Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)

Welcome to the Uladzimir Ignatik Cheering Thread. :dance:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik3.jpg

Uladzimir, or "Vladimir", is the Junior World #1 as of July 9 2007. :D

Here are some facts about Vladimir...

Name: Uladzimir Ignatik
Nickhame: Vladimir
DOB: July 14 1990
Birth Place: Belarus
Residence: Belarus
Nationality (Represents): Belarus
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 55kg
Plays: Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface: Hard
Coach: Myron Grunberg
Age Started Tennis: 5
Age Turned Pro: (Still a Junior)
Personal Interests: Reading
Father's Name: Igor
Mother's Name: Snegana
Career High Junior Singles Ranking: 1 (Achieved on June 11 2007)

Here are Vladimir's Greatest Junior Achievements...

2007 Junior Roland Garros Champion
2007 Junior Wimbledon Runner-Up

To view Vladimir's ITF Junior Profile, click here (http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.asp?player=100049376).

To view Vladimir's ITF Junior Match History, click here (http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/activity.asp?player=100049376).

To view the ITF Junior Rankings, click here (http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/rankings/index.asp).

To view Vladimir's ITF Men's Profile, click here (http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049376).

To view Vladimir's ITF Men's Match History, click here (http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/activity.asp?player=100049376).

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5322/07ignatiknewski9.jpg

2007 Junior Stella Artois winner :worship: :worship:

Thanks, Nadie. ;)

Is he really just 1.65cm? :eek:

no, that facts are rather old :rolls: :lol:

he is 1,83m height :cool:

Ah ok, thanks. I've edited it. ;)

Do you know his "real" weight, I doubt it is 55kg. :tape:

Anyone know when Ignatik will start playing pro tournaments?

Dunno, but I don't see much point in him staying in juniors for much longer. :shrug:

He played this week Recanati CH and lost in first round 6-2 6-0 :sad:

Oh dear. :tape:

he won this tournament last week Vila Do Conde Junior Tennis Cup on hard courts :D

he won this tournament last week Vila Do Conde Junior Tennis Cup on hard courts :D

:woohoo: :worship:

Congrats Vladimir. :banana:

Time to bump this thread. :wavey:

Uladzimir won his first ever senior match in Mansfield qualies this week. :D

Q1: def. David Wanja (WC) 6-0 6-3 :woohoo:
Q2: def. Adam El Mihdawy 6-3 6-3 ;)

His final qualie match will be against the second seed, Bauhmann. :)

Q3: def. Moritz Bauhmann (2) 6-2 6-3
1st RD: lt. to Jarmere Jenkins (WC) 6-4 6-4

Great job to qualify, too bad he couldn't win. :( I'm sure having to play three matches in a couple of days didn't help things though. :o

Baton Rouge F27

Q1: def. Thomas Tomczak 7-5 6-3 :D
Q2: v G.D Jones (4)

Q2: def G.D Jones 7-5 6-1 :dance:
Q3: v Anderson Reed

Good luck, Uladzimir. :yeah: :hug:

No other fans of Uladzimir? :awww:

Sorry, who is he :confused:

Sorry, who is he :confused:

The current junior No.1, Roland Garros champion and Wimbledon finalist. :p

Q3: def. Anderson Reed 6-0 6-4 :yeah:
1 RD: v Henrique Cunha

Come on Uladzimir! :rocker2:

He is also playing doubles with Ilija Vucic. :woohoo: They will play Cunha/Grigorov in the first round. ;)

Its nice to see him do well :)

The current junior No.1, Roland Garros champion and Wimbledon finalist. :p

http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Respect/0038.gif

1RD: def Henrique Cunha (Q) 6-7 (4) 6-2 6-2

First career senior MD win. :D

2RD: v Ryler De Heart (3)

2RD: def Ryler de Heart (3) 7-6 (8) 7-5

:eek: :woohoo:

QF: v Alexei Grigorov (Q)

Great chance for a semi here. :D

:woohoo:

keep it up! :bounce:

QF: d. (q)Alexei Grigorov (RUS) 6-4 4-6 6-3

:woohoo:

SF: v (1)Izak Van der Merwe (RSA)

Come on Uladzimir. :bounce:

:worship: Uladzimir

Bravo http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Respect/R_CHAM%7E1.GIF

Vlad :banana: :rocker2:

he lost 1-6 6-7 (7) to the top seed. :sad: Nice tournament though :hug:

great run anyway :yeah:

His next tournament will be Louisville CH :cool: he got a WC :banana:
good luck! :bounce:

Louisville 50k + H

1RD: d. Alberto Francis 7-6 (3) 6-7 (3) 7-6 (3)

:rolls:

:lol: :spit:

He lost to #2 seed Kendrick 75 62 :awww:

Too bad :awww:

Lol I forget about the this thread (which I created) and then return, to see that Vladimir is playing well in the pros. :D

Good luck to him. :yeah:

This guy is doing really well, with the points he has claimed so far he has already broken into the top 1000:D. I think he might go for the qualies in nashville next week, the other american future is in Haiwi i think. xxx

New rankings are out and Vlad is ranked #859 :eek: :banana: :woohoo:

Congrats Vlad :banana:

So far from what I can see Uladzimir's next event is the Eddie Herr junior event at the end of Nov.

Vamooooos!! :bounce:

Any ideas where he is playing next?

Any ideas where he is playing next?

Eddie Herr then Orange Bowl I believe.

Vlad's quarter at Eddie Herr.

Uladzimir Ignatik (1) v Mateusz Kecki
Brennan Boyajian (Q) v Xander Spong
Neil J Pauffley v Guillaume Rufin
Mikhail Biryukov v Takanyi Garanganga (13)
Grigor Dimitrov (12) v Jose R Hernandez
Sam Garforth-Bles v Szymon Tatarczyk
Lika Somen v Denis V Kudla (Q)
Giacomo Miccini v Radu Albot (6)

Good luck :D

:banana: good luck :rocker2:

Good luck. :)

(My first time in this thread. :p)

Vlad beat Kecki 6-3 6-1 ;)

Vlad beat Spong 6-1 6-1 :rocker2:

Vlad :woohoo: keep it up :banana: :rocker2:

U.Ignatik d G.Rufin 6-3 6-3

:D

Next up against Dimitrov.

He lost 3-6 7-6 4-6 :o

Well, this and Berankis' loss mean Uladzimir is practically assured of the year end No.1. :shrug:

Good luck at the Orange Bowl :)

:sad: well better luck at Orange Bowl :hug: :awww:

Better luck next time. :hug:

F (1) Dimitrov/Ignatik d. (2) Jebavy/Pospisil 2-6;6-4;7-6(4)

:)

Orange Bowl

Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (1) defeated Marcelo AREVALO (ESA) 6-3 6-1 :dance:

2 Round:
Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (1) defeated Vladimir ZINYAKOV (RUS) 6-1 6-2 :cool:

:woohoo:

I :woohoo: too soon.

3rd round.
(16)Grigor Dimitov (BUL) d. (1)Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) 6-2 6-4

:rolleyes: second loss to Dimitrov in a row :o :awww: :hug:

Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (1) defeated Jose Gerardo MEZA PANIAGUA (MEX) 6-1 6-1

Second Round, Yucatan World Cup.

:worship:

thanks for updates ;)

Guillaume RUFIN (FRA) (12) d. Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (1) 6-4 7-5

QF, Yucatan World Cup. :sad:

USA F2 Futures: Ignatik d Jenkins 6-7 6-1 6-1

I believe Uladzimir was like 0-3 against Jenkins, so nice to finally beat him. :cool: Next match is against the top seed Biasella.

:o at least someone of Belarussians winning :) good luck Vlad :banana:



Alex, your avatar and banner :worship: :worship: :hearts: :inlove:

Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) defeated Adriano BIASELLA (ITA) (1) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 :banana:

he's facing Andrei Kumantsov next :bounce: go Vlad :bounce:

Vlad :yeah:

Thanks Nadie :p

Uladzimir Ignatik d Andrey Kumanstov 6-2 6-4

:yeah:

Next against the third seed Lustig

:smoke:

good luck!

SF Vlad d Lustig (3) 2-6 7-6 6-2

First senior final :worship: It will be against Todd Paul, good luck Vlad :yeah:

:bounce: good luck :rocker2: :rocker2: :worship:

Final: Uladzimir Ignatik def. Todd Paul 4-6 7-6 (8) 6-2

First senior title :worship:

:worship:

:woohoo: :woohoo: :worship:

great week for Vlad :smoke: way to go :banana: :yeah:

Uladzimir got a SE into USA F3. He plays the third seed Todero (ATP Rank #318) first. Good luck :dance:

USA F3 1RD: Ignatik d Todero (3) 6-3 7-6 :)

USA F3 Futures 2RD: Ignatik d D'Agord 6-4 6-3

Like 7 straight wins now I think :yeah:

Impressive!

Thanks for posting the results. :)

wow :eek: Vlad on fire :banana: :drive: keep it up :bounce:

Vincent MILLOT (FRA) defeated Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) 1-6 6-4 6-3 :sad:


but it was impressive run anyway :worship: :worship:

What round was that?

Still, nice job, keep it up! :D

What round was that?

QF :yeah:

Thanks. :)

Nice run anyway :hug:

Great stuff for him. Seems it was so long ago I watched him winning the Gerday Cup here. :)

Ignatik & Kumantsov [BLR/RUS] beat Battistone & Battistone [USA] | 7-5 6-4

Still won the doobz title. :cool:

Vlad made +189 in ranking :eek: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: he is ranked #687 this week :banana:

:worship:

:bowdown:

Congrats for all of his great results! :D

USA F5 Futures

Q, R1 Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (9) defeated James LUDLOW (USA) 6-3 6-0
Q, R2 Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (9) defeated Aleksander SLOVIC (SRB) 7-5 6-4
Q, R3 Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (9) defeated Daniel YOO (KOR) 6-4 6-4

so Vlad made into the main draw and will face 5th seed Ryler DE HEART (USA) :bounce: good luck ;)

Good luck to him. :)

I haven't been paying attention and have been wondering when he would play again. :lol: Good luck. :)

Vlad won 7-6 (3) 6-3 :)

:yeah: Go Vlad!

Ignatik def. Kumanstov 3-6 6-4 6-2

:yeah: He's been so good lately. Hopefully people take notice and give him some WC's, it would be nice to see him test himself against better competition more. :cool:

He will face Pavel Chekhov next

Good luck :rocker2:

Vlad def. Chekhov 7-5 6-4

:dance:

:woohoo: :woohoo:

First seeded Jamie Baker next in semis :unsure:

Davai Vlad :rocker2:

Good luck in the SF. He really is playing well now! :D

His ranking is now 666 which is career highest also. :p

...666 :devil:

:woohoo:

Semis
Baker d. Ignatik 6-4 7-6(5)

:sad:

:sad: :hug:

anyway, it was another great tournament for Vlad :yeah:

:awww:

Vlad got SE for USA F6 Futures and will face Pierre-Ludovic Duclos in R1

Good luck :rocker2:

Good luck...

Okay, something is wrong with the itf website. It says Lado is 1,55m. That's definitely wrong.

Okay, something is wrong with the itf website. It says Lado is 1,55m. That's definitely wrong.

:spit:

Anyways, Uladzimir won 6-3 7-5. :cool:

Vlad def. Estrella (6) 6-3 6-1

:smoke:

Wow, keep going Vlad! :D

:yippee: :yippee: :yippee:

^^ Lol yes his height is wrong for sure. :unsure:

Keep winning, Vlad. :yeah:

Well in the end Vlad lost in the QF 6-4 6-2 to Obradovic (SRB)...I dunno where he plays next. :shrug:

Vlad is playing Great Britain F6 Futures this week. He will face (WC) BAINS, Maniel in R1

as for next week, he will play Davis Cup Belarus-Switzerland :cool: :rocker2:

Good luck to him in the GB Future event.

In the Davis Cup, is he gonna play singles or just doubles? If singles, could he play Roger (if Roger is playing)? :eek:

Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) defeated Maniel BAINS (GBR) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-1 :cool:

Good luck to him in the GB Future event.

In the Davis Cup, is he gonna play singles or just doubles? If singles, could he play Roger (if Roger is playing)? :eek:

Federer isn't going to play DC ;)

:yeah:

He was picked for the DC tie against Peru (I think it was Peru) also, but never played a match. Hopefully he'll get to this time. :cool:

R2: Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) defeated Matthew ILLINGWORTH (GBR) 4-6 7-5 6-3 :dance:

Nice job Vlad :smoke:

QF: Ivan CEROVIC (CRO) (1) defeated Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) 7-6(3) 7-6(5) :sad: :(



DC next :bounce: :bounce:

Vlad is playing DC singles :eek: :rocker2: good luck!

R1 - M.MIRNYI (BLR) v S.BOHLI (SUI)
R2 - U.IGNATIK (BLR) v S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R3 - M.MIRNYI / V.VOLTCHKOV (BLR) v Y.ALLEGRO / S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R4 - M.MIRNYI (BLR) v S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R5 - S.BOHLI (SUI) v U.IGNATIK (BLR)

:speakles: Good luck!!

Good luck! :)

Vlad is playing DC singles :eek: :rocker2: good luck!

R1 - M.MIRNYI (BLR) v S.BOHLI (SUI)
R2 - U.IGNATIK (BLR) v S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R3 - M.MIRNYI / V.VOLTCHKOV (BLR) v Y.ALLEGRO / S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R4 - M.MIRNYI (BLR) v S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R5 - S.BOHLI (SUI) v U.IGNATIK (BLR)

Also, aren't you from Belarus or something? :lol: Will you be able to get us pics? :p

He lost to Stan 4-6 6-1 7-6 6-2. He took a set! :eek:

Belarus is losing 0-2 though. :(

Wow...an impressive scoreline. Stan is really in form lately. :eek:

Good luck in the revese singles. :yeah:

Also, aren't you from Belarus or something? :lol: Will you be able to get us pics? :p

:shrug: I'm in Moscow at the moment :wavey:

here are some pics from Belarusssian media:

http://naviny.by/media/2008.04_w2/ignatik-.jpg

http://naviny.by/media/2008.04_w2/break-2--.jpg

http://naviny.by/media/2008.04_w2/ignatik-borba.jpg

http://naviny.by/media/2008.04_w2/ignatik-break.jpg

http://naviny.by/media/2008.04_w2/raskaraka-2.jpg

http://naviny.by/media/2008.04_w2/vodichka.jpg

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080410/capt.6a0a1496121f4e73b7fa6b0bb5a61578.belarus_swit zerland_tennis_davis_cup_min102.jpg

Thanks for the pics, Nadie. Here are some more.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik1.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik2.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik3.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik4.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik5.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik6.jpg

Vlad lost to Allegro 6:7 (5:7), 0:6 in last dead rubber :sad:

photos:
http://naviny.by//media/2008.04_w2/download/ignatik/ignatik-3.jpg

http://naviny.by//media/2008.04_w2/download/ignatik/ignatik-baseline-play.jpg

http://naviny.by//media/2008.04_w2/download/ignatik/ignatik.jpg

http://naviny.by//media/2008.04_w2/download/ignatik/after-the-game-2.jpg

http://naviny.by//media/2008.04_w2/download/ignatik/ignatik-4.jpg

http://naviny.by//media/2008.04_w2/download/ignatik/bench.jpg

Bagel. :o

Still a great effort in his matches which should give him a lot of confidence. :yeah:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/sean123123/Ignatik7.jpg

Spain F18 Futures
R1: Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) defeated Alexander JAKUPOVIC (GRE) 6-3 3-6 6-3 :cool:

Congrats :dance:

Spain F18 Futures:
R2:Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) defeated Joao SOUSA (POR) 6-3 6-4

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Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) Vs Jordi MARSE-VIDRI (ESP)

Vamos! :dance:

I can't find results anywhere. :help:

http://www.clubtennisvic.cat/uploads/adjunts/ordre_joc2.pdf

He's not on the OOP for today though, so he lost. :awww:

I don't know what you saw, but the ATP site has an updated oop and Genaro-Martinez vs Ignatik is the final.

Pretty sure it wasn't like that before. Vlad lost in the final in straight sets. :(

:sad:

anyway another good tournament for Vlad :yeah:

Vlad got a WC for RG qualies :banana: :woohoo:

:banana: Hopefully he makes good use of it. :D

Vlad's part of Roland Garros qualies draw

Eduardo Schwank ARG (1) vs Bjorn Rehnquist SWE
Benjamin Balleret MON vs Uladzimir Ignatik BLR
Ilia Bozoljac SRB vs Gabriel Trujillo-Soler ESP
Mikhail Ledovskikh RUS vs Diego Hartfield ARG (30)


best of luck :banana: :rocker2: :bounce:

Awful draw for him... about to hit in-form Schwank in a possible round 2. :sad:

Lado is winning 6/1 2/0 right now. :D

2/1 and serve now.

Broken. :sad:
2/2 now.

And he breaks again.

3/2 and serve.

Broken again. 3/3. WTA match right now.

3/4 and serve now.

4/4.

4/5 and serve.

5/5.

He breaks. 6/5 serving for the match now.

Ignatik wins 6/1 7/5.

:worship:

Vlad :smoke:

Great job Vlad. :dance:

Uladzimir is last on Court 6 tomorrow. He got a little write up on the Roland Garros site as well. :lol:

"The winner of the 2007 French Open juniors meanwhile proved to be a worthy wild-card addition to the field. Belarusian Uladzimir Ignatik, who is No.524 in the world and does not celebrate his 18th birthday until 14 July, was a 6-1 7-5 winner over Benjamin Balleret (25 years old, No. 378) from Monaco."

:dance:

It was a great win for Vlad for sure.

Vlad's playing right now. 2-1* in the first set. :smoke:

4-1*

6-3 :banana: Up a set on the top seed, keep going.

Let's hope he doesn't run out of gas like in the second set of the last match.

6-3 to 6-3 1-6 *1-3 deuce. :tape:

6-3 1-6 2-6 :help: Awful how he just went away. A good experience though, his first tournament at this level.

:sad: :sad:

Vlad :sobbing:

He's not even 18... it was much better than I thought... it's expected he'd lose intensity.

Nice for experience :yeah:

Belarus F1 First Round: bt. (2) Ebden 6-4 5-7 6-3 :)

Kumanstov now, Vlad is 2-0 against him.

:yippee:

R2: bt. Kumantsov 6-3 6-2

next versus Klein. :)

QF Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) defeated Brydan KLEIN (AUS) (5) 6-2 6-4
doubles QF IGNATIK (BLR) / VOLTCHKOV (BLR) defeated VASILEVSKI (BLR) / ZHYRMONT (BLR) 6-3 6-2
:smoke:

;) I will be in Minsk at this weekend and I hope I'll be able to take a lot of photos of Vlad :banana:

:banana: Congrats Vlad.

Vlado/Vlado doubles team. :worship:

SF: Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) defeated Dzmitry ZHYRMONT (BLR) 6-2 6-2

Easy win. :smoke: Pavlovs in the final.

Congrats to Uladzimir on the title. :yeah: Pavlovs retired 1-6 0-2 down.

BLR F2:
singles
R1 Andrey KUMANTSOV (RUS) defeated Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) 1-6 7-6(3) 6-3 :sad:

doubles
R1 IGNATIK (BLR) / VOLTCHKOV (BLR) defeated BETAU (BLR) / VALTZER (ISR) (1) 6-3 6-2 :yeah:
QF PUNTUS (BLR) / TARASEVITCH (BLR) defeated IGNATIK (BLR) / VOLTCHKOV (BLR) 6-4 6-4 :awww:

Not great at playing back to back events yet. :awww:

He needs more physical training. :p

Not great at playing back to back events yet. :awww:

He needs more physical training. :p

well, from what I saw in Minsk I had different impressions of Vlad play. He is stil very young, he has lots to improve and first of all he has to learn how to deal with his emotions.
But from other side he has a spirit of great fighter and he is so eager to play and to win :yeah:

I saw two his matches, doubles semies and singles final. I am not going to speak about final match, because it was just :retard: no game at all, I stil wonder why on earth Pavlovs even decided to go on court :tape:

As for doubles semies, it was really nice to see how Voltchkov was taking care of him during the match. It's quite natural that you make errors when you haven't much experience. So each time when little Vlad had an emotional outburst and was pissed off after wrong shot, the other Vlad encouraged him saying smth like "it's ok, you're doing great" and etc.
Their opponents weren't playing much more effective. Unfortunately Voltchkov was in a bad shape :tape: and Vlad so wanted to play, so wanted to take part in a game than sometimes he forgot it was doubles game and not singles. There were some moments when it would be better to let Voltchkov play :rolleyes:
oh well, it is all because little Vlad hasn't much experience at all. He is just in the beginning of a long long road ;)

pics will follow ;)

Thanks for that. :D

My photos from Belarus futures F1

doubles semifinal partnering Voltchkov

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/BLR_F1/vvsf4.jpg

singles final :)

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/BLR_F1/ignatikf3.jpg

Thanks for the report and pics, Nadia. :)

Thanks for the report and pics, Nadia. :)

thanks Gu :hug:

and the last part of pics ;)

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/BLR_F1/final-c0.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/BLR_F1/final-c3.jpg

Thanks for all that :hug:

Vlad's now ranked 427. :)

http://i012.radikal.ru/0807/06/4f9d1bd2e790t.jpg

http://i008.radikal.ru/0807/d5/c642cb5d9372t.jpg

nice little underwear

Ignatik 6-6 (vs Serra) on first set, now in Washington :o

Vlad in playing in a futures in Poland this week. Won his first round over De Bonnevie 2-6 6-4 6-3.

Vlad is playing challenger in Cherkasy, Ukraine this week and will face (Q) Irakli Labadze in R1

He's also in the doubles draw :D Good luck Vlad :bounce:

Vlad is Belarussian #1 since this week :banana: :rocker2:

Vlad is Belarussian #1 since this week :banana: :rocker2:

Is this good?

Gu :hug: you may like it or not, but it is so: Ignatik nowadays is a much better player that Max or Vlad Voltchkov.

I saw Voltchkov at BLR F1 futures in Minsk and I saw Mirnyi during the master class at BLR F3 futures in another Belarussian town called Pinsk. It is sad to say, but they are both out of form especially Max. :sad: :sad: He wasn't playing a match, it was just a class for kids during the opening ceremony - but he barely moved around the court and gasped for breath :awww:

Gu :hug: you may like it or not, but it is so: Ignatik nowadays is a much better player that Max or Vlad Voltchkov.

I saw Voltchkov at BLR F1 futures in Minsk and I saw Mirnyi during the master class at BLR F3 futures in another Belarussian town called Pinsk. It is sad to say, but they are both out of form especially Max. :sad: :sad: He wasn't playing a match, it was just a class for kids during the opening ceremony - but he barely moved around the court and gasped for breath :awww:

There was that illness that happened after that DC tie against Poland too...

I think Max kinda lost his will to fight after having kids and stuff... kinda like Hewitt.

Nadia, it's not about Max or Vlado, it's just that for some time Belarus had 2 players in the top 100, then a constant player in the top 100 for years and now a guy who's just leaving the junior tournaments is the best ranked player...

Hope that a new generation comes and takes Max and Vladimir's places. :)

He's back playing. USA F26.

Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (4) Vs George COUPLAND (GBR)

1r: bt. Coupland 6-3 3-6 6-3
2r: bt. Hodel 6-2 6-1
QF: v. Flores

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thanks for updates :hatoff:

Vlad :rocker:

QF: Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) (4) defeated Luis-Manuel FLORES (MEX) (6) 7-6(5) 6-7(1) 6-4

:yeah:

He lost in three sets in the semis. :sad:

Vlad will start 2009 playing futures in USA. He is in the entry lists of F1 in Boca Raton, FL and F2 in Hollywood, FL. :)

Oh no,4-6,3-6 against Nicolas Todero(Arg,405) in the first round :sad:

Week 3: F2 Hollywood, FL,USA Clay
Week 4: F3 Plantation, FL,USA Clay

let's hope for better draw for Vlad at next tournaments :bounce:

Vlad withdrew from USA F3 :shrug: :sad:

Why is he not playing? He has some amazing potential.

New in this thread, but I have been at ISP academy in Nice and for the last two days Vlad's been training there. He looks to be training hard and playing well at that. I might be able to answer questions if anyone is interested as well..

Vlad will play DC against Macedonia :rocker2:

Belarus vs Macedonia, Europe/Africa Zone Gr. I Play-Off 1st round
Venue: Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk
Stadium Capacity: 1232
Dates: 10 July - 12 July 2009
Day 1: 1000 hrs (0700 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1000 hrs (0700 hrs GMT)
Day 3: 1000 hrs (0700 hrs GMT)
Surface: Hard (Supersoft Doppio) - Outdoors
Ball Type: Slazenger Championship Hi Vis

Belarus
Uladzimir Ignatik
Alexander Bury
Max Mirnyi
Pavel Filin
Captain: Vladimir Voltchkov

Macedonia, FYR
Ilija Martinoski
Dimitar Grabuloski
Tomislav Jotovski
Lazar Magdinchev
Captain: Dejan Marinkovikj

:wavey: I have some Vlad's pictures from Estonia F1 futures in Tallinn

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a53/silvacat/tennis/22-ignatik.jpg

No post lately here, but it looks like it's really clicking for him lately. Won a couple of futures and is ranked 279 at the moment, pretty nice.

And he reached his fist challenger QF this week in Aachen, after wins over Smethurst and a very good one over top 100 player Karol Beck :eek: :worship:

Lost to Haase in Aachen, but reached another QF last week in Yokohama and this week defeats 2nd seed Im. Very good results! Also reached a career-high of 258 :yeah:

And he winst Yokohama and moves into the top 200 :woohoo:

Saw that he plays a future this week, in Great Britain, why?! Why no AO qualis?

:shrug:

And he lost 4-6 1-6 to Timo Nieminen :sad:

And now he isn't playing. Played 2 futures in a row, took a week's rest and could have played easily this week in one of the qualifying events. Or in Kazan challenger. Very strange schedule...

After that good challenger win last year, things are pretty bad at the moment. He lost to nr. 586 of the ranking today Grigelis in Bergamo first round...

Why does no one talk about Ignatik anymore, he's still a kid ranked in the top 200, even though he's not getting the results anymore.

Does anyone know why Ignatik isn't playing in Wimbledon qualifications. He has a high enough ranking.

Some of my pictures from Davis Cup tie Belarus vs Nethelands.
Vlad playing doubles with Max Mirnyi :smoke:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4199.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4238-1.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4184.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4167.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4153.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4132.jpg

DC Sunday and singles match against de Bakker

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4371.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4401.jpg


:awww:
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/tennis_nadia/DCblr_ned/IMG_4407.jpg

Wow, this thread is dead. I hope Vladimir will have a breakthrough season in 2012 :) He has talent for more than just being a solid 150-200 kind of player.

Congrats with doubles title in Wolfsburg Challenger :)
partnering Laurynas Grigelis

http://www.wolfsburg-challenger.com/01_website/00_bilder/news/2012/2012_02_26_1.jpg

In Cherbourg CH Ignatik won first round match against Romain Jouan 64 36 63:

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Ignatik and Grigelis won the 2nd doubles title in a row at Cherbourg Challenger :worship:.

http://vasaraopen.blogas.lt/files/2012/03/laurynas-grigelis-ir-vladimiras-ignatikas-su-taure.jpg

Uladzimir has a 9-8 record in singles this season. His best result this season is making the SF of Cherbourg in late February, defeating Gicquel and Goffin before losing to Teixeira. It's result like that which make you realize why Uladzimir has been touted as a future talent, yet his last few season he's unfortunately stalled out on the challenger tour, as injuries and inconsistency have gotten in the way of his progression, and he is currently ranked #268. Hopefully he can start making consistent progress soon.

Uladzimir is 2-0 in Davis Cup competition this season, defeating Borvanov and Albot in singles competition to help Belarus defeat Moldova 4-1 in the first round of Group 2 competition in early-February. This weekend he is playing for Belarus vs Bosnia-Herzegovina in Minsk. Bosnia-Herzegovina has a good team headlined by Delic and the up-and-coming youngster Dzumhur, and I'm sure Uladzimir will bring his best level for this important tie. GL to him and the entire Belarusian team!