seit wann spielt Sergej Bubka Tennis??[[help]]
Das ist Sergej Bubka Junior [[yo]]
Bubka takes to tennis
Sergei Bubka, the greatest pole vaulter of all time, has tennis on his mind these days.
The legendary athlete’s son, named Sergei Bubka Junior, preferred tennis after a brief flirtation with pole vault and is now a regular on the ATP’s second-string Challenger circuit.
The 19-year-old, now in India to play tournaments, says he likes his name. ‘It is an interesting name and does not put any pressure on me because I grew up with it and am used to it.’
Bubka senior set 35 world records in pole vault - his current mark of 6.14 metres in 1994 remains unsurpassed - before he quit competitive sport in 2000.
Bubka junior says he took up pole vault as a toddler - ‘might have scaled around 2.5 metres’ - before deciding his career lay in tennis.
‘I love tennis, I enjoy the game and it is a choice that I have made,’ the youngster said.
‘I have a good technique though I need to work on my baseline game and need to get comfortable with playing on grass. I have got the right genes and I am physically very fit.’
The Monaco-based Bubka junior, currently ranked 698 in the world, said his father was not the only sportsman in the family.
‘My mother was a gymnast and my elder brother briefly toyed with tennis before switching over to academics.
‘I am fortunate. In my country there are so many talented players but they don’t have the facilities to travel and play.
‘Having a champion sportsman like my father is a big help.’
His father’s advice to stay determined rings in Bubka junior’s ears all the time.
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