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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...

Every tram leading to the tennis complex on Sunday was full, and since the Melbourne Park is in the very center of the city, the crowds were huge. The machine operator of this I managed to smuggle was very in the mood - while telling us which side door would open, he told us to look at the opposite and make a short pause. We expected it to be a warning, but he saved something else. "People are wowing You", heard through the tram speakers and a laugh, and after arriving at the press center, I decided to show you, apart from the training of Novak Djokovic, how to look inside from one of the four largest tournaments from the inside. Every day, a daily quiz is organized for us - people from the organization place a question on the bulletin board, usually very crowded, the papers with the answers are placed in the bowl from which a lucky winner comes out at the end of the day. He houses two bottles of wine, and today he was a British journalist sitting ri...

The injuries are an integral part of the sport, so there are no athletes who have not experienced some minor inmates, and later serious injuries. In the world of sports, everything is done to avoid these misfortunes, but unfortunately, when the body is released, people are not machines, they are "blood and flesh". Two weeks before the start of the Australian Open, there were many questions about who will take part in the first Grend of the season, and the most arguing about the tennis players and the players who paused last year. Of course, it was primarily thought of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic, Stan Wavrinka, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka ... but also Garbine Mugurusa, Johanna Konta, Rafael Nadal, who did not pause but dragged injuries. All of them were questioned because they did not heal 100 percent of the injuries ... Everyone except Serena, who missed the majority last year due to pregnancy and later childbirth, as well as Azar...

Young is 28 years old, 183 centimeters tall, and he has been at ATP Tour since 2004. He is currently 63 at the ATP Rankings Singles. A word that describes his career - oscillations . Tennis began to play when he was three years old, and during his entire career, his father, Donald Senior is his coach, with his wife Ilona, also a professional tennis coach, has a tennis center in the suburbs of Atlanta. His favorite surface is hard, and he is great with volleys. He most likes to perform at the US Open and ATP Tournament in Washington. He finished seven seasons among the top 100 players in the world, where he first came in 2007 and has been a constant since 2013. His career high was five years ago when, after the Australian Open 2012, he reached the 38th position on the ATP list, but immediately after that he had an inglorious series of 17 consecutive defeats, he did not win by August. The guy from Chicago has no title in his professional career, and his overall performanc...

The rising stars of the ATP World Tour are ready for 2018 season. In the group of excellent tennis player, which has a bright future,  the young tennis player from Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas stands out. www.atpworldtour.com JUNIOR CAREER: Followed by his father Apostolos, Tsitsipas played all around Europe in U12 and U14 categories   and finally, the first junior tournament he played in Morocco in 2013. At the first tournament, Stefanos comes to QF where he loses from Dennis Uspensky (USA) in two sets 4-6,6-7.  Next week, Stefanos performs at Mediterranee Avenir (G1) , Having passed the qualifications and greatly played the first two rounds, Stefanos was defeated in the third round by Spanish tennis player Calvo Eman in two sets of 3-6,4-6. Stefanos played the first finals in the junior competition in August 2013 in the French city of Clermont, after 4 great victories Stefanos was nevertheless defeated by domestic tennis player Alexis Gautie...