Towsend and Australian Open 2013

[Number1Coach]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

That why it was so suspicious when the Serbian Federation issued a new passport to her.

Cause governments are idiots . I am finally getting mine backafter 4 years of them holding it !! And I am a nice guy ....

[coaching32yrs]

Originally Posted by Number1Coach

Cause governments are idiots . I am finally getting mine backafter 4 years of them holding it !! And I am a nice guy ....

Coach: Looks like you are skipping Australian Open. I think that is a good move. Playing any clay ITF's before French?

[NLBwell]

Originally Posted by BMC9670

Imagine someone "discovered" your house and decided to move on in. Wouldn't you defend it? A little different than being in a "mood".

That's the movie "Pacific Heights." A scary movie actually.

As far as the immigration stuff, people in these comfortable times keep trying to put our values, morals, mores, and customs on people in past centuries. You have no knowledge without knowing the context of the times.

[tball2day]

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[arche3]

Originally Posted by tball2day

................................ feeling like TCF.

Lol. I actually thought db is playing in the opens now.

[tball2day]

ha. ya the overhype gets old.

[arche3]

Originally Posted by tball2day

ha. ya the overhype gets old.

I'll be in Europe during the french open this year. If I bring my son I'll bring his rackets and post here he is playing in then French open.

[tball2day]

Originally Posted by arche3

I'll be in Europe during the french open this year. If I bring my son I'll bring his rackets and post here he is playing in then French open.

Excellent. Good luck to your son at the FO!

[OneTennisParent]

If you have known her since birth, I defer to your first-hand knowledge. Otherwise, I maintain my personal belief that the stated age is false. Parroting a falsehood does not make it true.

[Rina]

I don't know this girl, Ana Konjuh, but I do know that a friend of mine who is Croatian, has a daughter who is 5'10" and 15 years old, just turned. Her husband is not over 5'10"(American Italian) and mom is a bit shorter. People from the region of Dinaric Alps are among the tallest in the world, and that region covers part of Croatia. Apart from that according to Wiki Croats are among the tallest nations in the world. Let's assume she is done with puberty, very likely as she is almost 15, I would say her height she not out of ordinary for her region. Is Taylor 5'6" really? Looks taller in pics. Where does this Ana train? I find it interesting that both boys are girls OB 18s winners are from former Yugoslavia but do they train at home? Where does that kid that won boys OB train? Does anybody know?

[TCF]

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[Olybel]

Originally Posted by Rina

I don't know this girl, Ana Konjuh, but I do know that a friend of mine who is Croatian, has a daughter who is 5'10" and 15 years old, just turned. Her husband is not over 5'10"(American Italian) and mom is a bit shorter. People from the region of Dinaric Alps are among the tallest in the world, and that region covers part of Croatia. Apart from that according to Wiki Croats are among the tallest nations in the world. Let's assume she is done with puberty, very likely as she is almost 15, I would say her height she not out of ordinary for her region. Is Taylor 5'6" really? Looks taller in pics. Where does this Ana train? I find it interesting that both boys are girls OB 18s winners are from former Yugoslavia but do they train at home? Where does that kid that won boys OB train? Does anybody know?

Ana Konjuh is from Dubrovnik and as far as internet says, she trained there with father and croatian trainer from her 6 year.

Laslo Djere also train in local club in his hometown Senta, struggled with finances, winters train in some adopted warehouse. Story similar to Nole and Ana in their teenage years.


You are correct Rina regarding people from Dinaric Alps. Especially part named Hercegovina (background of Dubrovnik ) is full of tall men and women. Man under 1.80 m or 6` is considered small in that region.

[Rina]

So, you really don't need best academy in the world to become a good junior player or even a pro! Thanks for info Olybel.

[MarTennis]

Originally Posted by OneTennisParent

Re Ana Konjuh; I have no empirical evidence but seriously doubt she is 14. I saw her play the Eddie Herr G14 doubles final in 2011 when she would have been 13. She served at 110, hit 80mph groundies and had quads bigger than mine. She stands 5' 10" has an unusually deep voice and I personally herd her tell the tournament director that she was thrilled to finally win, as this was her 6th time playing the Eddie Herr. Hmmmm... that would mean she was playing the 12s when she was 7? Not likely. More believable is that the Serbian Federation gave her a new passport with a brand new birth year. International competition is filled with players who falsify their age. At this year's Eddie Herr my daughter heard two boys in the registration line complaining about a player they know is 18, playing the 16s. Interestingly, one of the boys asked his friend why he's complaining when he does the same thing. His answer was that "everybody's doing it, so why not?" I know it's impossible to police foreign players, but there should be some system that compares past registrations against current, to see if anyone suddenly got younger. TDs are so confrontation averse they prefer to look the other way, and collect the fee.

commentary. Moral hazard problems abound in a great sport.

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[MarTennis]

Originally Posted by TCF

Not true. That post was utter garbage of a jealous tennis parent.

He said she must have "been 7" to play the Herr 6 times. She was ALMOST 10 when she played the Herr her first time. She is 15 now. I proved his post was a total lie several times.

I am disappointed that you gave credence to a post that was so out of bounds. She is a normal looking tall 15 year old girl with a normal voice. His entire post was garbage.

If you have specific information about someone who changed the age, fine....of course that happens. But do not feed the trolls who just come on here and slander kids with no proof.

I apologize. That said I did mean to show some empathy to the age fudging that seems to occur. However, it is totally fair to call me out on the other aspects of the comments that are without proof, especially regarding a minor.
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I will say that LeBron had to deal with the age questions for almost a decade. It is not a left field conversation in today's sports world.

[andfor]

Originally Posted by OneTennisParent

Re Ana Konjuh; I have no empirical evidence but seriously doubt she is 14. I saw her play the Eddie Herr G14 doubles final in 2011 when she would have been 13. She served at 110, hit 80mph groundies and had quads bigger than mine. She stands 5' 10" has an unusually deep voice and I personally herd her tell the tournament director that she was thrilled to finally win, as this was her 6th time playing the Eddie Herr. Hmmmm... that would mean she was playing the 12s when she was 7? Not likely. More believable is that the Serbian Federation gave her a new passport with a brand new birth year. International competition is filled with players who falsify their age. At this year's Eddie Herr my daughter heard two boys in the registration line complaining about a player they know is 18, playing the 16s. Interestingly, one of the boys asked his friend why he's complaining when he does the same thing. His answer was that "everybody's doing it, so why not?" I know it's impossible to police foreign players, but there should be some system that compares past registrations against current, to see if anyone suddenly got younger. TDs are so confrontation averse they prefer to look the other way, and collect the fee.

As previously pointed out this is utter crap. BTW, it's not the TD's job to give credit to every wack job parent who protests and claims so and so player is not the age they claim. If that was the case how would any tournament be played? Protests of these types have to be made through the governing body and if you are going to protest someones age, you better have some proof, like a birth announcement from a newspaper. If you don't know how to protest through the proper channels, you don't deserve to have a kid playing the game.

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[Chemist]

Ana Konjuh has just turned 15. She is already playing 18s tournaments and Futures. A girl as good as her would more likely to "fake" her age older and not younger so that she can start her professional career earlier. If a small number of kids did fake their age younger to win a few more matches in the younger division, they would surely be losers down the road. Good kids would always like to play up to improve faster. Common sense?

[TCF]

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