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David Micevski: His Home Away From Home
11/28/2018 9:56 AM | Men's Tennis
By Riley Elliott
Athletics Communications Student Assistant
Hailing from Skopje, Macedonia, David Micevski came a long way from his home to play tennis for the University of Utah. Micevski's love for tennis came at a young age, as he was introduced to the sport at a very young age by his father.
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"I started playing tennis when I was around six or seven," Micevski recalled. "My dad used to play tennis recreationally with his friends, and one day he took me to one of his matches. That's where I fell in love with the sport, and it just kept going from there."
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With growing up in Macedonia, there was not very many opportunities for Micesvki to pursue the sport through joining a tennis club, or finding a good coach. After some time of looking, Micevski was then able to find a good coach, who helped lead him on the path that he is now on today.
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"Growing up in Skopje and playing tennis was different, when I was first starting, there weren't many other kids who were playing and there weren't many clubs either," explained Micevski. "So, it was kind of hard to find the right coach that would put you in the right place to start. I was fortunate enough to find a good coach and was able to improve a lot in my first two years of playing."
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Once he was able to find the right coach, he was then able to start competing in tournaments in his home country. Then, once he was finally good enough, he started to travel to different countries around Europe to play better competition.
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"I've was traveling my whole junior career basically, with my first traveling experience being when I was the age of ten. I traveled to Croatia for a ten and under tournament, and then went to most of the other countries throughout Europe for the rest of my junior career," said Micevski.
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In Micevski's junior career, he was a Seven-time Macedonian National Junior Champion, and also a member of the Macedonian Davis Cup team. He was able to hold a career high ITF Junior World Ranking of No. 353, with a career best win over world's No. 62 Domagoj Bilijexko of Croatia.
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"Being a seven-time national champion was an amazing experience. I won my first national championship in Macedonia when I was ten, and after that I was consistently ranked number one or two in the country," said Micevski. "So, every tournament there was a lot of pressure on me to win, and every tournament was a challenge for me. Everyone was always expecting me to win the tournament, and luckily I was able to pull through with winning more often times than not."
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After Micevski's time with junior play was over, he then set his sights on where he would be playing collegiate tennis at. With as much noise as Micevski had made in Macedonia and his travels throughout Europe, he was a very sought after player. With all the offers that he received, the University of Utah was the school that stuck out to him the most.
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"I decided to come to the University of Utah, mainly because of our head coach, Roeland Brateanu. In my time in juniors, I received almost 40 offers from schools in the United States, but Roeland put in the most effort out of any coach for me to come and play for him," said Micevski. "Not only was he constantly talking to me and checking in, but he even flew out to Macedonia to meet me and my family, that meant a lot to me."
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Attending the University of Utah for his freshman year in 2015, Micevski has shown much improvement, and is now entering his senior season with the Utes. Last year, as a junior, Micevski was named ITA Mountain Region Player to Watch, an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and was selected for the second-team Pac-12 All-Academic. He was able to card 15 dual wins in singles, with a five-match winning streak to start the season over Montana State, Weber State, No. 50 Utah State, Idaho State and No. 71 Wichita State.
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With this being his final season with the Utes, he has very high expectations for himself, and the Utah tennis team as well.
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"For this season, I want to accomplish more than we did with last season. Yes, making it to the NCAA tournament was great, but I want us to make some noise this year by making it far in the NCAA tournament," said Micevski. "I think this team is in a position for greatness, and we want nothing more than to keep improving on what we have done in the past."
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After his final season with the University of Utah tennis program is over with, Micevski is looking forward to graduating with a degree in business. Before he can look forward to that though, he is determined to have his best year yet for the Utes, and is hoping to make a lasting impression as his collegiate career ends. As the Utes prepare for their first spring match against in-state rival BYU, watch for senior David Micevski, as he strives to lead the Utah men's tennis team to their second straight NCAA tournament appearance.
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Athletics Communications Student Assistant
Hailing from Skopje, Macedonia, David Micevski came a long way from his home to play tennis for the University of Utah. Micevski's love for tennis came at a young age, as he was introduced to the sport at a very young age by his father.
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"I started playing tennis when I was around six or seven," Micevski recalled. "My dad used to play tennis recreationally with his friends, and one day he took me to one of his matches. That's where I fell in love with the sport, and it just kept going from there."
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With growing up in Macedonia, there was not very many opportunities for Micesvki to pursue the sport through joining a tennis club, or finding a good coach. After some time of looking, Micevski was then able to find a good coach, who helped lead him on the path that he is now on today.
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"Growing up in Skopje and playing tennis was different, when I was first starting, there weren't many other kids who were playing and there weren't many clubs either," explained Micevski. "So, it was kind of hard to find the right coach that would put you in the right place to start. I was fortunate enough to find a good coach and was able to improve a lot in my first two years of playing."
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Once he was able to find the right coach, he was then able to start competing in tournaments in his home country. Then, once he was finally good enough, he started to travel to different countries around Europe to play better competition.
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"I've was traveling my whole junior career basically, with my first traveling experience being when I was the age of ten. I traveled to Croatia for a ten and under tournament, and then went to most of the other countries throughout Europe for the rest of my junior career," said Micevski.
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In Micevski's junior career, he was a Seven-time Macedonian National Junior Champion, and also a member of the Macedonian Davis Cup team. He was able to hold a career high ITF Junior World Ranking of No. 353, with a career best win over world's No. 62 Domagoj Bilijexko of Croatia.
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"Being a seven-time national champion was an amazing experience. I won my first national championship in Macedonia when I was ten, and after that I was consistently ranked number one or two in the country," said Micevski. "So, every tournament there was a lot of pressure on me to win, and every tournament was a challenge for me. Everyone was always expecting me to win the tournament, and luckily I was able to pull through with winning more often times than not."
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After Micevski's time with junior play was over, he then set his sights on where he would be playing collegiate tennis at. With as much noise as Micevski had made in Macedonia and his travels throughout Europe, he was a very sought after player. With all the offers that he received, the University of Utah was the school that stuck out to him the most.
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"I decided to come to the University of Utah, mainly because of our head coach, Roeland Brateanu. In my time in juniors, I received almost 40 offers from schools in the United States, but Roeland put in the most effort out of any coach for me to come and play for him," said Micevski. "Not only was he constantly talking to me and checking in, but he even flew out to Macedonia to meet me and my family, that meant a lot to me."
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Attending the University of Utah for his freshman year in 2015, Micevski has shown much improvement, and is now entering his senior season with the Utes. Last year, as a junior, Micevski was named ITA Mountain Region Player to Watch, an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and was selected for the second-team Pac-12 All-Academic. He was able to card 15 dual wins in singles, with a five-match winning streak to start the season over Montana State, Weber State, No. 50 Utah State, Idaho State and No. 71 Wichita State.
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With this being his final season with the Utes, he has very high expectations for himself, and the Utah tennis team as well.
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"For this season, I want to accomplish more than we did with last season. Yes, making it to the NCAA tournament was great, but I want us to make some noise this year by making it far in the NCAA tournament," said Micevski. "I think this team is in a position for greatness, and we want nothing more than to keep improving on what we have done in the past."
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After his final season with the University of Utah tennis program is over with, Micevski is looking forward to graduating with a degree in business. Before he can look forward to that though, he is determined to have his best year yet for the Utes, and is hoping to make a lasting impression as his collegiate career ends. As the Utes prepare for their first spring match against in-state rival BYU, watch for senior David Micevski, as he strives to lead the Utah men's tennis team to their second straight NCAA tournament appearance.
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