“Thank you so much for inviting me. It’s really a pleasure to be here. Thank you for continuing to invite me for these 15 years,” said our long-time tennis leader Ernests Gulbis, visited this LTV1 program for the first time. “Better late than never.”
The Latvian Tennis Union managed to create a strong team. All who were offered accepted to be board members. Gulbja’s priorities in leading a tennis life are children, young people and coaches.
In the fall, when he assumed the position of president of the tennis union, the organization’s financial situation was such that Gulbis was ready to send the Latvian women’s national team to the 11-12. November “Billie Jean King” cup matches in Austria. In the end, the situation was resolved thanks also to the funding of the international federation.
You are not the most active on social networks influenceris, the head of the studio admitted. “I have an e-mail,” laughed the Latvian tennis legend. “With social media, that train passed me by a little bit. When it started, I was a little skeptical about it, which was probably my fault.”
4.-5. 34-year-old Gulbis will end his career in the Latvian national team in the Davis Cup match scheduled for “Arena Riga” in February. The match between Latvia and Israel will be broadcast by LTV7. “I will definitely play both singles and doubles,” former world number 10 Gulbis, who will go to tournaments in Spain and Belgium to prepare, reveals now. “It’s my last match for the Latvian national team, so I want to be in good enough shape and show the best possible game.”
Gulbis will continue to play and will combine his career as a tennis player with leading a life in this sport in Latvia, but the priority is the work of the union. Try to work out twice a day. At the same time, he is aware that the time is approaching to put an end to his tennis career.
Gulbis previously visited the “Radio SWH” studio on September 24, 2010, participating in the program “With a song about life”.
The highest singles world rankings in Baltic tennis history
| WTA 2. | Anete Kontaveita (Estonia) |
| WTA 5. | Alon Ostapenko (Latvia) |
| ATP 10. | Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) |
| WTA 11. | Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia) |
| WTA 15. | Kaija Kanepi (Estonia) |
| ATP 50. | Richards Berankis (Lithuania) |
Resources used:
LTV1 program “Sports Studio”
“Radio SWH” program “Evening Sports Hour”
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