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
Email: equelite@gmail.com 

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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.

Madrid Open with blue clay

Making blue clay
Ion Tiriac, a consultant to the tournament, has said that the cost of making a blue clay court is almost double that of making a red clay court. The process is essentially the same as producing a red clay court, with the dyed bricks ground into fragments. Two layers are then spread over the court.
On the official website: “It’s important to take into account that we can never directly dye the original red bricks blue as we would never achieve the desired colour as the base of the red brick off a different effect. For that reason, the iron oxide needs to be removed at the start of the process. Another interesting point is that if we put one hand in a bag of red clay and another in one containing blue clay we would see that the red clay would leave a stronger stain.”

DAVIS CUP: Spain 4:1Austria

OROPESA DEL MAR, SPAIN: Spain came to Marina d’Or as the overwhelming favourite to win their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinal tie against Austria and they didn’t disappoint.


The doubles was a different story, however, and Alexander Peya and Oliver Marach really used Saturday’s rain break to their advantage. A set down when the heavens opened, the Austrian duo used their time wisely, reassessing their tactics and playing style and returned to the court to duly turn the match around.
Perhaps the experience of playing together more regularly on the Tour, a partnership which has seen them claim two ATP titles including at Auckland earlier this year, gave them the edge against Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez.

Summer tennis camp 2012

Dear friends!!!

You have wonderful opportunity to spend great holidays in June -August 2012 and play tennis in JC Ferrero's tennis Academy in Spain (Alicante).

We have place for you in tennis camp 2012!!!

June:                         July:                       August:

                              01/07-14/07            29/07-11/08

17/06-30/07          15/07-28/07            12/08- 25/08 

Special offer: 3 weeks for 2.000 Euros 

Enroll till 31 March and you can will tennis bag!!!

Parents can come with children. We have houses for adults, restaurant and even swimming pool. You can play tennis or paddle, too, take golf lessons or play football against our tennis team. We are about 40 minutes from Alicante. Parents can travel there and spend day on beach or shopping therapy.

For more information and to get registration form, please contact equelite@gmail.com