| MCTA Parts Company With Oscar Podlewski |
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| Thursday, 24 May 2007 17:41 |
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The Monte Carlo Tennis Academy (MCTA) has chosen to revoke the membership of Oscar Podlewski after the teenager’s ten-week training spell at the Sutton Academy in London came to an end. The MCTA’s mission is to develop players that will ultimately reach the Top 100 in the world rankings. It was decided that Podlewski was not showing the necessary progress to make that jump. The door has been left open for Podlewski to rejoin the Academy at some stage in the future, provided that he fulfils certain criteria MCTA Head Coach David Sammel said: "This is a difficult decision because Oscar is a hard worker and a good person and hopefully he will find the competitive edge needed. The MCTA has an obligation to let anyone go that we no longer believe is on target to reach the top 100.” Over the past six weeks, 16-year-old Academy member Ilija Vucic has reached a career-high junior ranking of No.86 and18-year-old Anna Fitzpatrick has reached a final in Sunderland and a quarterfinal in a Challenger in Turkey. 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. |
