Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Pokrajac: the Serbian Heritage in Tennis

Milan Pokrajac. Photo by Tessa Kolodny.

Milan Pokrajac is from Canada. But the name Pokrajac is distinctly Serbian. It is part of a Serbian heritage that is permeating tennis.

There are two Serbian players in the 2008 Newton Cox USTA Men's Professional Tennis Classic in Mobile, Alabama: the promising young player Filip Krajinovic and the former college player Vladimir Obradovic. Obradovic has won a Futures singles title and three doubles championship.

Among the number of Serbians on tour are Anna Ivanovic, Novak Djokovic, Jelena Jankovic and Janko Tipsarevic.

Related:

Krajinovic, Tremendous Talent

Vemic, Tipsarevic Win Doubles

Resources:

Amateur Geneologists Trace the Pokrajac Name

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey!!
I am happy Gary have won!!
Have you taking pictures of Him??
Thanks a lot
Bye

http://gary-lugassy.skyrock.com

The Tennis Hacker said...

Friday. I will be in Mobile Friday and I will try to get some photos and player interviews.

Anonymous said...

ok thank you so much!!