Bojan Božović (tennis)
Bojan Božović (born 23 February 1987) was a Serbian former professional tennis player and tennis coach. In his career, Božović defeated several world-renowned players, such as Ernests Gulbis, Robin Haase, Marin Čilić, Sergei Bubka (tennis), Sergei Bubka, and Fabio Fognini, but he is now better known for his role in Novak Djokovic's junior career. Early life Božović was born on 23 February 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia, to a sports family, so he showed his interest in sports from an early age. He started training in tennis at the age of six. When he was 14, he was already two meters tall, and his height helped him develop a very powerful serve, which became his main weapon. He started competing in 1998 and immediately achieved outstanding results. Some of his mentors were Božidar Matić and Goran Zindović. Career In 2000, Božović became a member of the newly opened Gemax club, where he had his own private coach, Goran Grbović. One of the players he trained with at the Gemax ...
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ...
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