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

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...

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

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...

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, 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...

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:...

The talented player Viktoria Morvayova is training in the LOVE 4 TENNIS Academy

None of the combined ITF ranking players from Slovakia is younger or higher ranked than the 15-year-old Slovak player Viktoria Morvayova. Currently, she is No. 154. Junior player who is taking the advantage of training in the academy, and according to her main coach Erik Csarnakovics, she can benefit from the team spirit of L4T Academy. For the first time, Csarnakovics met her in April 2016 at the junior tournament  in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. "I went there with the member of the academy,...

Lenka Jurikova from LOVE 4 TENNIS wins seventh ITF title!

LOVE 4 TENNIS member Lenka Jurikova won her first singles ITF title this season and her overall seventh career title in Prerov, Czech Republic. Lenka reached the 2nd Round at EMPIRE Slovak Open 2016, making her way from the qualies, showing signs of good form a month ago. Now she proved it was no coincidence. At ITF ZUBR CUP in Prerov, Czech Republic she beat all opponents to win the title. Coached by Peter Jurik and Michal Milko, Lenka beat Ukrainian...

Results of L4T Academy players, 24th week, 2016

Prerov, Czech Republic, ZUBR CUP, ITF, 10 000 USD, Clay, Outdoor: Lenka JURIKOVA (SVK) [3] 1R: Hana PEKTOROVA (CZE) [Q] 6-4 6-4 2R: Sabina MACHALOVA (CZE) [WC] 6-4 5-7 6-0 QF: Petra KREJSOVA (CZE) 6-3 7-5 SF: Jana  JABLONOVSKA (SVK) 5-7 6-2 6-2 F: Anastasia ZARYTSKA (UKR) [Q] 6-2 6-4 SINGLES TITLE! Doubles partnering: Anastasia GOLUBEVA (RUS) 1R: BYE QF: Paulina CZARNIK (POL) [3] / Patrycja POLANSKA (POL) [3] 6-7(2) 4-6 Tina TEHRANI (USA) 1R: Diana SUMOVA (CZE) [7] 2-6 3-6 Poprad, Poprad – Tatry Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger, 42 500...