Kristof Vliegen gaat in december trai-
nen met tenniscoach Nick Bollettieri.
De Amerikaan ontfermt zich sinds kort
ook opnieuw over Xavier Malisse.
"Ik ben er al eens gaan trainen. Mijn
trainer Philippe Dehaes is de vertegen-
woordiger van zijn tennisschool in
België, maar ik denk dat vooral Xavier
Malisse het over mij heeft gehad", zegt
Vliegen in La Dernière Heure. "Het is
leuk uit de mond van Bollettieri te ho-
ren dat je een goede speler kan worden"
De tennisschool van Nick Bollettieri in
Florida is wereldberoemd. Toppers als
Agassi en Capriati trainden er al.
If my calculations are right, Kristof will drop in the rankings to number 163
For the following tournaments he can still can get an entry based on his former and higher place; hopefully he can pick one of these tournaments to climb again enormously in the rankings!
Go Kristof!
I will try to explain, but don't shoot me if there are some mistakes in the following explanation
Every player can commit to a tournament where he wants to play, but only the highest ranked players will get a chance to get into the main draw. Than there's a bunch of players who can still play qualifications to get into the main draw. The rest won't get a chance to play in this tournament, except if a qualifier withdraws before the tournament starts and a lower ranked player can replace him as being an alternate. An other way to get into such a tournament without having a high enough ranking is to get a wild card from the organisation of the tournament.
Now to get back to the case of Kristof:
He has already committed to some tournaments in the near future, when he was still having his good ranking. His result in Adelaide won't affect this ranking, it will stay the same as when he committed to these tournaments. So for a little while he can still play some bigger tournaments and will get easier into the main draw of an event. This will only be for 3 or 4 weeks I guess... When we are that far he will enter a commitment list with his new - lower - ranking. That means he can't play the bigger tournaments anymore, he'll probably has the play again challengers, where one can't win as much points as at ATP-tournaments.
Well, actually it is harder to explain than I thought it would be. Hope you'll understand. :angel:
Yes, I understood. Thank you very much. I hope he will earn a lot of points. He's a very good and nice player, isn't he? I saw him last year in Adelaide when he almost won the tournament.
Hi! I'm new in this thread!!! I like Kristoff, I think he is a really nice person. I saw him twice. In the final of a challenger in Zagreb (Croatia) where he was loosing so I started to support him very loudly(with my cousin).It was very funny, he was really funny so everyone started to support him! He started to play well and he won...
I saw him again at the ATP in Umag (Croatia) and I bought a ticket for his match but he was injured
He has a new fan!!!
hi msimunic, u must be the girl with the blond hair or with dark hair.or your cousin must have blond hair.right??did u get to know kristof better?kristof gut injured against gonzales right? so your a big fan of him?
VLIEGEN BLIJFT IN KWALIFICATIETOERNOOI
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Tweede ronde:
Vrijdag:
VLIEGEN - Dancevic (Can)
3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Kristof Vliegen (ATP-163) speelt in de
de derde ronde tegen Sébastien De
Chaunac. De Fransman met de ronkende
naam staat 183e op de wereldranglijst.
Als Vliegen deze wedstrijd wint,
plaatst hij zich voor de eindtabel op
de Australian Open. Het zou na de US
Open van vorig jaar zijn tweede grand-
slamtoernooi zijn.
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