Tecnifibre Launches 2016 Young Guns Contest

Gregoire Barrere, Mitchell Krueger, Omar Jasika and Daniil Medvedev feature in the second edition of the Young Guns Contest, which is part of Tecnifibre’s On The Road to the ATP World Tour programme.

The four young players, who are attempting to rise up the Emirates ATP Rankings in 2016, will compete for a $50,000 prize based on their on-court results and also their ability to share their lives on social media.

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Barrere, a 22-year-old from France, currently No. 216 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, said, “It is a great challenge and this cash prize is an important amount. Even though I am lucky enough to receive some funding from the [French Tennis] Federation, this amount will, for example, allow me to increase the size of my team to a physio at certain periods of the season. This contest is also an opportunity to become more professional in communicating and getting closer to the people who follow and support me on tour. To work on self-branding is now part of the sport.”

American Krueger, also 22, said, “It is opportunity to strike gold! To win this contest will ease my entry into the big leagues! The way to win this cash prize won’t be easy, I will need to plan out carefully and be smart on the social networks.”

Each of the young players will be assigned a Tecnifibre team mentor – Jeremy Chardy, Denis Kudla, John Millman and Aljaz Bedene – to help them win the competition.

“I am supporting Greg and I will take my role extremely seriously,” said Chardy. “We are a team! He told me that I bring him luck because the week after we practised together at the On The Road camp in May, he won an ITF Futures tournament in Angers. He’s on a streak, he’s playing well! We will also try and push his image on the social network sites. We’re going to fight until the end.”

Kudla, who won the inaugural Young Guns contest in 2015, will help Krueger, while Jasika will join forces with fellow Australian Millman and Bedene will support 20-year-old Russian Medvedev.

The winner’s cheque will be presented at the Barclays World Tour Finals in London in November.