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Helene Pellicano soared to new heights this week as the young Maltese player has now broken into the world’s top 30 juniors in the latest list that was published this week. Pellicano, who turned 17 on Thursday, has jumped 16 places in the latest ITF JuniorListen: More to come from Malta's tennis player Pellicano, says coach Juan Giner
Helene Pellicano soared to new heights this week as the young Maltese player has now broken into the world’s top 30 juniors in the latest list that was published this week. Pellicano, who turned 17 on Thursday, has jumped 16 places in the latest ITF Junior rankings after reaching the final of the Grade 1 tournament held in Vrsar, Croatia last week. This result comes just a few weeks after Pellicano won the ITF Junior tournament in Vinaros. The Valencia-based player has now moved to 28th in the world junior rankings and is Malta’s highest ranked player. “It’s a great result for Helene in Croatia but we are always looking at the bigger picture and our ultimate goal is to ensure that she continues to work hard and develop her talent,” Juan Giner, Pellicano’s coach, told the Times of Malta yesterday. “Our focus when working with a 16-year-old player is not on tournament results but to maintain her progressional progress. “At our academy we see many girls like Helene, who come with a lot of promise, but to justify their talent with results we need to work very hard and that is what we are doing with her. “She is at a very delicate age in her career where it is important to work on... Read more