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Our young friend turns 14 tomorrow. That means that he is now allowed to play in men's events.
I really want to see how long it'll be before he gets his first main draw wild card. You don't see a 14 year old in Futures every week, but I reckon that he'll get one very soon.
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Sir Panda
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Keep us posted Arka.   |
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No problem. He will play his first ever major 18&U tournament this November when he plays at Eddie Herr. Tomic won the 12&U crown there two years ago (Tara won the girls crown!!) when he absolutely crushed all his opponents (including a 6-1 6-0 win in the finals). I don't think that he'll do much out there, but it'll be a good experience for him. |
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we'll see... people claim he is amazing... if he makes the 2nd round i'll be shocked.... so go bernard!!!
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A second round appearence won't improve his ranking.  And the field will be tough. You'll have people like Elias, Nishikori, Cox (  ) and Dyce out there. |
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thats what i'm saying....
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he is tall... wow.... we just need to see them stand next to each other in sneakers..... big kid like that will have a nice serving advantage.
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Having that sort of a body is such a great advantage. He is heading the Hewitt and Nadal way. Boluda is heavily built as well. And Nadal's uncle says that he is better than what Nadal was at his age.  |
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  His ranking is now 3 and he just won the Aussie Open juniors. His record for 2008 so far is 12-0.  His favourite surface is grass - look forward to seeing him at Wimbledon. He started playing at 7 So he has been playing for only 6 years. Indeed Finally he is younger than me!!!!!!!! |
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Wow, youngest player to win a junior slam - Andy better hurry up and win a slam before this guy arrives.  |
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well...he's got some fancy foot work as well. Amazing boy. |
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