Rosko Wilson in perfect spot at Mouratoglou

Drew · Nov 6, 2007

Rosko Wilson in perfect spot at Mouratoglou

Drew · Nov 6, 2007

Great Web site :

http://www.mtateam.com/index.php?p=players&id=21

Nice kid...from Greenock !

Drew · Nov 6, 2007

An earlier Scotsman article..

http://sport.scotsman.com/tennis.cfm?id=1651452006

Drew · Nov 7, 2007

Arka...he got to the world U10 QF....is that an ITF event ?

Salmon · Tennis legend

Nope. Results from Ross's tourney are here - http://www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/file_download/6

And the so called 'world championships' is highly unofficial.

Word of caution: most players who are successful at the big stage at very young ages end up doing nothing significant later on. There's as much chance that Ross will end up with a career high of 1354 as there's of him winning a couple of Slams.

Just look at the quarter finals line up of the Jr. Orange Bowl in 1999, which Andy famously won:

Andrew Murray/GREAT BRITAIN (9) defeated Nejc Novak/SLOVANIA, 6-4,7-6(4)
Markus Rudischer/AUSTRALIA defeated Alex Kuznetsov/USA (9), 6-2,7-6(4)
Alex Krasnoroutskiy/RUSSIA (9) defeated Matthew Bruch/USA (6), 6-4,7-5
Tomas Piskacek/CZECH REP defeated Jose Carlos Tolentino/PERU, 6-2,6-3

They are all about 20 years old now and this is where they stand -

Andy Murray 11
Alex Kuznetsov 209
Matthew Bruch 665
Alex Krasnoroutsky 814
Tomas Piskacek Unr
Markus Rudischer Unr
Nejc Novak Unr
Jose Carlos Tolentino Unr

They were probably eight of the fifteen or twenty best players in the world then and only two of them are making a living out of the sport now. doh

Not meaning to discourage anyone, of course! Just pointing out how much mental strength you need to remain at the top of the world for over eight or ten years.

-- Edited by Arka at 02:40, 2007-11-07

Drew · Jun 12, 2008

Just an update on this youngster.

I have been emailing the Mouratoglou Academy for 2-3 months as their web site was missing any info on Ross.

They actually phoned me to tell me he is no longer there. Didnt tell me why ?

I am presuming that the Ross Wilson now from 'Prestwick' featured recently at the Edinburgh Futures is the same guy ?

I understood he had a 10yr placement there....not anymore ?

Salmon · Tennis legend

It's possible he left, I guess. Mouratoglou is weird in the sense they encourage professionalism from a very very early age, which I think is somewhat wrong - whatever suits an individual, of course, so it's fine if someone is there.

You can mail TennisScotland, they would know, I guess. Ross even inaugurated the Futures in Edinburgh, I think.

The only poster from this board who, I think, may have a chance of knowing anything is Jonny O'Mara's dad.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 23:47, 2008-06-12

Drew · Jun 12, 2008

Greenleaf wrote:

It's possible he left, I guess. Mouratoglou is weird in the sense they encourage professionalism from a very very early age, which I think is somewhat wrong - whatever suits an individual, of course, so it's fine if someone is there.

You can mail TennisScotland, they would know, I guess. Ross even inaugurated the Futures in Edinburgh, I think.

The only poster from this board who, I think, may have a chance of knowing anything is Jonny O'Mara's dad.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 23:47, 2008-06-12

I emailed Heather Lockart at the time and all she could tell me that the kid was called "Ross Wilson" and that he was from Prestwick tennis club. She had no idea about the Paris Academy....

Anyway what happend with Jonny O'Mara ? I think I read his blog recently and he was still playing ?

Salmon · Tennis legend

Of course he's playing!

I posted about him in this thread and he got a doubles title last week - http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=61841&p=3&topicID=17574596&commentPage=0

One Scot who seems to have disappeared from the international scene is Caitlin Steel.

domara · Junior player

Hi guys, Ross is still very much playing-but back in scotland at the moment as you note. He is often at training at the same time as Jonny. I don't really know the situation at Mouratogolous but I will tell Ross and his dad that there are some posts on here wondering about his plans.

Caitlin has had a bit of a break from competive tennis and I hav'nt seen her for a while but the most recent Tennis Scotland magazine notes that she has been named in the initial squad for the Commenwealth youth games in India later this year so hopefully that will be her back playing big time

madfan · Social player

What is the problem with tennis. I am sure that little 5 year od does have loads of potentia but why on earth drag him from California to Paris at that age and totally disrupt his family and, by the sounds of it, set his older sibling up for a life of feeling 2nd best? He looks like a spoilt brat in that photo - why has he got that huge racquet? Also, thought you werent meant to use SHB until you were developed enough to be able to cope with it. I wil put money on it all ending in tears

If he is that good he can develop in The States until he is old enough to go out to Paris on his own - a la Baghdatis/Murray

Salmon · Tennis legend

Agreed totally, madfan. And it's probably not so intelligent to call anyone the best 5 or 6 year old in the world when you consider that many players only start at that age. Each to their own, though...

And thanks for the info, Jonny's dad! Looks like I'll have to keep an eye on the Commonwealth Youth Games draw - both Heather Watson and Steel are playing there.