Ayumi Morita

topic de cette tres jeune joueuse japonais tres prometteuse qui sera sans doute coaché par Sugiyama quand celle ci aura pris sa retraite

Ayumi est un toute jeune joueuse japonaise et elle représente vraiment le nouvel espoir du tennis feminin japonais !
elle n'a que 17 ans mais elle detient deja 2 titres ITF en simples , ainsi que 2 en doubles dont 1 avec Sugiyama !

petite caractéristique interessante, elle joue à 2 mains des 2 cotés comme bc de japonaises actuellement ( Nakamura , Morigami)

elle joue encore en junior mais elle fait doucement ses debuts sur le circuit pro depuis 2 ans , avec un 1 er tour a un tournoi ITF en 2004.
en 2005 elle participe au tournoi de Tokyo mais perd 4/6 4/6 contre Kirilenko.

en 2006 elle joue à Birmingham ou elle atteint le 3 eme tour avant de perdre en 3 sets contre Bartoli

sinon beau parcours à Wimbly ou elle perd au premier tour en etant isue des qualifs contre Santangelo mais en 3 sets !

elle a egalement joué les plays off de Fed cup cette semaine ou elle a battu angelique Kerber!

Sinon c'est prévu qu'elle joue les JO avec Sugiyama en 2008 et par la suite des rumeurs indiquent que Sugiyama pourrait devenir son coach et rejouer quelques doubles avec elle !

Y'a pas de photo de la petite miss??? merci

tes désirs sont des ordres ma chère Nat

est ce qu'elle est venue à RG cette année??? parce que j'ai l'impression que je l'ai croisé
j'adore la premiere photo tres belle dessus, merci Liam

nat a écrit:

est ce qu'elle est venue à RG cette année??? parce que j'ai l'impression que je l'ai croisé
j'adore la premiere photo tres belle dessus, merci Liam

c'est pas impossible du tout ! elle y etait mais elle a perdu en qualifs !

oui, j'étais en compagnie de milo quand j'ai vu Morita pour la première fois, en Fed Cup.

je pense qu'elle est trés prometteuse, car elle n'a que 16 ans, et compense deja son manque de puissance. Elle a l'air d'en vouloir et d'avoir une frappe trés sèche.

jeune joueuse à suivre, relève du tennis nippon...

depuis la saison sur gazon Morita n'avait rien fait de notable, c'etait meme plutot mauvais mais bon ce sont ces debuts sur le vrai circuit !
elle est engagée a Bali la ou elle a passé le stade des qualifs et vient de reussir son 1 er tour contre Marina Erakovic 6/4 6/4

elle est de la famille de Pat Morita de Karaté kid ? :biggrin:

Agassi a écrit:

elle est de la famille de Pat Morita de Karaté kid ? :biggrin:

rooooooo les références !!! tu n'as pas honte ????

en attendant Ayumi vient de se qualifiers pour les 1/4 de finales en battant l'allemande Martina Muller 6/4 6/0 !

A Bali, Ayumi a perdu contre Hantuchova sèchement mais bon c'etait plutot logique !

maintenant engagée à Séoul, elle est en quarts face à Penetta !
heureusement que c'est elle qui a battu Sugiyama au premier tour sinon j'aurais pété un cable

j'avais meme pas vu cette interview !!


Getting To Know... Ayumi Morita


With so many talented teenagers on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at present, it is perhaps no surprise another has emerged at this week's Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic on the Indonesian island of Bali. The youngster in question is 17-year-old Japanese rising star Ayumi Morita, who on Friday will take on world No.12 Daniela Hantuchova in her maiden Tour quarterfinal.

sonyericssonwtatour.com caught up with Ayumi over the summer and got the lowdown about life on the Tour.

Tell us about your home town?
I'm from a part of Japan called Gunma, it's located in the northwest corner of the Kanto region on Honshu Island. Although, now I'm on Tour I'm always traveling around and not spending so much time at home.

Tell us a little bit about your family?
We are a really close family and they have always given me so much support in tennis and everything else. My mother Hiromi and father Tomohiro were both keen tennis players and it's because of them that I started to play. I also have a little brother called Kazuhiro, but at the moment he is not really into tennis as he's more of a baseball fan.
How did you get into tennis?
As I mentioned before, my mother and father both liked to play tennis and so when I was younger I would always go to the courts with them to watch them play. I think eventually they gave me a chance to play with them too and so every week they started to hit with me a little bit. After a while they saw I was enjoying it and so they decided to sign me up for tennis lessons and then I started to play more and more.

How is tennis doing at the moment in Japan?
I think it is doing well at present. We have quite a few good players and hopefully there will be more like me coming through. At the moment obviously there is Ai [Sugiyama] who has had so much success, but also Akiko [Morigami] and Aiko [Nakamura] who have both done really well recently. I think we have good support for our up and coming players and the Japan Tennis Association help me out when I need it, so I think we have a good future.

Do you have any tennis heroes past or present?
When I first got interested in tennis I loved Martina Hingis. She plays such clever tennis and is so elegant on court. It's great she made a comeback and so currently, alongside Martina, I think Justine Henin is amazing and Ai [Sugiyama] is a great player too who I really look up to. She has done so much for Japanese tennis and now I'm lucky enough to hit with her sometimes, because I train at her academy and work sometimes with Ai's mother Fusako as well.

What off-court training do you do?
I do quite a lot of running and swimming to stay in good overall shape and I also go to the gym to do weights work as I need to build up my strength if I want to compete with the top players on Tour. Although, with all the on-court training I have there's not that much time to go to do that much else, but when I can, I do!

What is the best memory of your tennis career so far?
It was very special when I defeated Ai this year in Birmingham, because as I mentioned she is one of my heroes and I respect her so much. To beat her in the second round of a tournament was very special and is definitely the highlight of my career so far.

What kinds of things do you like to do for fun off the court?
Nothing that unusual really, I'm quite a normal teenager and I like listening to music, hanging out with my friends and of course to go to the shops! Other than that I enjoy swimming, reading and I used to play the piano when I was younger. In fact this is something I'd like to start up again, but for now I have my hands full with tennis.

What do you think you would have done if you had not become a tennis player?
I think I would probably just be a student right now. I mean I'm only 17, so I'd being going to school tomorrow morning! I think if I hadn't been able to become a professional player I would have liked to continue my studies and try to go to university. As I love sport so much, I guess I would do a course relating to sports, but thankfully so far the tennis is working out quite well so I haven't had to think too much about it!