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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...

This year's great season was also played by young Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka . Sabalenka`s season was impressive with an incredible breakthrough year so she has a great future ahead of her at the age of 19. Her favourite surface is Hard, but she is good on other surfaces, too. Sabalenka was born on May 5, 1998, she has a career high WTA singles ranking of 73 achieved on 27 November 2017 and a career high WTA doubles ranking of 251 on 27 November 2017 too. Throughout this season, Aryna has 36-25 win-loss record, including ITF events. So far, she has won six titles in singles and two in doubles. JUNIOR CAREER: During her junior career, at the ITF Juniors level, Aryna did not achieve great results. Her best rankings were 225 (05 January 2015).  She played the first tournament when she was 14 years old at the Minsk Cup, Polina was defeated in the qualifications by Polina Novikova (RUS) 3-6,6-7. After that, she took a break and dedicated to the...