Hello, my name is Filip, I am from Slovakia and I am 15 years old.

My tennis journey started when I was 4; alongside tennis I played basketball because of my parents. I think when I was 7-8, I had to decide which sport I wanted to play and I decided for tennis.

Until 11 I trained once or twice a week with fitness one hour sometimes. Then I started winning some matches and my parents and coach decided to play 4 hours a week and then by age of 12 I played 6 hours a week. Then I went to Bratislava to train at Love 4 Tennis. There I trained around 10-13 hours a week and got a lot better and stronger. Thankful for my coach there Peter Jurik. At that time my Tennis Europe and Slovakian ranking started rising a little. In Slovakia I was consistently top 10 and Tennis Europe I finished around 150. I spent at Love 4 tennis 2 years or so.

When I turned 15 i came here to the Barcelona Tennis Academy. At first I was a little scared how I am going to function by myself but now when I am here, I know I shouldn’t have been scared. Coaches are nice, weather is nice, players are really good and the tournaments are tough. I made some friends here and I love it here already.