Tak, lata 08-09 nieudane, w zasadzie chyba tylko 1 wygrany futures w Portugalii. Ten rok przynosi zasadniczy zwrot. Bernakis zakończył poprzedni rok na 340 miejscu w rankingu, a teraz po 5 tygodniach nowego sezonu jest 255, czyli awansował o 85 pozycji. Główny udział w tym awansie miały: 1/4 w San Paulo i 1/2 w Salinas.

Kwalifikacje i 2 rundy San Jose to kolejny spory skok.

Niestety, ma tylko 173 cm wzrostu, więc na naprawdę wielkie sukcesy raczej nie szans. Ale może być ciekawy grajek z niego.

Widziałem kilka piłek z Jego meczu z Phau (Tv > stream). W tej sekwencji meczu akurat wzrost wyraźnie przeszkadzał mu w serwowaniu niż pomagał. Mnóstwo dość mocnych pierwszych podań lądowało dość wyraźnie w siatce. Był 1 as. Drugi serwis już bardzo pewnie wprowadzał do gry, ale to i niżsi od Niego potrafią. Mam nadzieję, że będzie to lepsza wersja młodszego Rochusa, szkoda jednak, że podobnie jak rzeczony Belg, Berankis nie gra bh 1 ręką.

Challengery ATP: Berankis otwiera konto.

Ricardas Berankis wygrał challenger ATP w Nottingham. To Jego pierwszy wygrany turniej tej rangi w dotychczasowej karierze.



R32      Frank Dancevic (CAN)  7-5, 7-6(4)
R16     Kevin Anderson (RSA)  7-5, 7-5
Q     Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-2, 6-2
S     Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
W     Go Soeda (JPN) 6-4, 6-4

Dzięki temu zwycięstwu Litwin awansował na rekordową dla siebie, 154 pozycję w rankingu Entry.

Gratulacje.

Galeria:
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/ZmERL...ardas+Berankis

21.06.2010 - pierwszy wygrany mecz w WS

Ricardas Berankis, pokonał Carstena Balla 62 60 36 76 w 1 rundzie turnieju głównego Wimbledonu 2010. Było to pierwsze zwycięstwo w Wielkim Szlemie młodego Litwina. Dzięki dzisiejszej victorii, Ricardas wskoczy do Top-150 rankingu Entry. Gratulacje.

Ostatnie punkty z meczu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrsR9q5Jj1k

Finał w Vancouver, 120 pozycja w rankingu!

Ricardas Berankis osiągnął finał challengera w Vancouvber, gdzie poległ w 2 setach w pojedynku z Dudim Selą. Mimo tej porażki ostatni tydzień był dla Litwina bardzo udany, co przełożyło się też na ranking entry. Berankis jest dziś 120 rakietą globu, co jest Jego nowym rekordem:

119 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA) 465
120 Berankis, Ricardas (LTU) 458
121 Zemlja, Grega (SLO) 444

Brawo, oby tak dalej!

Berankis beats Sweeting in battle of former junior champs

When Andy Roddick won the 2003 US Open, he completed a remarkable three-year transition from Boys' Singles champion to Men's Singles champion. But jumping from the juniors to the pros is rarely as effortless as Roddick made it out to be.

Just ask 5-foot, 9-inch qualifier Ricardas Berankis, who became the first Lithuanian player to win a junior Grand Slam when he captured the 2007 US Open boys' title.

Once the No. 1 junior in the world, the 124th-ranked pro took a big step in his evolution as a player Monday, defeating fellow former junior champ Ryan Sweeting, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2.

"When you are 17 years old, you're still a little kid compared to these guys hanging out here," said the now 20-year-old Berankis. "The fitness is completely different, and I'm not the biggest guy. The mental side is also completely different. If you lose two points or one point, the match is gone. You need to keep your concentration."

At times on Court 4 Monday, Berankis looked brilliant: bursting out to a 6-4, 4-1 lead by bullying the 6-foot-5 American with early returns and ferocious forehands. At others, he appeared out of sorts, blowing a two-break, second-set lead by donating a string of errors.

But at the end of the day, a win is a win, and Berankis' victory was his second in the main draw of a Grand Slam. He also qualified and reached the second round at Wimbledon in June.

"It feels unbelievable," said Berankis. "A couple years ago, I couldn't qualify here. I lost in three sets against Bjorn Phau in the last round of qualies. It was rough, but that was the first time. The second time feels good."

From the first ball, Berankis sent a statement to Sweeting, the 2005 US Open boys' champion. He stepped inside the baseline to launch all 155 of his pounds into forehand returns on the first two points of the match.

His aggression paid off in the third game, when he broke Sweeting by mixing in a slice backhand to draw an error from the American. Berankis consolidated for 3-1 with two forehand winners, a backhand winner and a service winner.

He didn't face a break point in the first set and appeared to have the match under control early in the second. The wild-card Sweeting went wild, as Berankis took a 4-1, second-set lead, audibly berating himself and smashing his Babolat frame into a 90-degree angle.

But Berankis' two-break lead vanished when the Lithuanian missed serves and sprayed shots to allow Sweeting to force a tiebreak.

The 113th-ranked Sweeting, who has qualified into five ATP World Tour events this season, took advantage.

He evened the match on his first set point, winning the longest rally of the match by venturing to the net off a cross-court forehand, retreating to the baseline to retrieve a lob, and then hitting an even harder cross-court forehand that Berankis couldn't handle.

"Up to 4-1 in the second set, I was playing unbelievably," said Berankis. "Up two breaks, what else could you wish for? I guess that's where I lost my concentration and energy a little bit."

The match turned back in Berankis' favor in the third game of the third set. He faced four break points in a nine-deuce service game but saved each by pushing Sweeting behind the baseline to draw errors.

"I think that was the decisive game of the third set," said Berankis, who trains in Florida. "When guys have those ups and downs in a game, whoever breaks through ends up on top."

Berankis found himself with a two-break cushion again in the third set and appeared vulnerable to another big blown lead. He lost nine consecutive points from 5-1 but halted Sweeting's momentum at 5-3 to serve out the set.

In the fourth, Sweeting fought off cramps, and Berankis fought off four double faults. When Sweeting framed a forehand on match point, the Lithuanian clinched his fourth victory in five days, counting three straight-set wins in the US Open Qualifying tournament.

Berankis started the 2010 season by competing in the qualifying of a Challenger tournament in Brazil. He was ranked No. 324 and playing opponents outside the top 800.

In the second round of the US Open, Berankis will play No. 13 seed Jurgen Melzer, a sure-fire sign of how far he's come.

"I never put my head down," said Berankis. "I'm always fighting hard and working."
Match Facts
- Berankis made just 45 percent of his first serves but won 56 percent of the points on his second serve.

- Sweeting served nine double faults. Berankis hit 10.

- Berankis did not face a single break point in his first seven service games.

- Sweeting's serve was broken eight times by Berankis.

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/match_ … 91415.html

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Berankis blisko Top-100.
Litwin po udanym USO (kwalifikacje + 2 runda MD) zajmuje dziś rekordową, 106 pozycję w rankingu ATP Entry.

Gratulujemy.

29.11.2010 - Nowa rekordowa pozycja rankingowa Litwina!

Po zwycięstwie w challengerze w Helsinkach Berankis jest notowany na 85 miejscu w rankingu ATP.

2010 NEWCOMERS OF THE YEAR

Richard Berankis

You know it's a good sign when Roger Federer takes you under his wing and asks you to come to practice camp. The Swiss certainly has an eye for potential, as evidenced by Richard Berankis’ progress three years on from his time in Dubai with Federer.

The 20 year old promised much in 2007, when he won the US Open junior title and the Orange Bowl to take him to No. 1 in the junior rankings. Speaking about his protégée at the IMG Bollettieri Academy in Florida in 2007, Nick Bollettieri said, “He's going to be a damn good player. First, his work discipline is unparalleled. That puts him in a fantastic spot. And he is very humble. He is very sound in all aspects of his game. He doesn't have a weakness. What he will have to do is come in even more than he does now. With his size (now 5’9), it may be too difficult to win consistently from the baseline.”

Berankis began the season at No. 319 in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings and after one of the breakthrough performances of the year he finished a career-high World No. 85, making him the highest-ever ranked Lithuanian tennis player. He has posted particularly strong results on the ATP Challenger Tour this year. He won two titles in Nottingham and Helsinki, and finished runner-up in Vancouver. Berankis also compiled an 8-4 tour-level record, highlighted by reaching the second round at Wimbledon (l. to F. Lopez in four sets) and the US Open (l. to Melzer in five sets).

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis … -Year.aspx