Wednesday, June 22 2011
It’s a good period for Laurynas Grigelis. The young Lithuanian player captured his second Itf Futures title when he won in Agadir, on clay court (10.000 $). ‘Grigio’ had to work hard to beat in the first round Maroccan Davis cup player Ouahabi, but after that match he found more confidence and he beat Ghedin, McGee, Sabry and Bassam Beidas in the final, with a stunning performance (6-0 6-0). Grigelis had another good week in Bergamo, where he reached the semifinals, beating Carera, Paukku and Yann Marti before losing against Swedish Lindell. The eight wins in a row strip gave to Laurynas a new best ranking (347, 120 points). Now Grigelis and Stoppini are in the Usa for some Challenger and Atp events: the first one in Winnetka, starting from qualifying (50000 $, hard); the second in Newport (Atp on grass) and the third in Aptos (100000 $, hard), where Laurynas will play directly in the main draw.

Friday, February 11 2011
Best ranking for Lithuanian Laurynas Grigelis in the last Atp Tour rank. ‘Grigio’ is growing up very fast in the beginning of 2011, and took the spot number 366 in the world last Monday. He is now the best player in Future Talent tennis team. This result came after the good tournament in Courmayeur (Challenger 30.000 euro, play-it), where he reached the quarterfinal (starting from qualifying draw), beating Bega, Crepaldi, Middelkoop and Italian Simone Bolelli in the second round 7-6 in the third. The victory against the former number 36 was the most important in the young Grigelis’ career. In Bergamo, Grigelis (not at his best because of a shoulder injury) played a good match against Olivier Rochus, but he lost 6-4 6-4.
Next tournament for him will be a Challenger in Germany. In March, the 19 years old will be on court for the first round Davis Cup match with Lithuanian team, against Estonia.

Wednesday, May 4 2011
Future Talent - the name itself suggests it - is particularly focused on the young players. And in recent weeks the young guys kept two important results in tournaments of the international circuit Eta. Giuliana Bestetti reached the quarter finals in the under 14 tournament of Caserta, beating Toanchina (from Romania) and Turati (from Italy), before losing to the other italian Bonometti. In the Under 12 tournament in Maglie, Future Talent had a very unexpected exploit by Simone Gotti, able to come out from qualifying (won three matches without dropping a set) and to beat in the main draw Italians players Moja and Manola, both times with a great comeback from a set down. The defeat by Iannaccone in the quarterfinals does not erase the good way by Gotti during the week.
This is an overall result of great value, because there are few tennis schools, in Italy, that can afford to be competitive in the international arena both in men and women competitions.

Thursday, November 11 2010
After five finals, Andrea Falgheri scored in Greece, in the Futures tournament in Heraklion ($ 10,000, hard), the first success of his career in the Itf circuit. The 25 years old of Tc Brusaporto played the perfect week, beating Mikos (6-2 6-2), Khotulev (6-3 6-1), Zguns (6-3 6-2), Cacic (6-3 6-3) and in the final Alexandros Jakupovic with the score of 6-2 7-5. It was the first Itf tournament in which Falgheri was No. 1-seeded, and he found a great condition, like in the past few months. In his amazing 2010, Falgheri has collected, in addition to the victory of Heraklion, the finals in Dublin (lost by Cox) and Trieste (lost by Vanni), the semifinals in Naples, Brusaporto, Avezzano, Varna and Panama, and again the quarterfinals in Paros, Porto Torres, Minsk, Saint Gervais and Puerto de la Cruz. Now Falgheri can have a look to the ATP Challenger events, and to the Grand Slam events. Andrea took the title more than 20 years after the last one for a player from Bergamo, won by his uncle Marcello Bassanelli, who, in the late Eighties, was very close to the top 200 in the world.