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Er sei ein wahrer Freund des Sportes und Kroatiens. Die Worte, welche
Stipe 'Cigan' Mesic an Moya (wohl auch ein Cigan) richtete.
Auch zu Kriegszeiten war Moya Besucher des kroatischen Turniers in
Umag. Deshalb wurde ihm jetzt eine Ehrenmedaille verliehen, von
Mesic höchstpersönlich.
Moya gewann nun schon zum vierten Mal den 'Croatian Open'.
ZAGREB (Croatia): Spanish tennis star Carlos Moya was awarded a top
state honour on Wednesday for helping promote Croatia abroad.
Moya, who has won the Croatia Open four times and is making his 10th
appearance at the tournament in the northern Adriatic resort of Umag,
received a medal of honour from President Stipe Mesic.
“Moya kept returning to Umag even in the years when many evaded the
country out of fears from the perils of war, proving that he is a true friend
of sport and Croatia,” Mesic said as he presented the medal.
The tournament in Umag has been part of the ATP Tour for 15 years but
many players skipped it from 1991-95, when Croatia fought an
intermittent war with minority Serbs, who opposed the country’s
independence from Yugoslavia.
Moya, who won his first-round match against Roko Karanusic on Tuesday,
has won 17 ATP tournaments, including the French Open.
“I have been coming here for 10 years and hope to come back for 10
more,” Moya, the world number four, said. – AP
Quelle:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/7/23/sports/8502470&sec=sports
Stipe 'Cigan' Mesic an Moya (wohl auch ein Cigan) richtete.
Auch zu Kriegszeiten war Moya Besucher des kroatischen Turniers in
Umag. Deshalb wurde ihm jetzt eine Ehrenmedaille verliehen, von
Mesic höchstpersönlich.
Moya gewann nun schon zum vierten Mal den 'Croatian Open'.
ZAGREB (Croatia): Spanish tennis star Carlos Moya was awarded a top
state honour on Wednesday for helping promote Croatia abroad.
Moya, who has won the Croatia Open four times and is making his 10th
appearance at the tournament in the northern Adriatic resort of Umag,
received a medal of honour from President Stipe Mesic.
“Moya kept returning to Umag even in the years when many evaded the
country out of fears from the perils of war, proving that he is a true friend
of sport and Croatia,” Mesic said as he presented the medal.
The tournament in Umag has been part of the ATP Tour for 15 years but
many players skipped it from 1991-95, when Croatia fought an
intermittent war with minority Serbs, who opposed the country’s
independence from Yugoslavia.
Moya, who won his first-round match against Roko Karanusic on Tuesday,
has won 17 ATP tournaments, including the French Open.
“I have been coming here for 10 years and hope to come back for 10
more,” Moya, the world number four, said. – AP
Quelle:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/7/23/sports/8502470&sec=sports
