Kalenichenko amongst top four in singles, wins doubles in Trnava

Number of our LOVE 4 TENNIS Academy members played in Trnava at ITF EMPIRE Futures Trnava 2016. Samuel Hodor, Jakub Behun and Isa Mammetgulyyev were in the qualifying, Danylo Kalenichenko reached semi-final and won the doubles! Despite Hodor and Mammetgulyyev were both eliminated in the final qualifying round, both entered the main draw as lucky loosers. Hodor lost against Czech Dominik Suc (4-6, 3-6) and Isa played difficult match against his colleague from the academy Danylo Kalenichenko. Isa was winning 3-0...

Marchenko with first challenger singles title this year

Week 29 was exceptional for LOVE 4 Tennis Academy. Illya Marchenko coached by Tibor Toth dominated at Italian Challenger in Recanati. Ukrainian tennis player won his first singles title this season, overall his fifth. Marchenko played difficult Davis Cup matches against Austria for Ukrainian national team before going to Austria. Against Dennis Novak, he won in four sets, against Jurgen Melzer, Marchenko lost after dramatic five setter.  "Ilya arrived directly from Davis Cup, he was tired because he played two...

Results of L4T Academy players, 29th week, 2016, Marchenko’s singles title

Recanati, Italy, GUZZINI CHALLENGER, ATP Challenger, 42 500 €, Hard, Outdoor: Illya MARCHENKO (UKR) [2] 1R: Maxime JANVIER (FRA) 6-1 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 2R: Farrukh DUSTOV (UZB) 2-0 ret. QF: Alessandro BEGA (ITA) 6-1 6-3 SF: Marton FUCSOVICS (HUN) [3] 6-3 6-2 F: Ilya IVASHKA (BLR) 6-4 6-4 - SINGLES TITLE! Bad Waltersdorf, Austria, Thermenregion Bad Waltersdorf Open, ITF, 10 000 USD, Clay, Outdoor: Lenka JURIKOVA (SVK) [4] 1R: Marlies SZUPPER (AUT) 0-3 ret. Tampere, Finland, AAMULEHTI TAMPERE OPEN, ATP Challenger, 42 500 €, Clay, Outdoor: Filip HORANSKY (SVK) 1R: Joao...

Kalenichenko takes fourth doubles title in 2016, overall his eighth

Danylo Kalenichenko (22) was the most successful LOVE 4 Tennis Academy player in week 28 together with Czech David Pichler, they won the Futures doubles at Brno Open. Kalenichenko added fourth title this year. In January he won together with German Denis Kapric in Kaarste, in March together with Marat Deviatiar he lifted the trophy in Baku and pairing David Pichler won third title in June in Arada, Romania. "This was our third tournament we played together with David. We played...

Results of L4T Academy players, 28th week, 2016, Kalenichenko won doubles title

Davis Cup, Ukraine : Austria, Kiev, Ukraine, Hard, Outdoor: Illya MARCHENKO (UKR) vs. Dennis NOVAK (AUT) 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 6-2 vs. Jurgen MELZER (AUT) 6-3 3-6 6-3 5-7 3-6 Brno, Czech Republic, BRNO OPEN, F6 Futures, 10 000 USD, Clay, Outdoor: Samuel HODOR (SVK) 1QR: Marek SEMJAN (SVK) [3] 3-6 0-1 ret. Danylo KALENICHENKO (UKR) 1R: Michal FRANEK (CZE) [Q]  2-6 1-6 Doubles partnering: David PICHLER (AUT) [2] 1R: Mauricio ALVAREZ – GUZMAN (CHI) / Cristobal SAAVEDRA – CORVALAN (CHI) 6-1 6-3 QF: Vit KOPRIVA (CZE) / Laslo URRUTIA...

Results of L4T Academy players, 27th week, 2016, Ignatik won the title

Usti Nad Orlici, Czech Republic, Rieter Open Ústí nad Orlicí 2016, F5 Futures, 10 000 USD, Clay, Outdoor:   Samuel HODOR (SVK) 1QR: Adam KULICH (SVK) 6-1 6-2 2QR: Bartosz WOJNAR (POL) [4] 6-4 6-1 Main draw: Samuel HODOR (SVK) [Q] 1R: Robin STANEK (CZE) [1] 6-4 6-2 2R: Vit KOPRIVA (CZE) 2-6 2-6 Doubles partnering: Matej MARUSCAK (SVK) [WC] 1R: Filip DOLEZEL (CZE) [4] / Vaclav SAFRANEK (CZE) [4] 6-7(4) 3-6 Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) [2] 1R: Petr HAJEK (CZE) [Q] 6-2 6-2 2R: Piotr LOMACKI (POL) 6-2 6-3 QF: David PICHLER...

Ignatik takes second 2016 ITF title in Czech Republic, overall his 16th

LOVE 4 Tennis Academy member Uladzimir Ignatik, coached by Jan Stancik, has made another successful result this year, winning the ITF tournament in Usti nad Orlici in Czech Republic, dropping only a set. Belarussian tennis player has won his 14th singles ITF title, second this year. He receives 18 points into the ATP ranking. "Number two seed Belarussian Ignatik takes the title from the ITF tournament in Usti Nad Orlici in Czech Republic. Together with prize money of 1440 USD, he...

Results of L4T Academy players, 26th week, 2016

Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Rising Stars Tennis Tour - Nieuwpoort, F3 Futures, 10 000 USD, clay, outdoor: Filip HORANSKY (SVK) [1] 1R: Hugo PONTICO (FRA) [Q] 6-4 6-1 2R: Jakob JOHANSSON – HOLM (SWE) [Q] 7-5 7-6(4) QF: Joran VLIEGEN (BEL) [5] 6-2 6-3 SF: Lennert VAN DER LINDEN (NED) [4] 3-6 0-4 ret. London, Great Britain, Wimbledon, Grandslam, 13 570 000 €, Grass, Outdoor: Illya MARCHENKO (UKR) 1R: Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) 4-6 2-6 6-7(8) Andrey KUZNETSOV (RUS) 1R: Pablo CUEVAS (URU) [29] 6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 2R: Gilles MULLER...

Michal Fasung, L4T club team captain: We deserved the promotion to Extraleague

LOVE 4 Tennis club is returning back to the Slovakian Extraleague team’s competition after a year. It was not an easy mission to win promotion, last match in June was deciding the fortune. "We were uncertain how it will turn out, because number of our team members play in foreign leagues or at 10K tournaments. We worked hard to build a solid team," said Michal Fasung, team captain about building the team throughout the year. TK LOVE 4 Tennis lost in...

Results of L4T Academy players, 25th week, 2016, Horansky in the final

Moscow, Russia, Moscow Open 2016, F1 Futures, 10 000 USD, Clay, Outdoor: Filip HORANSKY (SVK) [1] 1R: Nikita KOZLOV (RUS) [WC] 6-0 6-2 2R: Ivan DAVYDOV (RUS) 2-6 6-1 7-6(4) QF: Anton ZAITCEV (RUS) 6-4 6-4 SF: Evgeny TYURNEV (RUS) [6] 6-3 3-6 6-3 F: Alexander BUBLIK (RUS) [3] 3-6 6-7(5) Skopje, FYR Macedonia, TENNISPARK SKOPJE F1, F1 Futures, 10 000 USD, Clay, Outdoor: Danylo KALENICHENKO (UKR) 1R: Vullnet TASHI (SUI) [Q] 6-3 2-6 6-3 2R: Danilo PETROVIC (SRB) [1] 3-6 7-5 4-6 Doubles partnering: Lenny HAMPEL (AUT) [3] 1R:...