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Donna Vekic

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I know it's very early for a thread, but time will tell. Judging by this article:

http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/vijest.asp?rub=6&ID_VIJESTI=119156

she could be really something. 13 y.o. and already in an IMG London Academy, made it to slam junior qualies in just a few months on the circuit etc. Hope she's a future star.
 
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except anetts stupid choice of 25ks:Bath, Tunis and Chiasso (beygelzimmer at 204 is LDA for chiasso :facepalm: for anett)
Still, great result from donna. i am liking her more and more every week. Is she heading back to london???
BTW, where does she get her money to travel to uzbekistan and indonesia for just 1 tourney
 
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BTW, where does she get her money to travel to uzbekistan and indonesia for just 1 tourney
From what I know, her family is not exactly poor (great for her), but she is also signed with Nike, and that's a financial cushion in itself. Given how good of a prospect she is, I doubt she lacks sponsorship money.

Just to illustrate how it goes: Lucic (our former teenage sensation) was reportedly offered a $500,000 sponsorship deal on the spot after reaching the semis of Wimbledon back in '99; but her father, reportedly, declined asking for twice as much. Sure enough, Donna isn't there yet, but I think her Nike deal can secure her enough traveling money for now.
 
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Interesting article with Donna, the most important things she says in article:

- At the moment she has a lot of confidence
- She is happy she found her form after bad start of season, she told she has learnt from that matches
- Now she is preparing for tournament in Indonesia and after that she will start to practice for junior Roland Garros
- She is not interested in junior tennis anymore (she is just interested in junior grand slams), only seniors
- Her goal until end of this season is top 200 (but she says she has to work a lot for that)

http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/439024/tenis-wta-tour/vekic-imam-dosta-samopouzdanja
 
#1,304 ·
I saw very interesting news on Donna facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/donnavekic that she run a competition tomorow! :bounce:
here is all about Friday:)

"Competition time! For reaching 2000 Facebook fans Donna's running a competition. On Friday 27th April at 1pm GMT / 2pm CEST we will reveal a question about Donna - make sure you're online and ready to go! The first correct answer will win a signed racket from Donna."

wow! great !!:worship:
 
#1,307 ·
She should, she's just 15. What's more, for example Wimbledon winner usually gets a WC next year :p
 
#1,309 ·
Congratulations Donna! :bounce:
 
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This is Donna's next tournament which will be played from 07th to 13th May in Indonesia, 25k:

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100026475

She is currently ranked as 6th seed, but she might go a bit higher.

If you ask me, this is the first 25k where she actually has result pressure and i expect atleast semis from her.


Week after that, Uzbekistan 25k:

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100026478

Also, similar situation. Currently 6th highest ranked in the draw. Wonder if she cancels it in case she goes to the final of the previous one, due to long travelling.


And after that next is junior RG, so pretty busy next one month for Donna.
 
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This is Donna's next tournament which will be played from 07th to 13th May in Indonesia, 25k:
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100026475

She is currently ranked as 6th seed, but she might go a bit higher.
The seeding will be based on this week's rankings, so Donna should be seeded 4th :bounce:


If you ask me, this is the first 25k where she actually has result pressure and i expect atleast semis from her.
It's true--it's an interesting situation for Donna. We'll need to see how she handles it.


This tournament isn't on Donna's schedule webpage (http://www.donnavekic.com/?page_id=29). I wonder which it is: that she/her handlers forgot to add it to the schedule or that she plans to withdraw but hasn't done it yet.
 
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She really should make it easily to the SF! :unsure:
 
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