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30/06/24
Some pictures of the 29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 actors... taken during the Sixth and Final day of their Smrikva Bowl... the AWARDING day... the cake and swimming pool day :)
Smrikva Bowl finals are played since 1996 with linesman and ball kids… it was a nice morning with the sky ready for the finals…
… the stage was prepared early in the morning…
… the trophies and diamond medals were ready too…
… and some seeds of the future dreams were planted…
At 8:30 AM everything was ready for the final act of this year 29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 Opera stage… the central court was ready :)
When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theater where every year we work hard to set a stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all these different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…
We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…
The Finals and Awarding ceremony day of the 29th annual started with traditional Staff and Ball Kids gathering…
and here are 12 ball kids out over 70 Staff Members who behind the curtains directed the Opera to make our actors perform at their best…
Tia, Serena, Monika, Juraj, Ethan, Ariel, Tim, Edgar, Marta, Celine, Mikael & Zoe… were this year with us in the finals ball kids team…
Damir and Tamara made the final instructions to our this year Staff seeds…
and here we are all together ready to jump into another wonderful finals…
… over 140 invisible hands that make MORE THEN TENNIS a reality for a week… year after year…
The girls finals are per tradition scheduled at 9:00 AM and it always start with flower pictures of the finalists…
… and here are Mathilde Hartvingsen Dianati from Denmark and Sofia Brigatti from Italy making their photo session before the finals…
…and this year Consolation Draw actors were: Andrea Nour from Moldova and Manuela Sumelj from Croatia. The Chair Umpire Bruno Sampras was in charge for the Consolation finals…
… and today Andrea was able to win the Consolation Draw finals match…
… Main Draw actors of this year Opera final Mathilde and Sofia are on this picture ready to enter the stage :)…
… the stage was ready and Chair Umpire Damir gave to Mathilde and Sofia the final instructions before their opera act started… to enjoy the game and let’s the public enjoy your tennis talent level…
… one more picture with the girls which includes their dreams and the dreams of this year generation to play one day on the most famous tennis courts in London, New York, Wimbledon and Paris…
… here we are starting…
… it was a lovely tennis day… for all the people who gathered around the court #1 where the finals were played…
and here is Sofia in action…
… and here is Mathilde in action…
our precious assistants… Celine…
Tiki…
:)…
… today Mathilde collected the Championship… and here is the moment when she put her hands up in sign of victory…
handshake at the net…
and the moment of joy when Mathilde get lifted towards the sky by her coach…
Mathilde Hartvingsen Dianati crowned herself the 29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 edition winner… her brother Philip made it two years ago till the semifinals… and the sister was able to climb few more stairs this time…
I am sure this is only one of the first meetings for the most Smrikva kids and there will be many matches in the future for most of them… and many opportunities to measure their skills development…
… after the girls exhibition of their skills it was the time of boys…
… and after girls Consolation finals at the court #2 the boys Consolation finals started… between Ruan Stefan Coman from Romania and David Richter from Austria…
Today Ruan was able to win the Consolation Draw finals match and crown himself the Champion…
… in the Main Draw… two boys to reach the finals were Lukas Kacin from Czech Republic and Daichi Fujise from Japan.
here we are with the boys just few minutes before their match when the Chair Umpire Damir shared few words with both of them…
ready for the finals… to enter the stage…
totally ready with Grand Slam sign…
our ball kids are ready too… and here is Marta…
the shangri-la “seeds of the Legends” theater…
and here is Lukas in action…
and here is Daichi in action
our Staff Member Dean…
there were a lot of beautiful and amazing points Lukas and Daichi played… it was really a great game… and here is the moment when Lukas conquered the title… and both players were on the ground…
Lukas…
Daichi…
Lukas collected more points today and crowned himself the 29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 Champion…
The awarding ceremony is always a special moment…
everything is ready… right before the awarding ceremony for the 40 medals and trophies started…
to start to call the names…
traditional winners US OPEN ball signing donated by Justin Lee back in 2009… first signed by Mathilde…
followed by Lukas Kacin…
and this picture will be framed on the wall… Champions together…
it is time to call the friend… and smile together…
Ena & Paula :)….
Marta & Manuela :)….
Maia & Andrea :)….
Ivelin & Zlatomir :)….
Filip & Mustafa :)…
George & Maksim :)…
Hugo & Dylan :)…
Tobias & David :)…
David & Ruan :)…
Sofia & Visnja :)…
Ella with her sister :)…
Mathilde & Maia :)…
Marta & Manuela :)…
Sofia & Visnja :)…
Zoe, Mathilde & Maia :)…
Lucca & Manuel :)…
Daichi, Mikael, Alexander :)…
Alexander & Mikael :)…
Hedi & Alexander :)….
Lucca & Mannuel :)….
Lukas & Ella :)….
Serena & Katerina :)….
Nikolay & Ivelin :)….
Kerem & Hugo :)….
Sahaj & Noah :)….
Edgar & Hedi :)….
Daichi & Kosei :)….
Edgar & Lukas:)….
and finally it is time for the cake :D
time to seal the memories of this year edition with something sweet :)
winners and friends cutting it all together…
great cake…
and the final acting before departing home is the swimming pool swim ;)
It was a super particular edition… and I hope most of the kids will get a little of inspiration to keep developing their tennis talent…
Thanks to all the participants… players… families… coaches… Smrikva Bowl Staff and friends…
for making 29th annual… ANOTHER GOOD YEAR… :)
29/06/24
29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 - Press Release
PULA, CROATIA 24 th JUNE – 29 th JUNE 2024
- one game one nation-
29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 – tennis tournament for boys and girls under 10 – gathered 93 boys and girls representing over 50 Smrikva Bowl countries and six continents. It was another successful annual and Smrikva Bowl with this year edition confirms the presence of its Ambassadors in 111 countries and six continents.
Smrikva Bowl winners:
• Vilim Višak (CRO) – Natali Zuliani (CRO) 1996
• Željko Perić (CRO) – Ivana Lisjak (CRO) 1997
• Filip Kovačić (CRO) – Mateja Horvat (CRO) 1998
• Borko Mudronja (CRO) – Astrid Besser (ITA) 1999
• Adelchi Virgili (ITA) – Tereza Mrdeža (CRO) 2000
• Marin Draganja (CRO) – Petra Martić (CRO) 2001
• Javier Marti (ESP) – Martina Caregaro (ITA) 2002
• Dominic Thiem (AUT) – Jennifer Ren (UK) 2003
• Ivan Levar (CRO) – Saška Gavrilovska (SRB) 2004
• Matteo Donati (ITA) – Saška Gavrilovska (SRB) 2005
• Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) – Eleonor Dean (UK) 2006
• Sacha Merzetti (ITA) – Virgina Pena (ESP) 2007
• Luka Panic (SUI) – Katarina Jokić (BiH) 2008
• Alvaro Regalado (ESP) – Katie Swan (UK) 2009
• Nicola Kuhn (ESP) – Jovana Vuković (SRB) 2010
• Duje Ajduković (CRO) – Olga Danilović (SRB) 2011
• Goran Životić (SRB) – Himari Sato (JPN) 2012
• Turriziani Alvarez (ESP) – Noa Krznarić (CRO) 2013
• Patrick Brady (UK) – Tea Lukić (SRB) 2014
• Branko Đurić (MNE) – Alena Kasatkina (RUS) 2015
• Kaylan Bigun (USA) – Ela Nala Milič (SVN) 2016
• Roben Gavani (BGR) – Rositsa Dencheva (BGR) 2017
• Vito Darderi (ARG) – Alisa Oktiabreva (RUS) 2018
• Svit Suljič (SVN) – Ksenia Efremova (RUS) 2019
• Daniel Gardality (USA) – Arina Fomina (RUS) 2022
• James Borchard (USA) – Ana Marija Rebić (CRO) 2023
• Lukas Kacin (CZE) – Mathilde Dianati (DEN) 2024
Lukas Kacin from Czech Republic won the boys finals, while Mathilde Hartvingsen Dianati from Denmark won the girls finals.
The winners won, among other, the mountain bikes – the traditional Smrikva Bowl prize – a week stage at Patrick Mouratoglou Academy, and Wilson International support.
29th SMRIKVA BOWL 2024 MAIN RESULTS
Boys:
Finals:
Lukas Kacin (CZE) – Daichi Fujise (JPN) (4:1,4:5,10:4)
Semifinals:
Lukas Kacin (CZE) – Sahaj Kothari (IND) (5:3,4:1)
Daichi Fujise (JPN) – Hedi Ksouri (TUN) (0:4,5:3,10:4)
Quarterfinals:
Lukas Kacin (CZE) – Mikael Ivanov (BGR) (2:4,4:1,10:3)
Daichi Fujise (JPN) – Nikolay Nikolov (BGR) (4:0,5:4)
Sahaj Kothari (IND) – Lucca Torres (ESP) (4:2,4:0)
Hedi Ksouri (TUN) – Hugo Lagerlof (FIN) (4:1,4:1)
Girls:
Finals:
Mathilde Hartvingsen Dianati (DEN) – Sofia Brigatti (ITA) (5:4,4:0)
Semifinals:
Mathilde Dianati (DEN) – Marta Barisic (CRO) (5:4,4:0)
Sofia Brigatti (ITA) – Maia Ioana Munteanu (ROM) (4:2,4:5,10:3)
Quarterfinals:
Mathilde Dianati (DEN) – Ella Buresova (CZE) (4:2,5:3)
Sofia Brigatti (ITA) – Maja Michener (USA) (1:4,5:4,10:8)
Marta Barisic (CRO) – Kotoha Tomotoki (JPN) (4:0,4:2)
Maia Ioana Munteanu (ROM) – Visnja Mitic (SRB) (4:0,4:2)
Thanks to the all Smrikva Bowl supporters and especially to the: Smrikva Bowl Friends, Staff, Golden and
Honorary Members!
28/06/24
Some pictures of the 29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 actors :)... taken during the Fifth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when "IGRA" game winners were known... :))... and the day when the finalists of this year edition were known... the BRIONI day :)
The fifth day was the day when the semifinalist of the Main and Consolation Draw were known…
but was also the day of Brioni Islands visit and the day of the “IGRA” Game finals :)
I am pleased to present the list of the actors of the Day who make it to the finals in their singles and towards the victory in special “IGRA” doubles…
FINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Daichi Fujise (JPN)
Lukas Kacin (CZE)
Girls:
Mathilde Hartvingsen Dianati (DEN)
Sofia Brigatti (ITA)
FINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Ruan Stefan Coman (ROM)
David Richter (AUT)
Girls:
Andreea Nour (MDA)
Manuela Šumelj (CRO)
“IGRA” GAME WINNERS and RUNNER UPS:
Lukas Kacin (CZE)
Ella Buresova (CZE)
Lucca Torres (ESP)
Manuel Pineda (ESP)
After the presentation of the actors of the Day who made it into the finals… I am pleased to share a little piece of the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day celebrated on 21st of September… because today we spent on Brioni Islands… once upon a time named the Islands of Peace…
Smrikve, September 2010
The International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day, occurs annually on September 21st and this day has been elected to be also the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ Day.
It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is observed by many people. For the first time this holiday was celebrated in 1981.
The Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day, although celebrated on the same day as the World Peace Day, is dedicated to civilization , intergenerational responsibility and tennis. Without civil society in a modern world there is no guarantee for peace.
In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the third Tuesday of September (the opening day of regular sessions of the General Assembly) as the International Day of Peace devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace and civilization values.
In 2001, the day was changed from the third Tuesday to specifically the twenty-first day of September. A new resolution was passed by the General Assembly, sponsored by the United Kingdom (giving credit to Peace One Day) and Costa Rica (the sponsors of the original day) to give the Day of Peace a fixed date and declare it as a global ceasefire day.
In 1991, on September 21st, I left Smrikve for Milan, it was the war time in my country, 5 years before, on the same day, in 1986, I sailed with a boat to Dubrovnik with school friends living a nice life time memory experience.
Having our calendar year 365 days if we live for some time and create our own experience we learn that the same day can remind us something nice and something not nice… it is a circle…
Not nice could be compared to a mistake in tennis… we learn from the mistakes. They help us understand what is not good or what we do not do properly…
To end this comment I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobel Prize for Peace who was guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings. It is a tradition that every guest dedicate few words to the Group and he wrote down the following:
“The future is always in a minority. Yet the history of the future is more important than the history of the past. It is for the old to remember the past. It is for the young to build the world of tomorrow.
Do it! You can build a world without wars. You can build a new humanity.”
Everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important. They are all parts of the civilization path.
Shimon Peres used in his note the statement: “Do it!” thus reminded me Yoda’s wisdom words when he shares his knowledge with young Jedi: “Try not. Do or do not “ :)
If people believe in the future there is future. If people do not believe in the future there is no future.
Miodrag Bozovic
… and tomorrow is the single FINALS Day… the day of the Cake…
Awarding Ceremony Day…
and the Day of the Swimming Pool :D
… and before going into a new day once again congratulations to the finalist, semifinalists and quarterfinalist of the IGRA Game who made our pizza night special…
“IGRA” GAME WINNERS
Lukas Kacin (CZE)
Ella Buresova (CZE)
and RUNNER UPS:
Lucca Torres (ESP)
Manuel Pineda (ESP)
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
and those who assisted this year theater show may have noticed that the names of the player mentioned in our articles are often not related with the pictures presented…
…they follow Yoda way of speaking… and often are inverted…
for those not familiar with Yoda… I will borrow one of his saying to finish the article of today…
Luke : “I’m looking for a great warrior”
Yoda: “ Wars not make one great “
28/06/24
29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 Draws and Results - Fifth Day Results and Order of Play for the 6th Day
29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 Draws and 5th Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE SIXTH DAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
29th SB 2024 Order of Play 29th of June, 6th day
28th of June:
2:00 PM : BRIONI Islands trip gathering in Fazana
2:30 PM : departure from Fazana with boat to BRIONI islands
7:00 PM : return to Smrikve
7:30 PM : Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals of the IGRA Game + PIZZA party for all the players cheering for the finals of the IGRA GAME :D
FINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Daichi Fujise (JPN)
Lukas Kacin (CZE)
Girls:
Mathilde Hartvingsen Dianati (DEN)
Sofia Brigatti (ITA)
FINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Ruan Stefan Coman (ROM)
David Richter (AUT)
Girls:
Andreea Nour (MDA)
Manuela Šumelj (CRO)
27/06/24
Some pictures of the 29th Smrikva Bowl 2024 actors... taken during the fourth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when the children participated lucky draw :)... and pictures with few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story...
During the long Fourth Smrikva Bowl Day the semifinalist of all the single draws and part of the IGRA game were known :)…
… and I am pleased to take the opportunity to share few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story with our new Ambassadors generation ;)…
SEMIFINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Hedi Ksouri (TUN)
Daichi Fujise (JPN)
Lukas Kacin (CZE)
Sahaj Kothari (IND)
Girls:
Marta Barišić (CRO)
Mathilde Hartvingsen Dianati (DEN)
Maia Ioana Munteanu (ROM)
Sofia Brigatti (ITA)
SEMIFINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Kento Kobayashi (JPN)
Ruan Stefan Coman (ROM)
David Richter (AUT)
Mateo Kaljević (CRO)
Girls:
Andreea Nour (MDA)
Lynne Maya Mboizi (JPN)
Manuela Šumelj (CRO)
Ena Tabak (BIH)
Just few promised words behind Smrikva ;)…
Smrikva Bowl mission is to inspire, develop and spread cosmopolitan values.
Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people and humanity…
What does that mean?…
CULTURE, CHILDREN, SPORT and MUSIC are part of the Smrikva Bowl idea of the cosmopolitan world. It is a matter of civilization …
…a truly wise windy, product of imagination, once whispered… “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” (M.Y.)… and fairy tales seems to help that beauty…
… but I am sure you will cross in the future with the following opinion… “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” (A.E.)…
I noted that all of you are very calm during hard points… and usually in tennis game, as well as in many other fields, it does not matter what goes wrong but your reaction to it…
… we prepared special gifts for the Lucky Draw for various generations thanks to…
I am pleased to recall our Smrikva Bowl “Lucky Draw” contributors:
• Dominic Thiem & family (grandfather Josef Mullner, mom Karin, dad Wolfgang and brother Moritz)
• Borna Coric & family (dad Damir and mom Zeljka)
• Alex De Minaur & family (mom Esther)
• Donna Vekic & family (dad Igor and mom Brankica)
• Carlos Alcaraz & family (dad Carlos)
• Lloyd Harris & family (mom Cecelia)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina & family (mom Tatiana)
• Katie Swan & family (mom Nicki)
• Lorenzo Musetti and Simone Tartarini
• Matteo Donati & family (mom Marina Bortolato)
• Miomir Kecmanovic & coach Miro Hrvatin & family (aunt Tanja Pavlov)
• Olga Danilovic & family (mom Svetlana)
• Nicola Kuhn & family (dad Alfred and mom Rita)
• Alex Eala and Michael Eala & family (dad Michael and mom Rizza)
• Matej Sabanov and Ivan Sabanov (brother Aleksandar, dad Zlatko & mom Nada)
• Katie Boulter & family (mom Sue)
• Viktoria Kuzmova
• Petra Martic
• Zvonimir Babic & family (dad Vlado and mom Marija)
• Tereza Mihalikova
• Gianluigi Quinzi & family (dad Luca)
• Roger Federer (thanks to coach Miro Hrvatin and Chris Jackman)
• Rafael Nadal (thanks to Luca Appino)
• Juan Martin Del Potro (thanks to Chris Jackman)
• Gael Monfils, Kaja Juvan and Stanislav Wawrinka (thanks to Tomislav Poljak)
• Grigor Dimitrov (thanks to Bulgarian visiting coach)
• Novak Djokovic (thanks to Zdravko Sinko)
• Mili Poljicak & family (dad Ante & mom Nilija)
• Ivana Jorovic
• Holger Rune & family (mom Aneke)
• Petra Marcinko & family (dad Vjekoslav and mom Ivana)
• Flavio Cobolli & family (mom Francesca Neri)
• Vilim Visak
• Tommy Paul & family (mom Jillian)
• Tomas Machac & family (mom Daniela)
• Mihaela Marculescu
• Martin Landaluce & family (dad Alejandro)
• Andreea Rosca & family (dad Ionut)
• Dino Prižmić & family (mom Nataša)
• Ksenia Efremova & family (mom Julia)
• Ana Konjuh
• Jaime Faria & family (mom Tania Nunez)
• Maria Timofeeva & family (dad Gleb & mom)
• Alexei Popyrin & family (dad Alex, brother Anthony & mom)
… and their success could teach us how fear and anger are for the brain the same as cramps for the muscles…
and… what Master Yoda noted “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”…
… in tennis seems to be the same… if you want to win more… you master your skills and believe in your game ;)
There are different ways to look at sport. There are different ways to look at music, culture, love and also to children.
The vision of sport preferred in Smrikve can be described and extended to: culture, music and children using the following Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words…
… “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
… a wise men living in China 2500 years ago once observed… “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.” …
hmmm… sounds very interesting… hm hm :)
an interesting opinion…
… and to set your heart right you need good characters… those who wish to contribute to the greater public good had to begin by working on themselves…
… only then they will see progress radiate out from their personal circles to society at large…
Tomorrow is the semifinals day…
the BRIONI Islands Day…
and IGRA GAME Day :D…
a lot to do and a lot to see ;)….
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
FEW WORDS ABOUT L…
The strongest force among human beings is named “Love”. Love can be very powerful but can also be very painful force.
THE LITTLE PRINCE…by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry… is a very special book that every person at different age read differently.
It is a book that last over time and was likely the last love gift Antoine de Saint-Exupéry made to his wife Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.
Over time this book was translated in many different languages thus become a love gift for many generations around the world.
It is a children’s book writen for the olders… I like many parts of it… especially the description that Antoine make of the adult people…
the description of the moment when the rose was born… the importance of the right orders on the King’s planet…
“you never know” statement…
the meeting with the wise fox…
the smiling stars and many other parts…
Only best friends, when they trust each other, do share their deep knowledge…
and once The Little Prince and the fox created such a special relationship the fox shared a secret with him…
“Goodbye, said the fox. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry beleived that: Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.…
“Ljubav ne zahtjeva da dvoje ljudi gledaju jedno u drugo, već da zajedno gledaju u istom pravcu”.
