| Kontinen Receives Trial Extension |
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| Monday, 28 May 2007 17:40 |
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Finnish junior Henri Kontinen has received an extension to his trial-period with the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy (MCTA) after impressing in an initial six-week spell. The 16-year-old is currently ranked at a career-high No.227 in the ITF junior rankings, and did enough to persuade MCTA Director of Coaching, David Sammel to continue the trial until the end of September, with a view to making Kontinen a full-time member of the Academy. "Henri has made good progress and is definitely a player in who we are very interested,” said Sammel. “He has certain physical targets to achieve before the end of September where we will be in a better position to evaluate his potential. We will continue to help him with his programme and invite him to certain tournaments to give him every chance of succeeding. He has won some good matches and shown many qualities. Tennis is a tough sport and many boxes need to be ticked." If Kontinen is accepted as a full-time MCTA member after the new trial period has concluded, he will join junior members Ilija Vucic and Anna Fitzpatrick, and senior member, Ana Veselinovic. The MCTA is the world’s first touring academy. Its mission is to discover, train and manage the most promising young tennis players in the world and to develop them to become top 100 professional tennis players. |
