Juan Carlos blog : "this is the end of this period !"

"Hi everyone! 

Hope you all are well. I am right now on my way to Gijón with my father and Toni as we are going to see and support the Spanish team of the Davis Cup which will start tomorrow to play against the USA. I think I haven't been so nervous for a long time and I'm not playing this time!! I think this is not news now but I will stop competing after the Valencia Open. Anyway, I will continue working with my tennis academy, foundation, hotel, etc. I mean, this is not the end of the relationship: Juan Carlos Ferrero and tennis.

 Moreover, who knows, perhaps in the future I will be able to come back to the Davis Cup team as captain, tennis team, etc. I also want to say thank you to all of you who have written on the Equelite facebook profile or Twitter. I am really proud of knowing that you will support me not only in the good moments but also in the hardest ones. I will miss you so much in the tournaments ! Anyway, this is not like saying goodbye but just... SEE YOU SOON !"

Juan Carlos Ferrero 

Juan Carlos Ferrero honored at the Seville tennis challenger

on September 10th , on the occasion of the 50th edition of the Seville challenger tournament, Juan Carlos Ferrero was the guest of honour and received a small tribute for the whole of his career. On this occasion, Juan said:

"I didn't had the good fortune to play this tournament because I didn't spent much time in Challengers , but I take the opportunity to congratulate you because I know how hard it is turning 50 and I hope that you will continue for many more. "

In addition, the tennis player received another gift, this time of the hands of the President of Real Betis football club , Miguel Guillén, present in the Act "as friend and tennis lover", as explained by Javier Aguirre. It's a Betis team shirt with his name on the back, for being , in the words of Guillen, ''a little bit more bético" .

Juan Carlos Ferrero has been very grateful because "it is always nice that they remember your career". "Thank you also for the wild cards given to the kids from the Academy because for them it is a leap in quality", said the tennis player in reference to the invitations that the tournament has given to several players from the Equelite Academy.

 in addition, Ferrero has had time to give his opinion on the future of the Spanish tennis : 

"The era that comes in the next few years will be difficult to beat. Now we have Rafa (Nadal), Nico (Almagro)... We had Corretja, Moya, also me... We have been always on top, so it will be hard to beat. I wish them luck and I am sure that the Spanish tennis will pull forward" .

Finally, the honoree has revealed that at the end of the year he will decide to retire from the professional tennis but he'll play his last tournament in Valencia : "I'll play in Valencia, which makes me especially excited because it's at home ."

Then Juan said about his more distant future that he'll not discard the idea of being coach, but not after a break.

3rd day results of the Playa Luanca tennis open exhibition

Here are the results of the 3rd day of the tennis exhibition open in Playa Luanca and Juan Carlos won his last match but he's eliminated of the tournament because he has only one victory !

the final will be played between 

Albert Ramos and Daniel Muñoz

Exhibition Tennis Open Playa Luanca : results

Here are the results of the first two days of the exhibition tennis open of Playa Luanca and unfortunately Juan Carlos lost his two matches :-(

Juan Carlos at the Playa Luanca tennis open

Juan Carlos will take part this week to a tennis open exhibition in Spain called "Playa Tenis Luanca"(July 30th-August 2nd) which specificity is to be played on a beach ! 4 Spanish players will each other and the two better players will play the final .

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* rules :

 the tournament will be played by the system "Round Robin". four players have been invited by the Club de Tenis Luanco. Each of the players compete against each other on a league. The two highest ranked players in the league will contest the final. During the playoffs, will be awarded one point for a win. If at the end of the league there is a tie on points between two players , will decide the outcome of the match played between them. If the tie is between three players, decide the number of sets won by each and if still a tie, decide the number of games won by each. All matches will be played in the sand track of the beach of La Ribera Luanco.

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* players list :

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Albert Montañés 

Albert Ramos

Daniel Muñoz

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* program :

Juan Carlos blog : "¡ Aupa Tita !"

"Hi everyone! It's already confirmed. There is an star among us. I have been with Tita Torró y Bucarest during the last day as she is taking part in the first $100.000 of her career and although she started in the qualifying, she is reaching her best level and is already in the semifinals! Now I'm training and will continue during the next week as I will take part in the friendship tournament in Luanco with Albert Ramos, Albert Montañes and Marc Lopez, where we will play a round robin and later a normal draw. Moreover, I would like to send all my support to Rafa Nadal. It is very hard to keep in the top of the ATP list and he is there for a long time! Thank you so much for all your comments! Big hugs!"

Juan Carlos Ferrero 

Umag 2012 open : Juan Carlos part of the draw + Juan Carlos result

Here's the part of the draw where Juan Carlos appears :

[1] Verdasco - bye 

Gulbis vs Qualifier 

De la Nava vs (WC) Kuznetsov 

(WC) Pavic vs [6] Ferrero 

[4] Granollers - bye 

Starace vs Qualifier S

ousa vs Bachinger 

(WC) Bedene vs [7] Klizan 

[5] Berlocq vs Dodig 

Lorenzi vs Qualifier 

Beck vs Fognini 

[3] Dolgopolov - bye 

[8] Roger-Vasselin vs Odesnik 

Kavcic vs Veic 

Brands vs Qualifier 

[2] Cilic - bye 

Official site: http://www.croatiaopen.hr/tenis/ home.aspx

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In his first match Juan Carlos had to face the young Croatian player(who received a WC) , M.Pavic and with a big surprise Juan Carlos lost ! i don't know what to say because i didn't see the match but I'm very surprised with the score(6-2/6-2) ! maybe Juan Carlos was injured or didn't practice enough before the match but i really hope this will not happen once more ! More , Juan Carlos will lost the points he earned at Umag and Stuttgart(because of the Olympic games the Stuttgart open has been advanced in the calendar)last year !