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Big week in Equelite!

It´s gonna be such an intense week for the JCFerrero-Equelite Sport Academy players. While Nicolás Almagro and TIta Torró are facing up their first Grand Slam of the year at the Australian Open, Mayar Sherif is travelling to his natal Egypt to take part in the ITF 10000$ Sharm El Sheikh, and Álvaro Verdú and Jahana Bayramova were in Abu Dhabi to play in the 12th Junior Abu Dhabi.

Tita Torró and Garbiñe Muguruza, champions of doubles in Hobart

The Spaniard María Teresa Torró-Flor won with Garbiñe Muguruza the final of doubles of the Hobart tournament after overcoming the couple formed by the Luxembourger Minella and the Hungarian Babos by 6/3,7/6 (5). It´s remarkable that it was the first tournament of the Spaniards playing together and it has had the best result getting their first WTA title.

On this way they close up a great week. They defeated in the first round to the Australian Vanessa Dobson and Karolina Wlodarczak by a double 6-1, what gave them the direct pass to semifinal due to the non-appearance in quarter final of the couple Gajdosova and Zakopova caused of a lesion occurred to the last one. So they signed their pass to the final beating in semifinal to the local couple Barty and Bobusic in a hard match that got decided in the super tie-break by 2/6, 7/6 (7), 10-2.

After this victory the JCFerrero- Equelite player will travel to Melbourne to play in the Australian Open, her first Grand Slam of the year where she will face to the Serbian Bojana Jovanovsky in the first round.

Mario Vilella has won the Absolute Valencian Tournament

The JC Ferrero-Equelite Sport Academy player Mario Vilella has won the final of the Absolute Valencian Tournament after overcoming Samuel Corraliza in the final by 6-3 and 6-0.

Mario Vilella has finished up an amazing tournament after winning widely all his matches with no leaving any set. Mario was victor in the first round against Vicente Montón by 6-0 and 6-2, later against Emilio Sanchís by 6-0 and 6-2 in the second round, also in quarter-final against Carlos Cuenca by 6-2 and 6-3, and finally against Ignacio Calvo by 6-1 and 6-3.

Mario Vilella, who is only 17 has got a title which were fighting for such tennis players as Iván Navarro, Marc Giner or Carlos Boluda, a hit that makes the Valencian a solid promise of the Valencian and Spanish tennis.

Women's Tennis at JC Ferrero Equelite

 JC Ferrero Sport Academy is always close to Women´s tennis. Don´t hesitate, JCFerrero-Equelite is the best place to became a professional tennis player. Tita Torro is tennis player of JC Ferrero academy more then 10 years, she entered top 100 WTA this year! Congratulation Tita!

          

Ceremony of JC Fererro retirement.

 

Video ceremony of JC Fererro retirement from professional ATP tour. 

We are going to miss you. All the best in future Juan Carlos Ferrero

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About JC Ferrero ATP

Juan Carlos Ferrero always appeared to be a sportsman fashioned in a bygone era. By nature of his personality, he let his tennis do the talking, remaining intensely private and loyal to those he trusted.

Determined to become a champion, working diligently to fine-tune his natural abilities – particularly on clay courts – in a disciplined yet understated manner, Ferrero never boasted about his greatness. Always charming, humble and stylish throughout his career, it wasn't in his nature to be a crowd-pleaser. His mother, Rosario, never approved of tennis players who were too exuberant. When she died in 1998, two years after Ferrero had left Onteniente to join Antonio Martinez at the Villena Tennis Academy, the 17 year old became withdrawn and resolved to dedicate wholeheartedly to professional tennis in her honour.

Having finished runner-up to Fernando Gonzalez at the 1998 Roland Garros juniors, it was clear he was going to be something very special, when, in the following year, Ferrero was named ATP Newcomer of the Year after rocketing up a colossal 302 places in the South African Airways ATP Rankings to World No. 43. Twelve months later, he helped Spain capture its first Davis Cup title and for four seasons he was the man to beat on clay.

Between 2000 and 2003, he compiled a 111-25 match record on red dirt – winning three of his four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophies – and went 23-2 at Roland Garros, where he finished runner-up in 2002 and captured the 2003 crown.
Seemingly, each year, he upgraded all aspects of his game – especially his serve and forehand. Without losing his agility, he played with great subtlety and deceptive power in order to consistently outclass Gustavo Kuerten and countrymen Alex Corretja, Albert Costa and Carlos Moya on clay courts. With men's professional tennis evolving at the start of the 21st century, El Mosquito's slight stature, speed, finesse and ability to conjure winning strokes from nothing delighted the purists and his willingness to improve on other surfaces was rewarded by a rise to the pinnacle of the sport.

Just three months after expectation became reality, when Ferrero beat Dutchman Martin Verkerk 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 for his lone Grand Slam championship title in Paris, the 23-year-old became World No. 1 on 8 September 2003, replacing Andre Agassi. Ferrero reigned for eight weeks until Andy Roddick, his conqueror, 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3, in the US Open final, unseated him.

By example, he inspired a future generation of Spanish talent, including David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal. Ferrer exclusively told ATPWorldTour.com, "Juan Carlos has been a very important player for Spanish tennis. He was World No. 1, he was the one who won the third point when Spain first won the Davis Cup and opened the way for many more players to follow and more Davis Cup victories of our country. He was and is my best friend on the tour. He's a person that is very close to me and a friend of many friends of mine. He’s a very humble and noble person."

In total, he spent 176 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the South African Airways ATP Rankings until 13 September 2004 when injuries and loss of form took their toll. Headstrong, possessing an iron will, his love for the sport never faltered as he worked hard to return to the highest level. In 2009, he broke a 110-tournament title drought by clinching his 16th tour-level trophy at Casablanca and the following year, during the golden swing of Latin American tournaments, Ferrero produced a series of vintage performances in compiling a 14-1 record to return to the Top 20. Overall, he was 16-18 in finals.

Away from the spotlight, Ferrero eschewed a millionaire's lifestyle of a mansion on the Mediterranean coast and still resides at the academy, which harnessed his dreams as a teenager, playing golf and pursuing his passion for cars and bikes. With Martinez, his coach since 1989, he wisely looked to life outside of professional tennis while at the peak of his career by investing in a number of projects.

At 32, Ferrero is calling time on his career, highly motivated to succeed in sporting retirement with the La Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana Juan Carlos Ferrero, which promotes sports for youth in and around Valencia, and the 12-suite Hotel Ferrero in Bocairente that he developed in July 2007, plus as joint-owner of the Valencia Open 500, an ATP World Tour 500 tournament each October.

Roddick, who retired at the US Open in September, paid tribute to Ferrero by admitting to ATPWorldTour.com, "I have a huge amount of respect for him and enjoyed being on the tour with him for so long. He always acted with great professionalism and earned the respect of his peers throughout his distinguished career."   

Let the show begin!

A large list of tennis players were today at the “Media Day”, the traditional informal meeting for press and players. Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Milos Raonic, John Isner, Lleyton Hewitt, Feliciano López, Albert Ramos, Fernando Verdasco, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Marcel Granollers were together for a photo session. After the photo, Juan Carlos Ferrero explained his feelings before this special tournament, “I feel nervous” said Ferrero but “I wanna live the moment” and “do my best” on the court.

Juan Carlos Ferrero will face Nicolás Almagro on the first round. “It will be a very special match” pointed the former world number one. Ferrero will live “his” moment on Wednesday, after the doubles match with his friend David Ferrer; Valencia Open 500 and ATP are organizing a tribute but “I don’t know very much about what will happen” revealed Juan Carlos.

Valencia Open 500 is a very special tournament for the Spaniard, at home, with all his family and friends… at the end of the season… A special event for him but also for all the Spanish tennis players.

Regarding his future, he likes to be coach and he would be happy to be capitan of the Spanish Davis Cup team.

Marcel Granollers, last Valencia Open 500 champion, declares he admires Juan Carlos “I grow up watching all the big Ferrero’s triumphs and it’s so sad to say goodbye”. Because “he is one of my favorite players”.."

David Ferrer, his best year

1 Top Seed of the tournament, David Ferrer, is ready to show his best tennis in Valencia. Regarding his colleague and friend, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Ferrer says "he is one of the best Spanish players in history." The number 5 ranking considers 2012 “my best year” and he want to play at home and give his best on court “there’s always preassure when you play at home… for your people”. The tournament will not be easy for him; the draw is full of great competitors in his opinion.

Valencia Open 500 will have the Hawk Eye for the first time and David thinks a tournament as big as Valencia “must have it”.

This event is just the beginning, today Marin Cilic will face Martin Klizan it is the first match of the first round. Marin Cilic will show his tennis after his good scores on the last tournaments, quarterfinals on US Open, Shanghai and Cincinnati.

Order of play: Tuesday 23rd

The order of play for Tuesday 23rd will be announced during Monday evening but, probably, David Ferrer will play his first round match on the second turn at the Agora (15:00pm approx.) and after this match, Juan Carlos Ferrero will face Nicolás Almagro (17:00pm approx.).

Juan Carlos Ferrero retires from Pro Tennis

We are going to miss Juan Carlos Ferrero. In 2003, you became number 1 in pro tennis. 2012, you leave Pro tennis as legend and friend... We are honored to be part of your team. For all of us you always will be number 1. Thank you.... 

Ferrero, 32, said he would retire after the Valencia Open 500 tournament in his home city in eastern Spain from October 20 to 28.

"The Valencia Open 500 will be my last tournament, on the best stage possible," Ferrero was quoted as saying at the launch of the Valencia event.

Ferrero, nicknamed "The Mosquito", won the French Open in 2003 and reached the final of the US Open the same year. He won 15 other major tour titles and reached the finals of a further 17.

He has not played for two months due to injury.

"This season, injuries have prevented me from playing continually and it has been a complicated year because I noticed on the court that I did not have the same ambition after 14 years at the top level," he said.

Ferrero in 2003 became the second Spanish player after Carlos Moya to occupy the world No.1 spot, before the rise of Rafael Nadal.

"What I will miss the most is competing. That will be a hard gap to fill," Ferrero said.

Ferrero played in the first Spanish team to win the Davis Cup, beating Australia in Barcelona in 2000, and in Spain's victory over the United States in Seville in 2004.

"Among my memories, the Davis Cup in 2000 stands out because then I understood how important it is for the country, but for a player winning a Grand Slam or becoming world No.1 is the most important," he said.

Information about tennis training program in academy JC Ferrero and Valencia Open tournament
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1st Juan Carlos Ferrero International Senior Open

From next August 28 and to September 1st we are going to organize the 1st Juan Carlos Ferrero International Senior Open!!!

 Place: Villena, Alicante, Spain

Surface: Clay 

Type: Senior Open +35 +85 (men, women, single, double, mixed)

Entry fee: 45 Euros

It is very important to know that all the players who want to enrol in the tourmanet will have to have their international tennis license in force. If any of them wants to activate it, it can be done through http://www.itftennis.com/ipin. Last day for the registration is August 8^th.

Easter tennis camp from 31/03-07/04

Enrol to our Easter program from March 31 to April 7 and enjoy of the best days with the best tennis experience!

From next March 31, the Academy will open its doors for a week to new players who want to join to our groups coming from Germany, England, Norway, etc.

Please feel free to contact us for more information equelite@gmail.com 

Almagro Retains Brasil Open 2012 Crown

World No. 11 Nicolas Almagro defeated Filippo Volandri 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in Sao Paulo Sunday to repeat as champion at the Brasil Open 2012. "This was not my best match here in Brazil, as I was tense and nervous," admitted Almagro. "But once again, I had control of my emotions, which is what I have always demanded, controlling the important moments. I think it's good to win a tournament and be able to think that I can still play a little better."

The top seed fired 18 aces, winning 88 per cent of his first serve points.  On his first match point, Almagro converted his fourth break of serve against the Italian to clinch the crown in two hours and two minutes. The Spaniard improved to a 7-3 record against Volandri, winning his fifth match in a row over the 30 year old. "I am happy. I am on a cloud, winning a tournament three times, and twice in a row," said Almagro. "It's hard. I got here and all I want is to continue working to keep improving in my career."

Almagro is the first wild card to win an ATP World Tour event since American Ryan Sweeting captured the US Men's Clay Court Championship trophy in Houston last year. All 11 of Almagro’s career titles have come on clay courts, and the victory marked his third triumph at the ATP World Tour 250 event, with successes in 2011 and 2008. When asked to select which one of the three stood out, Almagro said, "It is a hard question. I think all titles are equally important in your career. In 2008, it was an amazing tournament. I managed to beat Carlos Moya in a tough final. Then last year, it was the beginning of a run that I really could not have dreamed. I won in Brazil, I won Buenos Aires, and I was very close to winning Acapulco.
"It is always difficult to win two years in a row and this year was just as hard, because it was my third crown. Every title has a great place in my heart and is very difficult to choose one. I take all three and I hope that next year will be four."
Volandri was looking to end a title drought dating back to his win in Palmero six years ago. "I think I played another very good match today," said Volandri. "I tried my best and fought a lot. I think in the third set, I was playing better than him but he was serving unbelievable.
"This result is more than what I was expecting this week. It gives me a lot of confidence to keep on pushing through. If I am consistent, I can play with all the players, especially on clay."

How to choose tennis academy?

• Choose the program 

First, you need to decide the program and  how long you want to send a player to the tennis academy.

The main two types of programs are the summer camp and  professional program (compitition pro, academy training).

Summer tennis camp - a program for children from 6 to 16 years old in summer. Its better to start searching camps in March - April the latest, to be able to get all details, information about the academy and a visa (if required), and book tickets. In summer, the price of air tickets is increased. Many of the Academy will organize the camp, not only in the summer, but during the school holidays. If your child has a good tennis level, I would suggest choose a professional program for the summer period.

Professional program -  for any period of staying the whole year. Its always possibillity for joining groups any time during the year. I wont advice to come just for one week. A player will need time to adapt after the flight and get used to the training process and a new place. A minimum 2 weeks.  To evaluate the process of the traininig and understand  the whole idea you should plan your trip  for 1-3 months, then you can make right decision. 

If you would like to go to academy with a kid, you should inform the academy. Some academies dont approve parents in the training process of the kid.

• Choose the country

The basic countries, where are all the players are going for training, Europe (Spain, France, Italy) and USA, there are also plenty academies in Czech Republic, Emirates, Asia and Australia. 

• Pay attention to accomidation and meals for the player

Unfortanately, not all academies can provide accomidation in the academy. Most academies provide homestay (under 18 age) or apartments (from 18 age), or hotels. Situation with meal is more easier in all academies. They have cafes and restaurants inside.

• What academy is right for you?

There are 2 types of academies:

• Popular big commercial academies
• Small unknown clubs

Unfortunately, many academies are using the names of famous tennis players. No need to rely on a player name. Tennis bussiness is not easy to create in a few years. Create a database, find  an experienced coach, who can manage the process of training, good fitness coach, as well as people who are associated with tennis and understand a lot about tennis.

Some small clubs can also compete with other great academies. Plus, a small number of players and low prices for training, but the clubs have a problem with the visa in the long term.

Choose the academy with the experience more then one year. 

Check the number of players in the program. The more people, the less attention the player will get.

• Read the reviews

Try to get more information, who trains at the academy, if you play tournaments, you can meet coaches from the academies, watch how they comunicate with players, ask questions about their academy.

Reviews can help to get an idea of the academy, but dont believe them for 100%. Some reviews, that I read about academies, are far away from reality. 

• Is it worth to go to the academy? 

Yes, as the academy helps to understand the system of training, tennis player's lifestyle, each contry has different vision of teaching tennis.  

Davis Cup 2012: Spain 5:0 Kazakhstan

OVIEDO, SPAIN: Spain confirmed its status as the leading nation in Davis Cup by BNP Paribas by completing a 5-0 whitewash of Kazakhstan on the final day of the first round tie between the two World Group nations.

The defending champions had sealed their place in April’s quarterfinals after impressive performances from Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro in the singles on Friday, and Marc Lopez and Marcel Granollers in yesterday’s doubles, but returned to the Palacio del los Deportes de Oviedo determined to show that they have the depth needed to retain the Davis Cup in 2012.

Evgeny Korolev replaced the injured Mikhail Kukushkin for Kazakhstan for the first of the reverse dead singles rubbers, hoping for a better performance on the court that he’d mustered in yesterday’s doubles. But Almagro, the Spanish No. 1, although not at the level he showed against Andrey Golubev on Friday, was too consistent for the Kazakh No. 3, needing just a single break of serve in the fifth game to take the first set 6-3.

Korolev stayed with Almagro throughout the second set, until forced to serve to stay in the match at 4-5. Fashioning match point off a Korolev error, Almagro converted it to win his fifth Davis Cup singles rubber 63 64 and put Spain 4-0 ahead.

The fifth and final rubber played out between Golubev and Granollers, making his Davis Cup singles debut. The 25-year-old Barcelona native did not disappoint, breaking to lead 3-1 in the opening set, before serving it out 63 as Golubev tried and failed to find a way back in to the match.

 

“When you start, you always dream to win, and if it’s 5-0 it’s even better,” Corretja said. "The main thing for me was to win, but today it’s important, when you go on the court you need to try your best, so I’m pleased to see that we also won again…thanks to all the team."

“Since the first day, we practise very well, we prepared the tie very focused, never easy to play on clay again after such a long time since the last tournament,” said Ferrero, who celebrated his 32nd birthday today. “It’s always nice to win 5-0, we expect that, but always you have to show it on the court, so we’re very happy about it.”

¡¡CONSIGUE TUS ENTRADAS PARA LA COPA DAVIS, GRATIS!!

Del 2 al 8 de febrero, CONSIGUE GRATIS TUS ENTRADAS PARA LA COPA DAVIS

Entre los días 2 y 8 de febrero, si te inscribes al Stage, entrarás automáticamente en el sorteo de 2 entradas para la próxima eliminatoria de Copa Davis que tendrá lugar en Oviedo los días 10, 11 y 12 de febrero.

¡¡CONSIGUE TUS ENTRADAS PARA LA COPA DAVIS, GRATIS!!

Nos gustaría informaros de que todas las inscripciones que se hagan del Stage durante los próximos días 2 y 8 de febrero entrarán en un sorteo para conseguir dos entradas para la Copa Davis que tendrá lugar en Oviedo entre los días 10 y 12 de febrero y en el que los jugadores ATP de la Academia, Juan Carlos Ferrero y Nicolás Almagro, serán dos de los jugadores convocados.¡No dejes pasar la oportunidad!

¡Lo único que tienes que hacer es remitir la ficha equelite@gmail.com en las fechas arriba comentadas y automáticamente entrarás en el sorteo!

¡Muchas suerte!

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE DAVIS CUP, FREE!!

Between Feb 2 and Feb 8, if you make your registration for the summer camp, you will be included in a raffle for the next round of the Davis Cup between Spain and Kazahstan in Oviedo during Feb 10, 11 and 12.

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE DAVIS CUP, FREE!!

We would like to inform you that all the reservations made for the summer camp between Feb 2 and Feb 8 will be included into a raffle to get two free tickets for the Davis Cup which will take place in Oviedo (Spain) during February 10, 11 and 12 and where two of our ATP players, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolás Almagro, will be part of the Spanish team. Don't let this chance to leave!

The only you have to do is sending your registration to equelite@gmail.com on the dates written above and you can be the winner of this price.

Good luck for everybody!

Tennis academy results 2011

Hello Everyone!

Happy New Year and all the best from our tennis academy!

2011 has finished and we would like to summarize what we have done for 2011. 

• Pro players who came to train with us during this year:

Juan Carlos Ferrero, Nicolás Almagro, David Ferrer, Iván Navarro Pastor, Guillermo García López, Tita Torró, Despina Papamichail, Nanuli Pipiya, Andrés Artuñedo, etc.

• Best result of the player in the academy

Without a doubt, the best result is having Nicolás Almagro into the ATP top 10.

• Summer camp 2011 - we were full in July and got maximum players

- 17% Russian.

- 60% Spanish.

- 23% USA, UK, Asia, Europe etc.

• Over 10 groups from UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Noway and Sweden chose our academy for training.

• We organised 1 ITF tournament in April, Valencia Open in November, the Spanish National Championship for players under 14 in October, around 10 more national tournaments during the year, country club tournaments during the year, etc.

• Antonio Martínez, JC' Ferrero coach is managing not only the Academy but the Hotel Ferrero, Open 500 Valencia,Valencia Tennis Federation and continues travelling all over the world next to JC Ferrero.

•  Advertising in some of the best tennis magazines like Tennis World, Grand Slam, Advantage Tennis and appearing online in our website and social networks like Tuenti (Spain), Facebook and Twitter.

• Thanks all our clients, players and their parents, tennis staff and international agents for their great work. Without you, we could not achieve that kind of results! Our best international agent is Natalia Kucherova! Well done, Natalia! 

 Thanks our Sponsors for the surport: Prince, Joma, Sport F. Megias, Composan, Bonusan and Hotel Ferrero.

Davis Cup Final 2012- Spain 3:1 Argentina

Hey Everyone!!!

 Today its big day for Spain!!! Congratulation Spanish armada for your win in Davis cup final vs Argentina. Red Bulls showed great fight, strong mentality. I enjoyed watching Del Potro hitting strong massive shots. But Nadal was playing on one shot better and more aggressive.All matches were pretty impressive: different game styles and tactics from each players. Ones again Spanish school shows big level in tennis these days. I noticed Spanish tennis is improving really fast. Getting more solid in every shot these days. What we are going to see in 2012? I m not sure really, but we will see great tennis! Thanks a lot for all tennis players! Join tennis academies in Spain. Maybe you are the next future champion! Gracias)

Juan Carlos’ Golden Touch DEUCE by Alison Kim

Juan Carlos Ferrero has already built a lasting legacy on and off the court, but following his resurgence during this year’s Golden Swing, the 30-year-old Spaniard is intent on a return to the Top 10.
Juan Carlos Ferrero has well-articulated responses for everything, but ask the amiable and unfailingly polite Spaniard what accomplishment he’s most proud of, and for once he’s unable to come up with an answer.
“I don’t know. I have to think this,” he says with a laugh. “Can we pass on this one?”
It’s a fitting reaction from a man who’s accomplished more than one could even imagine achieving in a lifetime, yet continues to dream big.
If there were ever a how-to guide on building a lasting legacy by the age of 30, Juan Carlos Ferrero would be the quintessential player to profile.
“I try to be successful in all things I do,” says Ferrero. “I think it’s very important in life, when you’re working so hard with anything, you want to have something back. I think it’s normal.”
His success on the tennis court may have paved the way for his off-court endeavours, but his academy, hotel and tournament – collaborations with long-time coach Antonio Martinez Cascales – are each thriving in their own right, delivered with the Ferrero signature of class.

“It’s always important the quality that you want to do it in all things”

Today, the Equelite-Juan Carlos Ferrero in Villena is a high profile training base attracting promising young talents and pros alike. “This is a stand alone academy and is probably the nicest one I have been to,” wrote Andy Murray’s mother Judy upon a visit.
Hotel Ferrero, a cottage in nearby Bocairente refurbished into a 12-suite luxury lodging, is poised for Michelin star status and landed on the Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot List upon its grand opening in July 2007.
The Valencia Open, originally a modest clay court tournament held in the spring, has transformed into an elite ATP World Tour 500 hard court tournament held at one of the most stunning venues on the circuit, the Agora in the City of Arts and Sciences.
“I think it’s always important the quality that you want to do it in all things,” Ferrero explains, “not only in tennis or investments.”
David Ferrer, a part-owner of the Valencia Open 500, says: “He pays attention to all the details in his businesses, and with the help of his coach Toni Cascales, they are a great team.”
It seems almost impossible to think that a professional tennis player has time to juggle these ventures in between training and travel, but Ferrero asserts, “It’s not difficult. You have time to manage this, and I have a lot of people that are working on all of this. They have my confidence in all these works. I think a tennis career is very short and you have to do something for the future. I think my investment is going very well, having all these things. We will see what I’m going to do next.”
But for now, Ferrero’s main goal is a return to the top echelon of the tennis ladder.

“He's dedicated to his tennis at the moment,” says Cascales. “We've tried to put him into some other businesses with a view to life after tennis. But at the moment he's totally focused on his tennis, although he does like to help out young players in the academy who want to work, learn and improve.”
A fortune-teller predicted that 2003 would be Ferrero’s year. Manned with that certainty, the player whom the Spanish media had already anointed king went out and seized his opportunities.
In a five-month span, he fulfilled a childhood dream of winning Roland Garros, defeated Andre Agassi in the US Open semi-finals to claim the World No. 1 ranking, and proved that a Spaniard had the ability to excel on hard courts as he reached the US Open final.
But with the spectacular highs of 2003 came the challenge in maintaining that same level of success. With a variety of maladies thrown into the mix in the years to follow – including a bout with chicken pox just months after reaching World No. 1 – Ferrero’s self-belief took a hit.
“When you get injured a lot, you go to the court and you go with no confidence because you're injured a lot and you're more worried about the injury you're going to have, but that's tennis,” Ferrero told the press in Canada last year. “It's quite tough to play like this.”
Although Ferrero posted solid results – reaching a final each year, the semi-finals at the 2004 Australian Open and the quarter-finals in 2007 at Wimbledon – he was unable to win a title.
“It was a difficult time for a player who had been No. 1 and won many important tournaments,” says Cascales. “Tennis is an individual sport and if things in your life are not quite right, whether it be physically or mentally, it's hard to perform at 100 percent.”
In the wake of Marat Safin’s announced retirement last season, rumours circulated that Ferrero – who had dropped outside the Top 100 of the South African Airways ATP Rankings for the first time since 1999 – would soon be following in the former World No. 1’s footsteps.
And then relief came in April 2009 at the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, where Ferrero had reached the semi-finals on his ATP World Tour debut 10 years earlier. After 110 tournaments without lifting a trophy, he finally ended the title-drought.
“That title helped me a lot,” admits Ferrero. “After that I take the confidence with me again. I could play with no stress.”
But Casablanca was just a preface to Ferrero’s long-awaited resurgence. In a near perfect three-week stretch during the 2010 Latin American ‘Golden Swing’, the Spaniard appeared invincible once again. “It’s difficult to feel like this, but of course I felt like I was playing very well and the opponent has to play better than me to beat me,” he says. “In that moment it was difficult to play better than me because I was playing 100 percent.”

“In that moment it was difficult to play better than me because I was playing 100 percent”

Two days after celebrating his 30th birthday, he contested his 30th ATP World Tour final and was in devastating form as he dropped just one game against Poland’s Lukasz Kubot at the Brasil Open in Costa do Sauipe.
He rallied past top-seeded countryman Ferrer the following week at the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires to win back-to-back titles for the first time since 2001, and afterwards stated: “My goal is to get back to the Top 10. This victory makes me believe in this goal.”
His exceptional clay run continued at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Acapulco as the Spaniard won his 14th straight match – the second-longest winning streak of his career. Though he lost to Ferrer in the final, his performance in South America elevated Ferrero to No. 14 in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings.
Ferrero, who thrived on self-belief during his 2003 season, stresses the importance of the results – “The South American tournaments gave me a lot of confidence to get going, keep working pretty hard as I was doing it before” – and pinpoints his mental work as an integral part of his success. “In the past during my career I was very focused on the results of the match,” he says. “Now I’m working on trying to play all points at the same level and it doesn’t matter the score you have in front.”
Mentally, Ferrero may be prepared, but his physical condition will be the biggest question mark heading into Roland Garros. The Spaniard has struggled with a knee injury since the Abierto Mexicano Telcel final, and recorded modest results on the transition to European clay. Though he reached the quarter-finals at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, posting an upset over World No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the process, he made early exits at the Barcelona Open BancSabadell, the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome and then withdrew from the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open.
But the silver lining may be that Ferrero’s performance in February showed that the 30 year old still has what it takes be a true contender. “I don't see his game being that different [from 2003] especially when he's playing well, like when he played in Buenos Aires and Acapulco this year,” Cascales says. “He's playing at the same level, but maybe what is sometimes missing is a bit of consistency.
“I hope he can arrive well in Roland Garros physically and playing good tennis. I can see him getting through quite a few rounds at Roland Garros but you have to take it one match at a time.”
Ferrero reached the semi-finals on his first two visits to Roland Garros, the final the following year and hoisted the Coupe des Mousquetaires on his fourth try. Since then he hasn’t managed to advance beyond the third round, but should fitness be in his favour, this may be his chance to reclaim glory.
Ferrer has every faith in his countryman: “He's one of the best players in history on clay… I think he can win Roland Garros again. Nadal and Federer will be there but Juan Carlos will be right there behind them. Why not?”
For a man who has met with success in each of his endeavours, anything is possible.
Ferrero’s tennis career was nearly derailed before it began, devastated at the age of 16 by the loss of his mother to cancer, but he made a decision to honour her memory by continuing on with the sport.

“He’s an even better person than he is a player, which is very difficult”

His choice has given his family, friends and all of Valencia many different reasons to be proud.
“From a tennis point of view, the fact that he's been No. 1 in the world, more than Grand Slam, Davis Cup, Masters [1000] wins,” Cascales says. “It's very difficult to be No. 1 in the world. Many great players haven't achieved that. As a person, I'm proud of his loyalty.”
Ferrer points to the quality of his character. “He’s an even better person than he is a player, which is very difficult. He's very humble, a great friend, and very generous.”
As for Ferrero himself? He concludes, “I’m very proud of all the things I’ve done.”

The articke was taken from  http://m.atpworldtour.com/News/DEUCE-Tennis/DEUCE-May-2010/Juan-Carlos-Ferrero.aspx