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Vucic Breaks Into Top 100; Sets
Sights on Top Ten
Monte Carlo Tennis Academy player
Ilija Vucic has broken into the Top
100 in the ITF Junior Rankings for
the first time and set his sights on
the Top Ten by the end of 2008.
 Ilija reached the semifinals of the
singles and won the doubles title at
the 15th International Junior
Tournament Citta' Di Prato in Italy
to jump more than 20 places to
No.86.
The young Serbian player is the only
boy from his nation to feature in
the Top 100 junior rankings at
present, and he has every intention
of going much higher.
“Ilija continues to move in the
right direction,” said MCTA Head
Coach, David Sammel.
“Apart from the singles last week he
also won the doubles, which was his
first tournament win at grade 2
level, and another boost to his
confidence. While he is currently
No.86 in the rankings overall, he is
No.24 in the world in his actual
age-group. This is the clearest
indication that the top 10 target we
have set for 2008 is
totally achievable.”
Ilija also began his campaign
impressively at the 29th
International Junior Tournament "Citta'
Di Santa Croce" 2007 on Monday.
He beat Rodrigo Perez 7-6, 6-3 but
now faces difficult opposition in
the form of No.4 seed Hsien-Yin Peng
of Taipei. Peng is currently ranked
No.16 in the ITF junior rankings.
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