ITF JUNI...

The long-awaited beautiful news for Serbian women's tennis has finally arrived - Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic returns to the WTA Tour. After nearly two years of injury break, Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic will play her first match this weekend.  After a long break, Bojana will perform in the  qualifiers of  WTA St. Petersburg which will be played from 27.1-4.2.  Bojana's first opponent in the qualifications will be Oceane Dodin (FRA, 5). Bojana and Dodin will play their match on Saturday at 7.30 CET. Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic, one of the best Serbian tennis players and former TOP 50 player, was injured because of a right wrist injury and an operation she had nearly two years away from tennis. The last tournament which she played was Roland Garros 2016. Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic was born in Belgrade on the last day of 1991. She started playing tennis at the age of seven, and her first club was Red Star. At the age of 12 she won the national championship of S...

Elise Mertens is a professional tennis player from Belgium. She was born on 17 November 1995 in Leuven, Belgium but her current residence is at Hamont-Achel. She's a right-handed tennis player (double-handed backhand). Her coach is Robbie Ceyssens.  Elise is the second daughter of Liliane Barbe, a teacher, and Guido Mertens, who makes furnitures for churches. Elise is currently a member of the Kim Clijsters Academy, where she has been training since 2015. JUNIOR CAREER:  Her career high Combined Junior Ranking was 7 on 22/4/2013. At the age of 13, Elise began playing at junior ITF tournaments, and she was very successful. Elise played in Bangladesh (G4) at the beginning of February 2009. In her premiere, Elise won her match against Prarthana Thombare in two sets of 7-6,6-4. In the second round, Elise will meet with another great junior, Demi Schuurs (NED). In that match, Elise will be totally overpowered and will easily lose in two sets of 3-6,1-6. In the n...

www.croatiaweek.com After yesterday's brilliant match and a shocking defeat by Caroline Wozniacki, the whole tennis world is wondering who is the new young tennis star Jana Fett. In this blog we will present you another great Croatian player. Jana Fett was born on November 2, 1996 in Zagreb, Croatia. Jana plays with her right hand, but she's actually a left-handed, as can be seen when she gives autographs. Her coach is a former Yugoslav and Croatian professional tennis player, Goran Prpic. "Jana likes to work and shows constant progress. Ana Konjuh and Donna Vekic achieved better results in the first years of their professional career, but that does not mean anything. Before Jana, there are still years of playing and many opportunities. Only let it serve health. In any case, with Ana, Donna and Jan, we have a very strong and young team, and I hope for much better results in the Fed Cup next year" says the Croatian national team Iva Majoli who knows very wel...