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.
except anetts stupid choice of 25ks:Bath, Tunis and Chiasso (beygelzimmer at 204 is LDA for chiasso 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
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.
You are right, I must've mixed something up, but I specifically remember an article that mentioned the said sum and how her father declined; so I immediately made the connection to that Wimbledon.
She sad that after she won first set she knew she will not be able to play on the level whole match...she is going to check her leg...hope it's nothing serious...
On the new ranking list Donna will be close to top 290.She will earn 34 points from Uzbekistan, but she will lose 8 points from last year tournament in Hvar.So she will have 181 point on Monday.
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)
"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."
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.
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.
Ready to board the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 at Heathrow's T3 for my long flight via Singapore to Indonesia. Next week I'm in the country for another 25k tournament in Tarakan.
Tarakan draw is out. Donna is the #4 seed. Here's her section:
Jia-Jing LU (CHN) [7] v Q
Trang HUYNH PHUONG DAI (VIE) (WC) v Zi YANG (CHN)
Laili RAHMAWATI ULFA (INA) (WC) v Eri HOZUMI (JPN)
Anna FITZPATRICK (GBR) v Donna VEKIC (CRO) [4]