Petra Kvitova is out of TOP 10 in WTA rankings. There is no question about her making her way back into the TOP 10; I would say even TOP 5. She has what it takes to become world number one. Remember, she was close to achieving it almost five years ago. Petra won Wimbledon twice, since 2011 at the end of the seasons; she was always in TOP 10 with at least 3500 points (not since February 2016). She has all...
There was a big surprise at the clay tournament EMPIRE Slovak Open 2016 in Trnava with total prize money of 100 000 USD. WTA No. 621 Lenka Jurikova surprised everyone in the first round after advancing from the qualification, eliminating American Louisa CHirico 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Chirico was the big favourite of the match against Jurikova, as she reached the semi-final of WTA Premier Tournament in Madrid last week, where she lost to another Slovak Cibulkova. On Monday, American player moved...
Both Slovakian Extraleague 2016 finals were played on May, 6 in the TC EMPIRE Trnava. Men played the final against TC Draci Matuskovo and women against TK Slovan Bratislava. Lenka Jurikova played for women’s team from Trnava, Jan Stancik played for the men’s team – both are members of LOVE 4 TENNIS Academy. Men beat Matuskovo 5-0 on Friday afternoon, doubles were not even played. Women were dominating as well, beating Slovan Bratislava 5-0, doubles were once again not even played....
Czech and Slovak tennis have many differences, including number of courts, its quality and interest of young people and children, competition, organisational side of tournaments and we could continue naming more and more. I would like to concentrate on the last point mentioned. It is a topic I can talk about, I played tennis in both countries and I have experience I would like to share. I would start by comparing number of tournaments in Czech Republic and Slovakia. During the...
Every parent has smaller or bigger impact on development of a player and training process. Impact can be positive or negative. In most cases parents want to have influence on the development of their child, however they often do big mistakes, which they are not aware of and they slow down the development rather than help it. They often spoil the effort of the coaching staff. In many cases they are the reasons for giving up by the players and disliking...
Vanda Lukacs, twenty three years old member of LOVE 4 TENNIS Academy, coached by Filip Havaj and Erik Csarnakovics, already adapted in the Bratislava based academy. Since joining us, she won her first singles title and third doubles title in Italian Santa Margherita Di Pula in October 2015. Recently she was very close to taking her second singles title, but she lost the final in Hammamet, Tunisia. She was excellently prepared for the tournament after two weeks of intensive training...
Filip Horansky, player that spends lot of his practice time in LOVE 4 TENNIS Academy, played great tournament in Antalya, Turkey. At 10K USD Futures event he grabbed the title. According to his own words, he played the best match in the final. Horansky (No. 364 in the ATP rankings) won his seventh singles career title in Antalya, first one in the current season. He smashed fourth seed, Swiss Yann Marti (No. 323 in the ATP rankings) after two sets 6-1,...
When a professional tennis player ends his career, it may seem the best and most logical continuity for him is to become a coach. It is not as easy as it may seem at first glance. Erik Csarnakovics, LOVE 4 Tennis Head Coach, knows himself a lot about it, warns about the difficulties of the job and also has a piece of advice for the starting coaches, former players. What is the most difficult in transition of player to coach? "Working as a tennis coach...
LOVE 4 Tennis Academy Uladzimir Ignatik (25) wins his first ITF title of the new season. Coached by Jan Stancik and Erik Csarnakovics, Ignatik made it all the way to the top in Oberentfelden in Switzerland. Ignatik wins together with the title 27 ATP points into the ranking, but remains No. 243. "I have to say, it was a very difficult tournament. But all the hard work during training pays off, when results come. I need to continue in all the hard...
American Tina Tehrani (23) from LOVE 4 Tennis Academy played at the EMPIRE Women’s Indoor 2016 in Trnava. She was successful in 2nd qualifying round, but unfortunately did not make it in the main draw. Tina Tehrani is No. 993 in the singles WTA rankings, in August 2015 she was No. 940. She won both of her ITF doubles titles in 2014 in Antalya. Peter Jurik and Erik Csarnakovics are her coaches in LOVE 4 TENNIS Academy. "Tina is a very easy going...
