Agnieszka Radwańska
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Currently, the best tennis player in Poland. Three
weeks ago all sport media wrote about her. She won a prestigious WTA tournament in Singapore. She beat a Wimbledon champion Petra
Kvitova in three sets. This is her biggest achievement. What was her way to get
success?
About her biography…
Agnieszka
was born on 6 March 1989 in Krakow. She comes from a sporting family. Her
grandfatherwas a
hockey player and later a trainer in a sport club Cracovia. Her father was a
tennis player inNadwiślan
KS and practiced figure skating in KS Krakowianka. She has a younger sister
Urszula who is also a
tennis player. Agnieszka began playing tennis in Germany where she lived her early childhood.
The first success came when she was 6. She won a children’s tournament. Her younger sister took the fourth place. During her youth she trained under the guidance of her father. In August 2003, Agnieszka reached the final in a tournament in Zabrze where she lost with Magdalena Rybarikova in two sets. In 2004 she won the Cup by Microsoft in singles and doubles. Next success came in 2006 when she won the French Open without losing a set. In the final she beat a Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
After this success , Agnieszka reached the first place of the ITF ranking in the category up to 18 years. Winning, she received “a wild card by the organizers of Wimbledon in 2006. At this event she advanced to 1/8 final. She took part in eliminations of U.S Open. She lost the second round with a French player. For her Wimbledon was a great promotion because she was considered in the ranking 100 of the best tennis players. In 2012 she won the Dubai Tennis Championships, the Sonny Ericsson Open and the Brussels Open. She also reached the final of the Wimbledon, what made her the most successful Polish tennis player.
Financial aspects…
Agnieszka
Radwańska is nine tennis player who exceeded the limit of 2 million dollars
earned in 2015. It’s only results achieved in the WTA tournaments. For
comparison, the leader Serena Williams, who won 3 tournaments earned $10,5 million.
During his career she earned $20 million as prize money. What earnings is the
rest of the Polish tennis player? For example Magda Linette earned $264,000 and Urszula Radwańska $233,000. You
have to remember that these earnings are from the rewards. Players also much
endorsing various brands. We can see her with Jerzy Janowicz in the PLAY
commercial.
Below there is a
short video from the last final match in WTA.
Source:
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agaradwanska.com/pl
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wikipedia.pl
agaradwanska.com/pl
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Questions…
1. Are
you interested in tennis? Do you only watch or maybe play? If not what kind of
sport do you like?
2.
What
do you think about people who devote lifetime to some sport? Do they see an opportunity
to earn a lot of money or it’s just a passion?
3.
What
is the recipe of sport successes?
It's hard to comment on her biography for me besides saying that We as a Poles should be very proud of her and wish her best :) so now I will go straight to the questions.
ReplyDeleteSo for the first one - I used to play tennis, especially on like sport vacations, I was a amateur back then and when I went to middle school I left the tennis, because I had no time for it. I watch it sometimes on Eurosport, but it's like a filler to some other activity. I like tennis but I found myself enjoying jogging and gym more.
2. You know I think it's like everything in life I mean the job that we would choose, if it's not your passion then you should not do it, because it won't make you happy. It's that simple you know. Sport is highly competetive thing, it's often that people are only mediocre tier as a sportsman. So the answer is yes, it is opportunity but it need to be your passion at the same time.
3. Perseverance I guess is the best word for it. Doing your thing despite difficulties :)
Have you thought of returning to playing tennis?
Delete1. Not really, I m watching football and swimming sometimes, But i m a big fan of e-spots.
ReplyDelete2. It is begging in childhood. Then it is your lifestyle. Big sport is very difficult. You spend a lot of time on training, more than you can imagine. You have different rule, diet, etc. Its hard life that absorb you totally. 24/7
3. Following rules and discipline. If you don't have talent in, strong discipline and rules lead you to success.
What kind of e-sports do you like? Do you watch football occasionally or are you a big supporter of some club?
Delete1) Seriously, this now popular type of presentations, like the last week's Lewandowski presentation are totally a mistake for me, as I'm almost never interested in these sports, watching it or following its stars.
ReplyDeleteI like it however how Agnieszka became a popular and succesful sportswoman, because sport successes are one of important ways to make country visible in the world. It's difficult for me to understand how people can decide on spending their lives entirely on sport, as it's not a really safe way of living, many sportspeople are ending up without money or any way of gathering money, especially in Poland, where the support for practicing sports is a really small amount of money.
And there is probably no recipe for a success, you can try and spending day after day practicing, but it's not that it will make you 100% a succesful person. Just try, you'll see whether it was worth it. And good luck. IT market is still providing well paid jobs, just saying.
Are you suggesting that money should be that money should be a determinant way of life?
DeleteShe is very successful and Poles should be proud. I don't watch her games, follow her scores or something, but I guess she is the one who should be admired.
ReplyDeleteDo you watch any sport events e.g. football match or volleyball?
Delete1. Sometimes I watch teenis, especially Polish players, I'm very proud when they are winning. Also as a child I tried to playing tennis, but it's not a sport for me, I prefer team sports :)
ReplyDelete2. I think that for every sportsmen sport should be a passion and then, when you're good at it, you can try to make a money from it.
3. Sport success is a combination of natural talents and hours of hard work. Sometimes it's also a luck that you can predicted.
Did you know that in tennis you can play as a team with another person, so-called: doubles?
DeleteMy sister is a swimmer. She wins a lot of competitions, because this is her passion. She’s just 15, but she’s very good now. In her opinion the recipe of sport successes is love with the sport, very hard work and a lot of time. She learned swimming when she was 5-6. She started treanings few years ago. Of course medals, cups and money are important. But development, winning with your own body, becoming better from month to month is the more important than some piece of metal.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your sister :) You should be so proud ! It's amazing to find passion, especially at such a young age.
DeleteI'm really into almost every kind of sport, I've tried a lot of them on my own. I started playing tennis at the age of 6 and I used to do it till high school. Despite the fact that I've only been an amateur, I've won a few competitions. Every year I used to spend holidays on tennis camps, I've met there a lot of people, who were at that time even worse than me in this field, but they didn't give up and a lot of them reached a level that I can only dream about now. I'm not really sure if I remember anything now, it's totally embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteI really admire people who are strong enough to devote their lives to passion, even when they can't be really sure if it doesn't turn out to be totally not profitable. It's such a big risk, but at the same time the gain can be enormous - living your life and doing what you love. It sounds like it's worth it.
The thing is not to give up. Never. The point is to believe in yourself, train hard, beat yourself everyday and constantly improve yourself. The biggest loss is to rest one your laures.
Interesting story :) why do you give up playing tennis? You played a lot of years.
Delete1. I like play and watch tennis. When I was 12 years old I won tournament in my school. But later I change my sports on volleyball.
ReplyDelete2. I think people often earn money in our sport life. Many people treat sport as a hobby or second job.
3. Hard work = success. If you are good at what you do, you must work. Then you reach your aim.
Congratulations on winning your tennis tournament! Why did you decide to change the sport?
Delete1. The tennis is intresting but I only watch sometimes. I like play basketball and volleyball.
ReplyDelete2. It must be their passion. Without it they probably can't be good at this what they do.
3. Hard work and discipline.
It's great that Poland has such sportsman as Agnieszka Radwanska. She is the best Polish tennis player. Poles should be proud of her achievements.
ReplyDeleteYes I am interested in tennis. I rarely watch the matches of tennis, but sometimes I play tennis with my friends. I don't play too well but I really like to play tennis.
What is the recipe for success in sport? I think the most important is talent (predisposition to a particular sport), passion and persistence in achieving goals.
1. No I am not interested. Neither in watching nor playing. I personally like basketball, but only playing it. I generally watch only football.
ReplyDelete2. I think 90 percent of them is doing this for passion, and maybe 1 percent becomes so good that they earn good money for this.
3. Maybe hard training? I really don't know, I was never thought of sport career
1. I don't like watching of sports , but like i said in previous topic i like to spend time actively so when i have occasion to play tennis , why not ?
ReplyDelete2. In my opinion to be good in something we should have passion on it , money is only a benefit.
3. Start early , systematic work , don't giving up when something doesn't go our way
ReplyDeleteI like to watch tennis, I am playing it personally. It is very interesting sport, in which all muscles are working, and really get tired: D
If somebody doing with passion, and commitment, all the time working above his form, it yes.
It is must systematic, and will reach at the dream target.
1. I'm not interested in tennis at all i really don't like this sport. I'v been playing tennis when I was 6-8 years old and i had really bad trainer and he disgust this sport to me... What sport do I like? I used to like to play basketball but it was in gimnazjum and now i don't have time to play that sport but I really like it :)
ReplyDelete2. I think you have to like what you do in your life in other case it will be really hard to be great in that field. If you have passion you can get very far in that. Of course tennis is a sport where you can ear a lot of money. Reward are huge for winning like it was in article Radwańska already earned 20mln $ just for playing and probably twice as that from advertisements and other campaigns and stuff.
3. Like I wrote in point 2 recipe for success in sport is that you have to like it or even love it because without passion you can't achive top. You can be good but not the best.
1. I play sometime tennis and squash, so i know something about that.
ReplyDelete2. If you like sport and you are good at it and can earn money than it's good for you.
3. I don't think there is only one recipe for sport succes, probably important is hard work, practice a lot and passion. But that it's is only my opinion.
1. For me tennis is one of the most boring sport disciplines. Both the game and watching for me are much less interesting than, for example, football. Definitely I prefer team sports, which are much more interesting.
ReplyDelete2. I think that people who are successful in the field of sport definitely have a passion, without that it would be impossible to achieve anything. If they fulfilling his passion can earn money why not?
3. The only recipe is hard work and follow our passion.
1. Yes, generally I like every sport.
ReplyDelete2. I respect people that devote lifetime to some sport. They do that because they love sport that they practice. So answering you question it's just a passion.
3. Training, training, training. :) And of course you can't give up.
1. I'm not interested in tennis, and I don't think I'm really into any sport either.
ReplyDelete2. I think it's both, and I always respect people who are trying to achieve their dreams.
3. Hard work, patience, and dedication.
Unfortunately I never have been interested in tennis because I was (and I am) a big football fan. I believe that there is nothing wrong with devoting a lot of time on sports, if you do not neglect other aspects of life and if it brings profits. But sometimes hard work is not enough, because there are areas of sport, which count the things on which we have no influence, such as growth. Besides, at a certain age, our performance decreases, ceases to be the best, and consequently have not won many competition, so do not earn so much. To be able to live at a high level, keeping up with the sport you have to be very good in what you are doing and devote your whole life to sport - and as we know, not everyone wants it
ReplyDeleteI'm not interested in tennis. I like cycling but I have never watched it. I prefer to do sports rather than watch them. For me it's a passion, no one will survive all this effort only for money. If I know a recipe for a sport success, I would be the best athlete in the world ;).
ReplyDelete1. No, not really. I sometimes watch tennis matches but it's always by chance. I like volleyball and badminton.
ReplyDelete2. I think it's just what they do. You won't be successful in anything if you don't devote yourself to it entirely. Simple as that.
3. How should I know? I'm just an IT guy. :P